Section 1
Features Overview
Font DIMM Printer and Font DIMM Kit User’s Guide -- Document #50-70433-001 Rev. A
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Introduction
TROY Security
Fonts
Thank you for purchasing your TROY Font DIMM Printer or Font DIMM 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 2015 Font DIMM Printer includes the TROY Font DIMM, a specially 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 DIMM features an enhanced collection of
MICR, OCR (Optical Character Recognition), and security fonts designed for printing financial documents. The
TROY Font DIMM is also offered as a kit (TROY Font DIMM Kit), which can be installed in a standard Hewlett
Packard 2015 printer to provide MICR printing capabilities. Refer to the
TROY Font DIMM Printer and Font
DIMM Kit Quick-Start Guide
for information on installing the necessary TROY support files. Refer to the
Appendix in this manual for information on installing the TROY Font DIMM into an HP 2015 LaserJet printer.
Your TROY Font DIMM Printer or Font DIMM Kit includes a collection of high-quality MICR fonts (E13-B,
CMC-7) and other security fonts programmed into the TROY Font DIMM. See Section 3 –
Using TROY Fonts
for more information. The TROY Security font collection includes the following fonts:
TROY Font
Description
E13-B MICR Font
Used to print the MICR line at the bottom of the check (United States and selected countries)
CMC-7 MICR Font
Used to print the MICR line at the bottom of the check (if your bank of deposit requires this font)
Enhanced Convenience Font
Used to print the convenience amount information on the check (this font is scalable)
Large Convenience Font
Used to print the convenience amount information on the check (this font is non-scalable)
Small Convenience Font
Used to print the convenience amount information on the check (this font is non-scalable)
TROY Reverse Helvetica Font
Used to print names and addresses on the back of transparent envelope windows for use in
pressure-seal machines
British Pound and Euro Currency
Symbols
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.
TROY Barcode and POSTNET Fonts
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
TROY Security Font
Used to print the amount information on the check (English / Spanish) (this font is scalable)
TROY OCR Font (type A and B)
Used to print any information (names, addresses, amounts) that is to be read by automated
readers using optical character recognition (this font is scalable)
International Convenience Fonts
Used to print the convenience amount on the check in any one of five languages (available on
the TROY Security Printing Solutions CD supplied with your TROY Font DIMM Kit)