Zebra Technologies 8 user manual Encoding Tab

4: Printer Settings and Adjustments

Printing Preferences

Encoding Tab

To access the Encoding Tab, select Start > Devices and Printers. Right click on the Zebra ZXP Series 8 Card Printer listing; and select Printing Preferences > Encoding.

•Magnetic encoding: The Coercivity option is set automatically by the Card Type In Use selection made on the Card Setup tab. All other options are user-selectable.

-Disable magnetic encoding: Prevents the printer from encoding a card, whether the job has magnetic encoding data in it or not.

-Encode only: Disables printing, whether the job has an image to be printed or not.

-Magnetic encoder verification: Verifies the data that is written to the card before declaring the encoding action to be successful.

-Use Hex format to encode tracks: When selected, allows the entry of data in hexadecimal values.

-Magnetic encoding type: Selections are ISO, AAMVA (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators), CUSTOM, BINARY, and JIS-II (Japanese Industrial Standard). The default will be whatever mag encoder is installed in the printer; i.e., ISO or JIS II. Custom and Binary settings are adjusted using the ZXP Toolbox; see Magnetic Encoding on page 123.

-Coercivity: Set when the card type is selected via the Card Setup Tab on page 79.

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