Troy introduces Desktop Check Writing Software; links to Quicken, Peachtree, CA-Simply Accounting; HP LaserJets targeted.

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1995--Troy, a division of Pierce Companies Inc., Monday introduced a new check writing software solution for use in the desktop check printing market.

TROY Check Writing Software works with top mainstream accounting software packages (e.g., Quicken, Peachtree Accounting) to allow check printing functions on the TROY 512 MICR Printer and HP family of LaserJet printers. TROY serves as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s sole U.S. LaserJet source for magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) solutions.

TROY Check Writing Software automates the check writing process for "on demand" desktop check printing -- increasing security (password initiation, no duplicate documents) while eliminating expensive pre-printed check stock and manual paper changes required when using non-MICR laser printers and dot matrix printers.

The software enables users to produce accounts payable and payroll checks from blank check stock, complete with company logos and the MICR encoding required for bank processing. The program runs in the background and is transparent to end users, who simply continue to invoke the disbursement function in their accounting applications when printing checks.

TROY Check Writing Software was designed for the millions of users of the top PC-based accounting packages operating in a Windows(r) environment. Working in conjunction with the new TROY MICR Printer Windows Driver, TROY Check Writing Software runs in Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11. Compatible accounting programs include: Intuit's Quicken and QuickBooks; Computer Associates' CA-Simply Accounting; ADP's Peachtree Accounting; DacEasy Accounting; Microsoft Money; BestWare M.Y.O.B. Accounting; NEBS One-Write Plus.

"Check writing is the key to secure and inexpensive distributed check printing, and the plug 'n play simplicity of TROY Check Writing Software meets the needs of many companies currently stuck in obsolete check-writing practices," said Robert S. Messina, TROY's vice president of sales and marketing.

"Placing the MICR line on a check only at the moment it's issued means greater control over cash flow," he added. "TROY Check Writing Software is the last piece of the check-printing puzzle for owners of the TROY 512 and HP LaserJet 4 and 4 Plus printers who use the most popular small business accounting packages. They can now easily and securely write checks on multiple bank accounts using blank check forms."

TROY plans include upcoming MS-DOS(r) and "custom" versions of TROY Check Writing Software. For major corporations with complicated, customized accounting tasks running on networks, a custom version of the TROY Check Writing Software will work with financial business information software products.

o Price. TROY Check Writing Software is available free for

purchasers of TROY 512 MICR Printers or, under TROY's

ongoing MICR Certification Upgrade Program, HP LaserJet 4

and 4 Plus printers. For check-printing capability, TROY

retrofits these printers with TROY's exclusive MICR

"personality" single in-line memory module (SIMM),

and MICR toner cartridges. For users of other HP

LaserJet printers -- Models II, IID, III, IIID, 4Si --

the cost of the software is $79.95.

The TROY "total solution" for desktop check printing now includes: TROY Check Writing Software, the TROY 512 MICR Printer, MICR toner cartridges, and TROY's SIMM with MICR fonts and other features required for MICR printing.

TROY, a division of Pierce Companies Inc., is based in Santa Ana, Calif. TROY maintains a worldwide leadership position in MICR technology and computerized MICR printing systems. The company's products are available in the United States through TROY value-added resellers and major distributors. For more information, contact TROY at 714/250-3280 or 800/944-6757, fax [phone].

CONTACT: TROY, Santa Ana

Thuy Davis, 714/250-3280 or 800/944-6757

or

dGWB Public Relations 

Ned Madden, 714/863-0404