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    Font Card Kit User’s Guide (For use with Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4014, 4015, and 4515 Series Printers) Document #50-70407-003 Rev. A[...]

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    Acknowledgements Some of the TROY products include crypt ographic software written by Eric Young ( eay@cryptsoft.com ) The Twofish encryption/decryption sour ce code used in the TROY Font Card is provided by Crytopane. TROY is a registered trademark. TROYmark™ and AutoProte ct™ are registered trademarks of TROY Group, Inc. All rights re served.[...]

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    Table of Contents Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A TOC-1 Preface Conventions This manual is designed and formatted for use as an online document (viewed on your computer screen). For best results, use Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher to view or print this document. Using earlier versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader to vi[...]

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    Table of Contents Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A TOC-2 Section 1 – Features Overview Introduction ................................................................................................................... ......................1-1 TROY Security Fonts ........................................................[...]

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    Table of Contents Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A TOC-3 MICR Font Guidelines ........................................................................................................... .............3-4 Font Character Mapping ..............................................................................................[...]

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    Table of Contents Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A TOC-4 French Large Convenience Amount Font ................................................................................3-26 Italian Large Convenience Amount Font .................................................................................3- 26 Spanish Large Co[...]

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    Section 1 Features Overview Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 1-1 Introduction TROY Security Fonts Thank you for purchasing your TROY Font Card Kit. Y ou have chosen the highest quality MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) printi ng solution available today that offers convenience, flexibility, and precision for pr[...]

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    Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 2-1 Introduction Menu Structure The TROY Printer Utility is an easy -to-use Microsoft Windows-based utilit y designed to assist you with the management of a TROY Font Card. The TROY Printer Ut ility allows the system adm inistrator to perform the[...]

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    Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 2-2 Basic Printer Utility Operations T O ACCESS THE TROY P RINTER U TILITY : 1. Click on the Microsoft Windows Start button, select Programs , MICR by TROY , and then click on the TROY Printer Utility icon. The Printer Utility main window will ap[...]

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    Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 2-3 Printing Demo Pages Accessing Fonts Using Non- Windows Applications Verifying Windows Font Support The TROY Printer Utility provides the ability to generate a Windows Security Font, Windows Barcode Fon t, and PCL Security/Barcode Font demonst[...]

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    Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 2-4 Verifying Windows Font Support (cont.)[...]

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    Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 2-5 Verifying PCL 5e Communication The PCL Security/Barcode Font demons tration page can be used to veri fy PCL 5e communication between the host computer and your printer. If the PCL 5 communication between the host computer and your printer is [...]

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    Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 2-6 Downloading Files to the Printer The TROY Printer Utility provides the ab ility to download any PCL or text f ile directly to the printer without embedding additional information. A download option is provided to enha nce the download file (s[...]

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    Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 2-7 Downloading Files to the Printer (cont.) The multiple download feature allows you to specify the num b er of times to download a si ngle file to the printer without having to repetitively initiate the download process and respond to confirm a[...]

