TROY Group 401 User Manual

TROY M401 Printer and M401 Font Card Kit

Document #50-70911-002 Rev. A

User’s Guide

(For use with Hewlett-Packard LaserJet M400 Series Printers)

Acknowledgements

Some of the TROY products include cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([e-mail])
The Twofish encryption/decryption source code used in the TROY MICR Card is provided by Crytopane.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Conventions

This manual is designed and formatted for use as an online document (viewed on your computer screen). The
document can also be printed. For best results, use Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher to view or print this
document. Earlier versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader may not produce a properly formatted document on your
computer screen. The latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is available as a free download from the Adobe
web site at http://www.adobe.com.

This User’s Guide uses these conventions:
Bold indicates emphasis or a minor heading.
Italic refers to a document title or is used for emphasis.
COURIER type indicates text visible on a computer screen or keys on your computer keyboard.

The letter l is used in examples to distinguish the small letter l from the numeral 1 (one).
The character Ø is used in examples to distinguish the letter O from the numeral 0 (zero).
<Esc>, <CR>, <LF>, <FF>, etc. are control characters. Use a text editor to enter the equivalent of the character.

For example, to get <Esc> using a DOS text editor, hold down the Ctrl key; and press the [ (left square bracket)
key. Other text editors may vary.

NOTE: Notes contain important information set off from the text.

CAUTION: Caution messages appear before procedures, which, if not observed,

could result in loss of data or in damage to equipment.

WARNING: Warning messages alert you to a specific procedure or practice,

which, if not followed correctly, could cause serious personal injury.

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Table of Contents

Section 1 – Features Overview

Introduction.........................................................................................................................................1-1

TROY Security Fonts...................................................................................................................1-1

Section 2 – Using TROY Fonts

Introduction.........................................................................................................................................2-1

Accessing and Using TROY Fonts.....................................................................................................2-1

Accessing the TROY Fonts Using Windows Applications........................................................2-1

Accessing the TROY Fonts Using Non-Windows Applications...............................................2-1

Using TROY MICR Fonts...........................................................................................................2-2

Using the TROY OCR Fonts.......................................................................................................2-2

Using the Reverse Helvetica Font ...............................................................................................2-2

Using the TROY POSTNET Font...............................................................................................2-2

Using the British Pound and Euro Symbols ..............................................................................2-2

Using Printer Fonts and Screen Fonts...............................................................................................2-3

MICR Font Guidelines........................................................................................................................2-4

Font Character Mapping....................................................................................................................2-5

Determining a Character Mapping ............................................................................................2-6

Accessing Unmapped Characters ...............................................................................................2-6

Standard ASCII Character Set...................................................................................................2-7

TROY MICR E-13B 12-Point Font............................................................................................2-8

TROY MICR CMC-7 12-Point Font..........................................................................................2-9

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TROY Enhanced Convenience Amount (Scalable)...................................................................2-9

TROY Reverse Helvetica Font.................................................................................................2-10

TROY OCR-A Font (Scalable) .................................................................................................2-11

TROY OCR-B Font (Scalable)..................................................................................................2-13

TROY UPC-A BARCODE........................................................................................................2-15

TROY UPC-E BARCODE........................................................................................................2-16

Table of Contents

TROY POSTNET.......................................................................................................................2-17

TROY POSTNET Reverse (optional).......................................................................................2-18

PCL Font Collection..........................................................................................................................2-19

Section 3 – Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting by Symptom............................................................................................................3-1

Software Uninstall Procedures...........................................................................................................3-9

Uninstall the TROY Screen Fonts ..............................................................................................3-9

Uninstall the TROY Support Files..............................................................................................3-9

Appendix – Card Installation

Installing the TROY Font Card........................................................................................................A-1

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Section 1 Features Overview

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing your TROY M401 Printer or M401 Font 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 M401 Printer includes the TROY Font Card, a custom formulated TROY MICR toner cartridge
designed to meet or exceed all ANSI MICR printing standards, and a physical toner sensor to ensure all MICR
documents are printed using MICR toner. The TROY Font Card features an enhanced collection of MICR, OCR
(Optical Character Recognition), and security fonts designed for printing financial documents. The TROY Font
Card is also offered as a kit (M401 Font Card Kit), which can be installed in a standard Hewlett Packard M401
printer to provide MICR printing capabilities. Refer to http://www.troygroup.com/support for information on
installing the necessary TROY support files. Refer to the Appendix in this manual for information on installing
the TROY Font Card into an HP M401 LaserJet printer.

