Section 2
Understanding TROY’s Features
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Firmware Update
Capability
Exact Positioning
Technology
This feature allows administrators to easily upgrade the TROY Security Printing Solutions firmware (TROY’s
proprietary program code) as new features become available from TROY. The printer firmware update file is
available from the TROY web site or may be supplied by TROY on removable media. After completing a
firmware update, your TROY Security Printing Solutions printer must be rebooted (printer power cycled OFF
and ON) in order for the update to take effect.
The ANSI X/9B specifications for the placement of the MICR line relative to the bottom and right edges of a
check document are tightly controlled in order to provide accurate reading by the high-speed banking system
check readers. The paper feeding and image placement accuracy between printers (even similar model printers)
can vary enough to cause the MICR line to print out of tolerance, according to the ANSI X/9B specification,
resulting in rejected checks by the banking system check readers.
If the MICR line on your checks does not meet
the ANSI X/9B specification for MICR line
placement, use this feature to make small
vertical, horizontal, or rotational positioning
adjustments to the MICR line and/or page
image. Use the TROY MICR document
template to verify correct placement of the
MICR line on your checks after performing an
adjustment (refer to Section 3 –
MICR Quality
Control
in the
TROY MICR Basics Handbook
for instructions on using the TROY MICR
document template). If adjustments are made
simultaneously to the MICR line and the page
image positions using positive numbers, then
the sum of the two numbers will be used as the
offset value for the MICR line.
NOTE: The MICR line adjustments are preset at the factory. TROY recommends that you do not alter these
settings unless your bank of deposit notifies you of MICR line positioning errors on your deposited checks.
