I am guessing that the micr support has been moved over to the various print products and is no longer a hardware requirement.
On Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 9:36 AM Eric Rossman <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a great question (for which I have no answer). I work closely with > the HW folks, mostly on the crypto and communications side (HSMs, sysplex, > and the like), but I don't know anyone from the OCR side. > > I cannot say for sure, but my guess would be that IBM is seeing the number > of customers reporting usage of the OCR and MICR devices has been dropping > for many years. I know my local credit union still uses MICR but they have > dedicated PCs doing that scanning. I also think the major decrease in check > usage is contributing to this. Again, I'm not claiming that I have any > knowledge of the details, but this would be my best guess using only public > information. > > Eric Rossman > --------------------------------- > ICSF Security Architect > z/OS Security > --------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Phil Smith III > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2026 9:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Statement of Direction > > Thanks, Eric! > > Pure curiosity question, I have no need for it: the removal of MICR support > - does this mean MICR is no longer used, or is it that between the huge > drop in check/cheque use and the availability of USB readers for squatty > boxes, it's just that nobody needs it on Z any more? > > On July 31, 2026 8:32:15 AM Eric Rossman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is a blog in the IBM Community which was just updated with a > > clarification in a comment that CTC does not include FICON CTC (as you > > all > > suspected): > > > > https://community.ibm.com/community/user/discussion/device-support > > > > Eric Rossman > > --------------------------------- > > ICSF Security Architect > > z/OS Security > > --------------------------------- > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of Phil Smith III > > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 12:20 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM Statement of Direction > > > > If only there was some sort of definitive way to tell, like IBM > > specifying the device types and models for which they're dropping > > support... /s > > > > Srsly, device type and model is the canonical way IBM describes > > things; I'm gobsmacked that this SoD doesn't list them. Actually it's > > even worse: it DOES say "Device Types" but then lists device *classes* > (like "CTC"). > > > > It seems like the old guard are all retiring and the mouse kids aren't > > paying attention. I am sad. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