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    Section 2 Using the TROY Printer Utility Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 2-8 Obtaining Technical Assistance The TROY Printer Utility provides seve ral help screens to guide you through the features and functions of your TROY Font Card. TROY technical suppor t is available to assist you with any questions concerning th[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-1 Introduction Accessing and Using TROY Fonts Accessing TROY Fonts Using Windows Applications Accessing TROY Fonts Using Non- Windows Applications The TROY MICR E-13B and CMC-7 MICR fonts have been specifically engi neered for your TROY Security Printing Sol[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-2 Using the TROY E-13B MICR Font Using the TROY CMC-7 MICR Font Using the Convenience Amount Fonts Using the TROY Security Font Using the TROY OCR Fonts Using the Reverse Helvetica Font Using the TROY POSTNET Font Using the British Pound and Euro Symbols The[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-3 Using Printer Fonts and Screen Fonts In addition to the TROY printer fonts that are permanently programmed into the TROY Font Card, the TROY screen fonts have been developed for screen display use only as a visual reference and for making positional adjust[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-4 MICR Font Guidelines The TROY E-13B and CMC-7 MICR fonts we re developed using strict specific ations designed specifically for high-speed magnetic-read processing. To maintain these strict specif ications, the TROY MICR fonts were designed as non-scalable[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-5 Font Character Mapping Each character or symbol in a font set corresponds to a specific ASCII (Am e rican Standard Code for Information Interchange) number (e.g., the capital letter “A” = ASCII number 65). Pr essing a key on your computer keyboard auto[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-6 A 0041 65 Hexadeci mal Numb er Character or Symbol ASCII Number Determining a Character Mapping Accessing Unmapped Characters To determine which key on your computer keyboard that a TROY character or symbol is “mapped” to, simply compare the ASCII numb[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-7 Standard ASCII Character Set (reference only)[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-8 TROY MICR E- 13B 12-Point Font (Troy E-13B) <Esc>(ØQ<Esc>(s1p12vØsØbØT[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-9 TROY MICR CMC-7 12-Point Font (Troy CMC7) TROY Enhanced Convenience Amount Font (Troy ECF) <Esc>(ØQ<Esc>(s1p12vØsØb1T <Esc>(3Q<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb1ØT  = desired point size[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-10 TROY Large Convenience Amount 18-Point Font (Troy LCF) TROY Small Convenience Amount 24-Point Font (Troy SCF) NOTE : The TROY Enhanced Conv enience Amount font can be used in place of the T ROY Convenience Amount font in the legal amount field of the chec[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-11 TROY Security Font (Troy Security) TROY Security Font (Spanish) (Troy Security Spanish) <Esc>(4Q<Esc>(s1p  vØsØbØT  = desired point size <Esc>(4Q<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb4T  = desired point size NOTE : The TROY Security Spa[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-12 TROY Reverse Helvetica Font (Troy Helvetica (Rev))[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-13 TROY OCR-A (Troy OCR-A) <Esc>(ØO<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb1Ø4T  = desired point size[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-14 TROY OCR-A (continued) NOTE : This OCR font must be used at the designat ed point size to ensure optical readability.  Size I – must use 12-point size (upper and lo wer case characters can be used)  Size III – must use 16-point size ( only upper[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-15 TROY OCR-B (Troy OCR-B) <Esc>(1O<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb11ØT  = desired point size[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-16 TROY OCR-B (continued) NOTE : This OCR font must be used at the designat ed point size to ensure optical readability.  Size I – must use 10-point size (upper and lo wer case characters can be used)  Size III – (not supported)  Size IV – mus[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-17 TROY UPC-A Barcode <Esc>(8Y<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb246ØØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-18 TROY UPC-E Barcode <Esc>(8Y<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb2461ØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-19 TROY EAN-8 Barcode <Esc>(8Y<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb2462ØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-20 TROY EAN-13 Barcode <Esc>(8Y<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb2463ØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-21 TROY BC25 Barcode <Esc>(4Y<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb2464ØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-22 TROY BC39 Barcode <Esc>(ØY<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb2467ØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-23 TROY BC128 Barcode <Esc>(ØY<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb247ØØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-24 TROY POSTNET <Esc>(15Y<Esc>(s1p  vØsØb2477ØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-25 TROY POSTNET Reverse (optional) <Esc>(15Y<Esc>(s1p  vØs33b2477ØT  = desired height[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-26 International Convenience Amount Fonts In addition to the CMC-7 font used for Intern ational MICR applications, TROY provides the following Convenience Amount font sets in a va riety of languages (see examples belo w). These fonts are provided only on the[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-27 International Convenience Amount Fonts (cont.) PCL Font Collection British Small Convenience Amo unt Font (Troy SCF British) <Esc>(2Q<Esc>(sØp6h22.68vØsØb1T French Small Convenience Amount Font (Troy SCF French) <Esc>(2Q<Esc>(s?[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-28 PCL Font Collection (cont.)[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-29 PCL Font Collection (cont.)[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-30 PCL Font Collection (cont.)[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-31 PCL Font Collection (cont.)[...]

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    Section 3 Using TROY Fonts Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 3-32 PCL Font Collection (cont.)[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-1 Trouble- shooting by Symptom The following troubleshooting table pr ovides solutions to the most comm on MICR printing problems. Some of the messages may not apply to your TROY Security Pr inting Solution. Visually inspect your MICR documents using the TROY[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-2 Trouble- shooting by Symptom (cont.) 600 dpi MICR font not used in MICR line (an incorrect font such as Courier or Times Roman was used instea d). No MICR font installed. MICR mode disabled and an attempt was made to use a TROY MICR font. Software error. MI[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-3 Trouble- shooting by Symptom (cont.) MICR clear band has extra printing (such as toner splatter) besides the MICR line on front or backside of document. Printer density setting is too dark. Printer fusing unit is contaminated. Faulty MICR toner cartridge. U[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-4 Trouble- shooting by Symptom (cont.) MICR line not positioned correctly on the document (vertically and horizontally). Your MICR paper was cut or perforated inaccurately (paper is too short/long or narrow/wide). Software registration is off (software is pos[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-5 Trouble- shooting by Symptom (cont.) MICR characte rs are too thick or too thin. Printer density setting is too dark or too light. Your MICR toner cartridge is nearly empty. Your MICR paper is out of specification so that toner does not adhere properly to t[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-6 Trouble- shooting by Symptom (cont.) MICR charac ters are br oken, there are voids in characters or toner rubs off. Your MICR paper is out of specification so that toner does not adhere properly to the paper. Faulty MICR toner cartridge. Use of Non-TROY MIC[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-7 Trouble- shooting by Symptom (cont.) Your bank reports a high reject rate when proc essing your TRO Y MICR- printed documents. NOTE: This section covers conditions not addressed above. You should also investigate all of the items described above as possible[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-8 Trouble- shooting by Symptom (cont.) MICR characters appear smeared after processing by a bank. A Non-TROY MICR toner was used. Your MICR paper is out of specification so that toner does not adhere properly to the paper. Your bank’s reader/sorter equipm e[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-9 Software Uninstall Procedures Uninstall the TROY Screen Fonts Uninstall the TROY Support Files In the event you wish to reinstall or permanently remove the TROY Security Printi ng Solution support files and utilities, use the following procedures to properl[...]

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    Section 4 Troubleshooting Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A 4-10 Uninstall the TROY Printer Utility 1. Close all applications before uninsta lling the TROY Printer Utility files. 2. From the START menu, click on Settings , and then click on Control Panel . 3. Click on Add/Remove Programs. 4. Locate the TROY Printer Util[...]

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    Appendix A TROY Font Card Installation S Font Card Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70407-003 R ev. A A-1 Installing the TROY Font Card IMPORTANT : Ensure the printer power is swit ched OFF, an d then disconnect the printer power cord from the printer. 1. Remove the plastic panel on the right side of the printer by sliding it toward the back of t[...]