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• Card arrangement direction setting
This command sets the direction for card arrangement.
In the print character data setting command (41h), the settings made using this command are
enabled for the card arrangement direction if not setting the card arrangement direction and
data arrangement coordinate printing control header string. In the print character data setting
command (41h), if the print control header string is not set, the subsequent print character
data is enabled with card arrangement direction set by the printing control header string
having priority. The card arrangement direction set by this command is enabled again for
each printing on cards.
STX, 91h, ‘P’/‘p’, card arrangement direction setting, ETX, BCC
Card arrangement direction setting parameter
‘0’: Sets vertical card direction as the initial direction.
‘1’: Sets horizontal card direction as the initial direction.
The card arrangement direction when the device is shipped from the factory is set to the
vertical position.
• Magnetic stripe read retry count setting
This command sets the number of times the device will retry to read the magnetic stripe.
Settings using this command function as default settings in the first, second, and third track
read commands 21h, 22h, 23h, the first, second and third track read (status with no card)
commands 25h, 26h, 27h, and the first, second, and third track buffer read commands 29h,
2Ah and 2Bh.
STX, 91h, ‘R’/‘r’, magnetic read retry count setting, ETX, BCC
Magnetic read retry count setting parameters
‘0’: No retry
‘1’: Sets the magnetic read r etry count to 1 times.
‘2’: Sets the magnetic read r etry count to 2 times.
‘3’: Sets the magnetic read r etry count to 3 times.
‘4’: Sets the magnetic read r etry count to 4 times.
‘5’: Sets the magnetic read r etry count to 5 times.
‘6’: Sets the magnetic read r etry count to 6 times.
‘7’: Sets the magnetic read r etry count to 7 times.
The ex-factory magnetic read retry count setting is 2 times.