Section 4
Using the TROY Printer Utility
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Selecting Security
Options
TROY Security Printing Solutions allow convenient enabling or disabling of the built-in security options to suit
your MICR printing needs. After entering the current administrator’s (
ADMIN
) password in the TROY Printer
Utility
Main Window
, the security options specific to your TROY Security Printing Solution can be individually
enabled or disabled (refer to the table below for a summary of these features).
In addition, you can also choose an alternate ASCII escape character and enter a decryption password (MICR
Secure printers, MICR / IRD Secure
EX
printers, and MICR Secure Memory Card Kits only) using the
Security
Options
screen. Do NOT use the alternate escape character unless instructed by your system programmer or
TROY Technical Support. The following table summarizes these configurable security options:
OPTION
FUNCTIONALITY
Printer Type
Allows you to select the default MICR mode of the printer (MICR Off, MICR Off with timeout, MICR On,
and MICR Always settings). Refer to the table on page 4-12 for a description of each mode.
Tray Mapping
E
NABLED
- uses the tray mapping assignment set in the TROY Printer Utility.
D
ISABLED
- uses the printer’s factory default tray map settings.
Alt. Escape
Character
ASCII
N
UMBER
S
ELECTED
– uses the selected alternate ASCII character as a substitute for the ASCII
escape character (ASCII 27).
N
O
C
HANGE
- uses the standard ASCII escape character (ASCII 27) required in all PCL (Page Control
Language) commands sent to the printer.
Decryption
Mode
Φ
J
OB
-
BY
-J
OB
– (default) prints all encrypted and non-encrypted jobs. The decryption feature will be
invoked as needed on a job-by-job basis when an encrypted print job is detected.
A
LWAYS
– all PCL 5 jobs must be encrypted. Non-encrypted PCL 5 jobs will be purged.
Language
Supported
A
LL
– (default) printer accepts all types of print jobs (PCL, PostScript, etc.).
PCL
5 – printer accepts PCL 5 print jobs only. All non-PCL 5 print jobs will be ignored.
Printer Lock
PIN
Φ
Enable – Enter a PIN (Personal Identification Number) between 1 – 9999 to restrict all print jobs from
printing until the user enters a valid PIN at the printer control panel.
Disable – Enter a zero in the PIN field, and then click on
Update Printer
to save the changes.
MICR Lock
PIN
Φ
Enable – Enter a PIN (Personal Identification Number) between 1 – 9999 to restrict MICR jobs from
printing until the user enters a valid PIN at the printer control panel.
Disable – Enter a zero in the PIN field, and then click on
Update Printer
to save the changes.
