FARGO electronic II manual Locations, Sending Track Information

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B. Track

The magnetic encoding module encodes onto

Locations

tracks in accordance with an ISO 7811-2 magnetic

 

stripe. Refer to the following diagram for track

 

locations:

 

0.223"

0.353" 0.493"

0.130"

 

 

TRACK1

0.110"

 

 

TRACK2

0.110"

 

 

TRACK3

0.110"

 

 

 

 

 

0.140"

60

C. Sending Track Information

Magnetic track data is sent in the form of text strings from the application software to the printer driver along with all of the other printable objects within your card design. In order for the printer driver to differentiate between magnetic track data and the rest of the printable objects, the magnetic track data strings must be uniquely Òtagged.Ó In other words, specific characters must be added to the magnetic track data in order for the printer driver to know which data is to be encoded, which tracks to encode, when the track data stops and starts, and so forth. In some cases, these specific characters are automatically added to the string of track data by customized ID software applications. In most cases, however, the user must manually add these characters to the string of magnetic track data. If these characters are not added to the track data, the text intended for the magnetic track will most likely appear as printed text on the card. To avoid this, track information must be entered as follows.

When entering track data, the Ò~Ó character is entered first, followed by the track number (1, 2, or

3)on which you intend to encode the data. The data to be encoded should then follow. The first character of this data string must be the trackÕs specific Start Sentinel (SS) and the last character must be the specific End Sentinel (ES). The characters or data in between the SS and ES can include all of the valid characters specific to each track. The number of these characters, however, is limited by each trackÕs maximum character capacity. When segmenting track data, the appropriate Field Separator (FS) must be used. The following table shows the SS, ES, FS, and the valid characters defined for each track.

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Contents Color ID Card Printer Printing History For Users in the United States Table of Contents Appendix B Interfacing Information Introduction How Your Color ID Card Printer Works Special FeaturesPage Safety Precautions Vorsicht Sicherheits- maßnahmenAvertissements Consignes de sécurité¡PRECAUCION Precauciones de seguridadPrecauzioni per la Sicurezza Cuidado Precauções de SegurançaChinese or Japanese to be keylined here Chinese or Japanese to be keylined here Arabic to be keylined here Getting Started Identifying the Parts Power About Ribbons Ribbons and CardsPage Loading Ribbon into the Printer About Cards Page Loading Cards into the Printer About Printer’s Laminator Card LaminatingAbout Overlaminates Loading the Overlaminate into the Printer Take-up Roll Hooking Up the Printer Applying PowerRunning the Self Test Connecting the Color ID Card Printer to Your Computer Page Windows Highlight the Install Unlisted or Updated Installing the 32-Bit Print Spooler for Windows Page Setting Up Windows Printer Driver Card Size Ribbon Type Color Matching Panel Graphics Dither ModeOverlay Panel Only Split Ribbon Print Page Duplex Printing Fast 32-bit SpoolerOrientation Controls Magnetics Lamination Page Supplies Required MaintenanceStandard Printhead Cleaning Expanded Printhead Cleaning Cleaning the Printer’s Case Inside Clearing a Card Jam Clearing a Ribbon Jam Cleaning the Card Feed Rollers Cleaning the Drive Roller Maintaining the Cleaning Rollers Adjusting Mechanical AdjustmentsAdjusting Internal Card Guide Card InputInternal Adjusting Card Separator Flap Card Flap Adjustment Adjusting the Laminator Top Edge Bottom Edge Trouble- shooting Symptoms printer makes strange sounds or stops printing My prints have blotches small voids in them My prints have streaks in themPage Page Print Speed Technical SpecificationsIntroduction Magnetic Stripe Encoding ModuleSending Track Information TrackLocations ~1%JULIE ANDERSON623-85-1253? Introduction Centronics- type Parallel Interface Interfacing InformationIndex
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