TROY Security
Fonts

Your TROY M401 Printer or M401 Font Card Kit includes a collection of high-quality MICR fonts (E13-B,
CMC-7) and other security fonts programmed into the TROY Font Card. See Section 3 – Using TROY Fonts for
more information. The TROY Security font collection includes the following fonts:

TROY Font Description

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E13-B MICR Font
CMC-7 MICR Font
Enhanced Convenience Font
Large Convenience Font
Small Convenience Font

TROY Reverse Helvetica Font
British Pound and Euro Currency

Symbols

TROY Barcode and POSTNET Fonts

TROY Security Font
TROY OCR Font (type A and B)

International Convenience Fonts

Used to print the MICR line at the bottom of the check (United States and selected countries)
Used to print the MICR line at the bottom of the check (if your bank of deposit requires this font)
Used to print the convenience amount information on the check (this font is scalable)
Used to print the convenience amount information on the check (this font is non-scalable)
Used to print the convenience amount information on the check (this font is non-scalable)

Used to print names and addresses on the back of transparent envelope windows for use in
pressure-seal machines

Used as the British or European currency symbol for the respective country (replaces the U.S.
dollar sign). These symbols can be selected to print in the audit reports.

Used to print several types of industry-standard barcodes for a variety of uses, and also
includes a POSTNET font for printing the U.S. postal bar code that represents the 9-digit zip
code printed below the postal address

Used to print the amount information on the check (English / Spanish) (this font is scalable)
Used to print any information (names, addresses, amounts) that is to be read by automated

readers using optical character recognition (this font is scalable)
Used to print the convenience amount on the check in any one of five languages (available on

the web at http://www.troygroup.com/support

)

Section 2 Using TROY Fonts

Introduction

Accessing
and Using
TROY Fonts

Accessing TROY
Fonts Using
Windows
Applications

Accessing TROY
Fonts Using Non­Windows
Applications

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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 Card to ensure consistent high-quality MICR printing
and to prevent unauthorized use of these fonts on another printing system. Your TROY Security Printing
Solution includes the following fonts:

• TROY MICR Font (E-13B and CMC-7)

• TROY Security Font (English and Spanish)

• TROY Convenience Fonts (Enhanced, Large and Small)

• TROY Reverse Helvetica Font

• TROY OCR Fonts (type A and B)

• British Pound and Euro symbols

• TROY POSTNET and Barcode Fonts (not available for TROY 2300 Font DIMM Kits)

The following paragraphs provide some basic information for accessing and using the TROY fonts. It is
important that these fonts are kept secure to prevent unauthorized use and that the fonts remain unaltered to
ensure accurate rendering by your printer. All TROY fonts are permanently programmed into the TROY Font
Card and cannot be directly accessed through external means.

To access the TROY fonts in a Windows environment, you must first install the Windows printer driver for your
TROY M401 printer or HP M401 LaserJet printer if installing the TROY Font Card Kit. Instructions can be
found at http://www.troygroup.com/support to install the printer driver and Windows support files, enabling you
to select these fonts from any Windows-based application. To print the TROY E13-B and CMC-7 MICR fonts,
your printer must be set to MICR enabled mode, and a TROY MICR toner cartridge must be installed in the
printer. Many commercial MICR check-printing applications are pre-programmed to access the TROY MICR
fonts.

If you are using a non-Windows application to print MICR documents, the escape sequence for each font must be
programmed into your check-printing application in order to “call” each of the selected fonts. The <Esc>
character is ASCII character number 27 (hexadecimal number 1B). Refer to the end of this section for each
escape sequence (displayed above each character map) used to call each TROY font.

