Patent ID: 7738123

Claim:
A printing system, comprising: a printer having a flash memory device connector; a MICR sensor for sensing when MICR toner is in the printer; a manual keylock selector for selecting printing options; and a controller flash memory device adapted to be connected to the printer by the flash memory device connector, the controller flash memory device containing an interface for the MICR sensor, an interface for the manual keylock selector, a controller, and a memory, the manual keylock selector having multiple separate positions, and the controller flash memory device adapted to perform any combination of two or more of the following functions: prevent any MICR job from printing while the keylock is in a first of multiple positions, allow any MICR jobs to print while in a second of multiple positions, allow no job to print while in a third of multiple positions, and allow any job to print while in a fourth of multiple positions; the controller flash memory device adapted to select the function to perform at a given position in time based at least in part on the current position of the keylock.