Section 2
Understanding TROY’s Features
Security Printing Solutions User’s Guide -- 50-70410-002 Rev. A
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User Login Status
Keylock Switch
Softlock Settings
MICR Toner
Cartridge Sensing
If the administrator has implemented user names and passwords, a valid user name and password must be
provided in the TROY Printer Utility or entered at the printer control panel before any of the printer’s secure
resources can be accessed or a MICR print job can be printed. Refer to
page 2-13
in this section for detailed
information.
The 3-position printer keylock switch allows the printer’s secure resources to be
locked out (allowing only non-MICR documents to print), or the printer can be
completely disabled (no documents can be printed). The printer keylock switch
overrides all MICR mode settings selected in either the TROY Printer Utility or the
TROY Port Monitor. Refer to
page 2-24
in this section for detailed information.
The Softlock feature prevents unauthorized printing of documents (selectable to lock out either MICR, non-
MICR, or all documents) by requiring that a valid 4-digit PIN (Personal Identification Number) be entered at the
printer control panel before a job will print. On TROY MICR Secure
EX
printers, the Softlock feature works in
conjunction with the physical 3-position printer keylock switch, adding an additional layer of security and
providing an alternate method for controlling access to print jobs. Refer to
page 4-10
for detailed information.
To prevent the printing of MICR documents with standard (non-MICR) toner, all TROY printers are designed to
detect the presence of a TROY MICR toner cartridge installed inside the printer. A MICR toner cartridge must
be installed in the printer before printing MICR documents. Banks will reject all checks not printed with MICR
toner and you may be charged a manual processing fee for each rejected (machine-unreadable) check. Refer to
page 2-9
in this section for detailed information.
