TROY Group MICR_IRD 9000 1UP MICR Printing Solutions User’s Guide - Manual (Page 15)

Section 2 Understanding TROY’s Features
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Printer
Security
States To help maintain a secure MICR printing environment, the TROY MICR solutions have security features that, in
combination, create security states. The interdependency of these security states ensures the integrity of the
MICR printing security features, which can be enabled and/or configured to meet your specific security
requirements. These features can be accessed through the TROY Printer Utility or the printer control panel. It is
important that the administrator create a unique administrator password to safeguard the security settings by
preventing unauthorized access to the TROY Printer Utility and the printer control panel.
The MICR functions built into the TROY MICR solutions operate under a pre-defined set of security states.
When a MICR print job is sent to the printer, the printer firmware monitors up to four security states to determine
if the pre-defined set of conditions is correct to allow the MICR job to print.
These four security states, monitored sequentially, are as follows:
• MICR mode – MICR mode enabled or disabled
• Login status – Valid user name and password entered (optional)
• Keylock position – MICR Locked, Printer Locked, or Print MICR position
• MICR toner cartridge sensing – TROY MICR toner cartridge installed in printer
NOTE: The printer keylock is present on MICR Secure and MICR / IRD Secure EX series printers only.
MICR toner cartridge sensing is present on MICR EX, MICR Secure, and MICR / IRD Secure EX series printers only.