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    HP Printers Get Security Toners from Troy Group

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    Nathan Eddy
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    July 12, 2010
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      Secure on-demand printing solutions specialist Troy Group announced a security toner that uses a patent pending, solvent-reactive toner technology developed by the company’s research scientists, which is to be employed on select Hewlett-Packard printers. The technology consists of a high-adhesion toner with a hidden red dye; when a solvent is used to attempt alteration on a document protected with the company’s Security Toner, the dye is released, creating a “highly visible and permanent red stain” on the paper.

      The company said the toner can also be used on existing security papers and pre-printed forms to provide an even higher level of fraud protection, allowing a wide range of businesses, government agencies, schools and other industries to add a new layer of security to their sensitive documents. Applications for the use of the company’s Security Toner include educational transcripts and grade reports, certificates of ownership, vital records, legal documents, medical prescriptions, checks, titles and other types of documents containing sensitive information, a Troy release noted.

      The security toner is currently offered in cartridges compatible with many HP’s LaserJet printers and Troy Security printers, the company said, noting the security toner can only be obtained from a select group of authorized Troy resellers. The company also offers Magnetic Ink Character Recognitio (MICR), a technology that uses magnetically chargeable ink or toner to print the numbers and special characters on the bottom of checks or other financial transaction documents.

      Troy’s vice president of marketing, John Hodgson, said the growing financial losses and other business risks associated with fraud makes document security more important than ever. “Financial institutions particularly like the way it allows them to easily add security to cashiers checks, foreign drafts, money orders and other negotiable documents,” he said. “We believe that Troy Security Toner will become an important new layer of security used at banks and other printing operations.”

      Hodgson said throughout the world, fraudulent alteration continues to be a significant threat to documents that contain sensitive information. He said while many businesses and organizations use specialty papers with special coatings and solvent reactive properties to help protect these documents, many important documents continue to be printed on standard printing paper. “When criminals attempt to alter an important printed document with a chemical, the dye in the toner is released, ruining the document, which prevents criminals from using it for their benefit,” he explained.

      Nathan Eddy
      A graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Nathan was perviously the editor of gaming industry newsletter FierceGameBiz and has written for various consumer and tech publications including Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, CRN, and The Times of London. Currently based in Berlin, he released his first documentary film, The Absent Column, in 2013.

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