TROY Group Digital Image User's Guide for HP Printers - Manual (Page 5)

Digital Image User's Guide for HP Printers
Document #50-70297-001 Rev. G Page 5 of 6
Using TROY Digital Image Fonts for Microsoft Windows
The TROY Digital Image screen fonts are not displayed as the actual digital image. The screen fonts are
displayed as text (a generic font is used). By entering the pattern of characters, supplied on the TROY Digital
Image Data Sheet, the image is generated from within the printer's resident fonts. This feature was developed
to prevent unauthorized printing using the digital image screen fonts on other Windows-installed printers. The
pattern of characters can be used to simulate the size and spacing of the digital image.
1. Review the TROY Digital Image Data Sheet for the section labeled Windows Support Information,
and note the Font Name and Point Size. Also, take note of the pattern of characters. Remember, this
pattern is used to generate the Digital Image.
2. Launch a Windows-based application.
3. From the Windows application, access the font (typeface) list, and select the font name as noted from
the TROY Digital Image Data Sheet (Font Name).
4. Select the correct point size as noted from the TROY Digital Image Data Sheet (Point Size).
NOTE: Using another point size will not increase/decrease the size of the digital image but will distort
the image spacing (white gaps within the image will appear). Remember, the digital images
are fixed in size and are NOT scalable.
5. Enter the pattern of characters found on the TROY Digital Image Data Sheet. Once again, this pattern
is used to generate the digital image. Example: abcdef
6. Print the Windows document. Remember the image on the screen is displayed as text but the digital
image will be generated when printed to the TROY Security Printer.
Programming TROY Digital Images
(non-Microsoft Windows)
Please have the TROY Digital Image Data Sheet available for this process. Information from this
documentation will be needed to complete the installation.
As explained above, the digital images are stored as a font (Hewlett Packard format); therefore, the
images are selected in the same method as other printer-resident fonts. This requires some basic
programming knowledge of HP PCL 5e (Hewlett Packard Printer Command Language). The
programming information provided in this document will provide the necessary information for
selecting, positioning, and printing the digital images. For further information on programming HP
PCL 5e, please obtain the Hewlett Packard PCL / PJL Technical Reference Bundle. This set of
documentation can be purchased directly from Hewlett Packard.
Commands within PCL begin with the non-printable escape character (ASCII 27 / HEX 1B). For this
document, the escape will be represented as .