Datacard Group ImageCard SelectTM and UltraGrafix SelectTM Printers Magnetic stripe encoding

Magnetic stripe encoding		D
	This appendix describes the specifications and characters
	you can encode on a magnetic stripe in the Select printer,
	including:

•IATA, ABA, and TTS character sets

•NTT character sets

This appendix also describes basic steps required to set up for magnetic stripe encoding.

iTo use custom magnetic stripe formats, such as binary, contact your service provider for more information. To use custom magnetic stripe formats, such as IATA on track 1 and a proprietary format on tracks 2 and 3, your application must use the SmartDriver SDK. You can be download the SDK from the Datacard website at www.datacard.com.

IATA, ABA, and TTS character sets

The IAT encoding format selection for the Select printer encodes IATA data on track 1, ABA data on track 2, and TTS data on track 3.

IATA (International Air Transport Association)

The maximum field length for IATA format is 76 characters. IATA allows spaces, upper case alphabetic characters, numeric characters, and the following special characters:

! # $ % ' ( ) * + , - . / ; : < @ > = ^ ] \ [ " & _

ABA (American Bankers Association)

The maximum field length for ABA format is 37 characters. ABA allows numeric characters and the following special characters:

: ; < = >

TTS (Thrift Third Standard)

The maximum field length for TTS format is 104 characters. TTS allows numeric characters and the following special characters:

: ; < = >

User’s Guide for ImageCard® Select™ and UltraGrafix® Select™ Printers