FARGO electronic Pro-L manual Encoding Mode / Coercivity / Track Selection

Pro-L Card Printer User’s Manual

Encoding Mode / Coercivity / Track Selection

Use the Encoding Mode option to specify which magnetic encoding standard you would like to use. The JIS II option provides encoding compatibility with the JIS C 6220 Type II cards commonly used in Japan. When the JIS II mode is selected, only track 2 will be encoded. Note that no encoding customization options are available with the JIS II mode.

The ISO option provides encoding capability for either high or low-coercivity cards on tracks 1, 2, and 3 and is the industry’s most standard mode of magnetic encoding. Use the Coercivity option to select the type of magnetic stripe you would like to encode. If your application requires customization of the standard ISO encoding process, use the Track Selection option to specify which track you would like to configure through the Magnetic Track Options. Although the default ISO Magnetic Track Options should be correct for almost all applications, these options can be customized if your application requires it. Please note that all options must be changed separately for each of the three individual tracks. If you would like to set these options back to the ISO standard settings once they have been changed, simply select the Default Format button for each of the separate tracks. Please refer to the following for a description of all Magnetic Track Options.

IMPORTANT! The Magnetic Track Selections are used only for configuring the way in which each of the three magnetic tracks will encode. They DO NOT designate which tracks the printer will encode (for example, if you would like to encode only Track 2). This must be done through your specific software program. Also, note that although the printer driver will remember the settings you specified for each of the three tracks, the printer driver will always default to displaying the options for Track 1 whenever the printer driver setup screen is first opened.

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Appendix A: Magnetic Stripe Encoding Module