TROY Group MICR_IRD 9000 1UP MICR Printing Solutions User’s Guide - Manual (Page 52)

Section 4 Using the TROY Printer Utility
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Managing
System
Security
Setting the
Administrator
Password
Your TROY MICR solution provides many convenient features for managing MICR printer security in a single
or multi-user environment. The TROY MICR Secure and MICR / IRD Secure EX series printers offer additional
software and hardware-based security features designed to safeguard your proprietary printer resources (digital
images of signatures, logos, macros, MICR fonts, etc.), restrict access to check stock stored inside the printer
paper trays, and restrict access to the MICR features and settings available from the printer control panel.
The strength and effectiveness of your MICR printing system security will depend largely on the TROY security
features you choose to implement. For users of the TROY Secure EX series printer, TROY highly recommends
that administrators implement the use of individual user names and passwords, data encryption, printer keylock,
paper tray locks, and the TROYmark
™ to maximize the security of their MICR printing environment.
Although the use of an administrator password is not required to operate your TROY MICR solution, TROY
highly recommends setting an administrator password to restrict access to the printer settings from either the
TROY Printer Utility or the printer control panel. The administrator (ADMIN) default password is blank (no
password).
Although the administrator password can be set via the printer control panel, TROY strongly recommends using
the TROY Printer Utility to set or modify the password. After the password is selected, the TROY Printer Utility
will automatically update the password file in the printer’s flash file system.
NOTE: As a security enhancement, the TROY MICR 4100 series printers will only allow a numeric password to be
entered via the printer control panel. If you plan to set and/or enter the administrator password via the printer
control panel instead of the TROY Printer Utility, you must choose a numeric password (no letters).
NOTE: If you plan to use the Printer Utility exclusively to set or enter the administrator password (recommended),
then letters or numbers may be used for the administrator password.