Section 2 Using TROY Fonts

Using TROY
MICR Fonts

Using the TROY
OCR Fonts

Using the Reverse
Helvetica Font

Using the British
Pound and Euro
Symbols

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The E-13B MICR font (TROY E-13B, TROY CMC-7) can be used for printing the MICR line in many countries,
including the United States. In some European and Latin American countries, the CMC-7 MICR font is used
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 manipulation. TROY can provide customer support for your MICR applications only if you use the supplied
TROY MICR fonts.

The TROY OCR fonts (TROY OCR-A AND TROY OCR-B) are used to print any information (names, addresses,
amounts) on the check that is to be read by automated readers using optical character recognition.

The TROY Reverse Helvetica font is used to print names and addresses on the back of transparent envelope
windows for use in pressure-seal machines.

The British Pound and European currency symbols are used in place of the U.S. dollar sign for the respective
European country and can be selected to print in the audit reports.

Section 2 Using TROY Fonts

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 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
other Windows-installed printers.

If the E-13B MICR screen font is
used for printing, the inversely
printed (white characters on a

black background) MICR screen
font will not be readable by the
bank reader/sorter machines. The
uniquely displayed screen fonts
ensure that the MICR font printed
on your MICR documents is
generated by the TROY Font Card
and not by the Windows operating
system using the resident
TrueType™ font. The TROY
screen fonts are found here

http://www.troygroup.com/support

.

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Section 2 Using TROY Fonts

MICR Font
Guidelines

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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
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
maintain the 12-point size of the MICR fonts installed in Windows. Selecting a point size other than 12-point for
the MICR font in Windows will not visibly enlarge or reduce the size of the characters; however, the horizontal
spacing will be affected. Any alteration to the spacing of the characters will result in incorrect placement of the
MICR characters in the MICR line at the bottom of your checks, causing your financial documents to be rejected
by the bank.

The Convenience Amount fonts were also designed as non-scalable fonts, but can be changed (increased or
decreased) from the default point size to meet your check printing requirements. Changing the point size of a
fixed font in Windows will only affect the horizontal spacing of the characters and not affect the vertical size of
the characters. The TROY Enhanced Convenience Amount font and TROY Security font were designed as
scalable fonts that can be changed (increased or decreased) from the default point size to meet your check
printing requirements.

NOTE: It is highly recommended that you verify the MICR line at the bottom of your printed checks using the
TROY MICR Document Template (p/n 54-17373-001) to verify the positioning of each character. Refer to the
TROY MICR Basics Handbook for details (provided in PDF format found here

http://www.troygroup.com/support.)

Section 2 Using TROY Fonts

Font
Character
Mapping

Each character or symbol in a font set corresponds to a specific ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Interchange) number (e.g., the capital letter “A” = ASCII number 65). Pressing a key on your computer
keyboard automatically generates the ASCII number (32 through 127) associated with the character or symbol
displayed on the key. Likewise, any character or symbol not represented on your computer keyboard (ASCII
numbers above 127) can be accessed by manually entering the associated ASCII number using the numeric
keypad.

The fonts are found here http://www.troygroup.com/support and have each of the characters and symbols in each
font set (shown on the following pages) “mapped” (associated) to standard computer keyboard characters using
the corresponding ASCII number for each character and symbol on the keyboard.

For example, the transit symbol (one of the industry-standard symbols used in a MICR line at the bottom of a
check) contained in the TROY E-13B MICR character table (shown on page 3-8) does not exist on a standard
computer keyboard but has been “mapped” to the standard ASCII keyboard capital letter “A”, designated as
ASCII number 65.

Therefore, after loading and then selecting the TROY E-13B MICR Font, typing the capital letter “A” on your
computer keyboard will produce the MICR transit symbol instead of the capital letter “A”. The TROY E-13B
MICR character table (shown on page 3-8) associates the transit symbol with ASCII number 65 (the same ASCII
number used for the capital letter “A” if you had selected a standard ASCII font set instead of the TROY E-13B
MICR font set).

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