Money order imprinter

A form set for use with an apparatus used for imprinting indicia with dye-based ink on negotiable instruments, said form set comprising:

• an upper negotiable instrument sheet having a front printed surface and a back surface and comprised of an absorbing type paper sheet material for absorbing dye-based ink whereby when the form set is impacted by the imprinting mechanism of the apparatus, the dye-based ink permeates through said upper sheet from said printed front surface to said back surface to provide the indicia in mirror image form on said back surface,
• a lower customer receipt sheet,
• an intermediate voucher sheet positioned between said upper negotiable instrument sheet and said lower customer receipt sheet,
• a first transfer medium positioned between said upper negotiable sheet and said intermediate voucher sheet,
• a second transfer medium positioned between said lower customer sheet and said intermediate voucher sheet,
• said first transfer medium and second transfer medium each comprising an optical character recognition grade carbon sheet,
• said upper negotiable instrument sheet having at least first and second indicia receiving areas on its front surface, said first indicia receiving area including at least one field for receiving indicia indicative of the dollar and cents amount for which the negotiable instrument is drawn, and said second indicia receiving area including a field for receiving indicia indicative of the dollar and cents amount for which the negotiable instrument is drawn with said first indicia receiving area receiving indicia in a format readable by optical character recognition apparatus and said second indica receiving area receiving indicia in conventional arabic format, said second area being aligned with said first are such that digits representing dollar and cents amount in said second field are aligned in the same plane as digits representing the corresponding dollar and cents amount in said first field to provide a tamper proof form set.