Section 4
Using the TROY Printer Utility
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Adjusting the
MICR Line
and/or Page
Image
Positioning
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. If the MICR line on your checks does not meet the ANS X/9B specification for MICR line
placement, use this feature to make small vertical and/or horizontal positioning adjustments to the MICR line
and/or page image. If necessary, the entire page image placement can be moved. 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: If the auto-rotate feature (described on the next page) is used in conjunction with the ExPT Offsets feature,
any adjustments made with the ExPT Offsets feature to the left or top offset registration will have the same effect
on the page regardless of the page orientation.
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 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 checks.
