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Font Memory Card Kit
User’s Guide
(For use with Hewlett-Packard 2420, 2430, 4250, 4350, and 9050 Series Printers)
This User’s Guide is for TROY Font Memory Card Kit users only. If you purchased a
TROY Security Printing Solutions Printer, please refer to the TROY Security Printing
Solutions User’s Guide provided on the TROY Security Printing Solutions CD.
Document #50-70407-001 Rev. A
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Acknowledgements Some of the TROY products include cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) The Twofish encryption/decryption source code used in the TROY Memory Card is provided by Crytopane. TROY is a registered trademark. TROYmark™ and AutoProtect™ are registered trademarks of TROY Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Microsoft Windows, PostScript, TrueType, LaserJet, and all other product names mention
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Table of Contents This manual is designed and formatted for use as an online document (viewed on your computer screen). The Preface document can also be printed; however, it is recommended that you print only the pages applicable to your security printing solution. Printing the entire document will print all the pages for all of the TROY Security Printing Solutions covered in this manual. For best results, you must use Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher to view or print this
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Table of Contents Section 1 – Features Overview Introduction .........................................................................................................................................1-1 TROY Security Fonts...................................................................................................................1-1 Section 2 – Using the TROY Printer Utility Introduction ..................................................................................
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Table of Contents MICR Font Guidelines........................................................................................................................3-4 Font Character Mapping....................................................................................................................3-5 Determining a Character Mapping ............................................................................................3-6 Accessing Unmapped Characters ............
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Table of Contents Italian Large Convenience Amount Font.................................................................................3-26 Spanish Large Convenience Amount Font ..............................................................................3-26 British Small Convenience Amount Font.................................................................................3-27 French Small Convenience Amount Font ..........................................
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Section 1 Features Overview Introduction Thank you for purchasing your TROY Font Memory Card Kit. You have chosen the highest quality MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) printing solution available today that offers convenience, flexibility, and precision for printing high-quality MICR documents. The TROY Font Memory Card is designed for use in selected Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers and features an enhanced collection of MICR, OCR (Optical Character Recognition), and s
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Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Introduction The TROY Printer Utility is an easy-to-use Microsoft Windows-based utility designed to assist you with the management of a TROY Font Memory Card. The TROY Printer Utility allows the system administrator to perform the following functions: • View system information • Print Windows Security and Barcode demonstration pages • Print PCL Security/Barcode Font demonstration page • Obtain technical assistance • Access
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Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Basic Printer TO ACCESS THE TROY PRINTER UTILITY: Utility 1. Click on the Microsoft Windows Start button, select Programs, MICR by TROY, and then click on the Operations TROY Printer Utility icon. The Printer Utility main window will appear. 2. Click on the Hewlett-Packard printer you wish to manage. TROY Printer Utility File Settings Resources Help Select the printer to configure from the following list: Selected p
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Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Printing The TROY Printer Utility provides the ability to generate a Windows Security Font, Windows Barcode Font, and PCL Security/Barcode Font demonstration page. Use the Windows Security Font demonstration page if you are Demo Pages using a Windows-based printing application, or use the PCL Security/Barcode Font demonstration page if you are using a non-Windows-based printing application. Use these demonstration pages to verify the TROY
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Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Verifying Windows Font Support (cont.) Font Memory Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-001 Rev. A 2-4
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Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Verifying PCL 5e The PCL Security/Barcode Font demonstration page can be used to verify PCL 5e communication between the Communication host computer and your printer. If the PCL 5 communication between the host computer and your printer is successful, then the selected demonstration page should print out exactly as shown in the example below. TO PRINT THE PCL SECURITY/BARCODE FONT DEMONSTRATION PAGE: 1. From the Main Window, click on the
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Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility The TROY Printer Utility provides the ability to download any PCL or text file directly to the printer without Downloading embedding additional information. A download option is provided to enhance the download file (see the Files to the Download File window for the specific options). To include the advanced option to the download, place a Printer checkmark next to the option. The advanced download option is provided for advanced users only.
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Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Obtaining The TROY Printer Utility provides several help screens to guide you through the features and functions of your TROY Font Memory Card. TROY technical support is available to assist you with any questions concerning the Technical setup, operation, and maintenance of your TROY Font Memory Card. Specific system information about the Assistance configuration of your TROY product is also available through the TROY Printer Utility. You are
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Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Introduction The TROY MICR E-13B and CMC-7 MICR fonts have been specifically engineered for your TROY Security Printing Solution to ensure the highest quality MICR printing in the industry. The TROY font collection provides seamless integration and security within your Windows-based check printing application. All TROY fonts are permanently programmed into the TROY Font Memory Card to ensure consistent high-quality MICR printing and to prevent unauthori
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Section 3 Using TROY Fonts The E-13B MICR font (TROY E-13B, TROY CMC-7) can be used for printing the MICR line in many countries, Using TROY including the United States. In some European and Latin American countries, the CMC-7 MICR font is used MICR Fonts instead. MICR document processing requires that the MICR characters be precise in size, shape, and spacing. For this reason, the TROY MICR font is supplied as a TrueType font; it must not be altered by scaling or other size
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Section 3 Using TROY Fonts In addition to the TROY printer Using Printer fonts that are permanently Fonts and programmed into the TROY Font Screen Fonts Memory Card, the TROY screen fonts have been developed for screen display use only as a visual reference and for making positional adjustments to the MICR line. The TROY screen fonts display differently than the actual printer fonts in order to prevent unauthorized printing using the MICR screen fonts on
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Section 3 Using TROY Fonts MICR Font The TROY E-13B and CMC-7 MICR fonts were developed using strict specifications designed specifically for high-speed magnetic-read processing. To maintain these strict specifications, the TROY MICR fonts were Guidelines designed as non-scalable fonts (fixed fonts) that are fixed in pitch (spacing) and point size (height). Because ™ Windows TrueType technology allows fonts to be scalable by changing the point size, it is imperative to maintai
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Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Each character or symbol in a font set corresponds to a specific ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Font Interchange) number (e.g., the capital letter “A” = ASCII number 65). Pressing a key on your computer Character keyboard automatically generates the ASCII number (32 through 127) associated with the character or symbol Mapping displayed on the key. Likewise, any character or symbol not represented on your computer keyboard (ASCII numbers ab
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Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Determining a To determine which key on your computer keyboard that a TROY character or symbol is “mapped” to, simply Character compare the ASCII number of the selected TROY character or symbol to the same ASCII number listed in the Mapping Standard ASCII Character Map (shown on the next page) to determine which keyboard key can be used to access the selected TROY character or symbol. Accessing Some of the font sets provided on the TROY Security Print
