Zebra Technologies P120i user manual Magnetic Encoder Cleaning, ISO Standard Encoding

Introduction

MAGNETIC

STRIPE

980504-AA-01

Magnetic Encoder Cleaning

Use the standard cleaning card process as described in Chapter 4. This cleans the most important parts of the printer; including the print Head, Transport Roller and Magnetic Stripe Encoder.

ISO Standard Encoding

Track #	Field	Track	Valid	# of
	Separator	Density	Characters	characters
1	^	210 BPI*	Alphanumeri	79‡
			c (ASCII
			20~95†)
2	=	75 BPI*	Numeric	40‡
			(ASCII
			48~62)
3	=	210 BPI*	Numeric	107‡
			(ASCII
			48~62)
*Bits per inch
†Except the “?” character

‡Including Start, Stop, and LRC characters. Also note that these 3 characters areautomatically managed by the magnetic encoder according to the ISO Standard Norms.

Note • Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming information.

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