Magnetic Encoder
ISO Standard Encoding
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ISO Standard Encoding*Bits per inch
†Except the “?” character
‡Including Start, Stop, and LRC characters. Note that these three characters are
automatically managed by the magnetic encoder according to the ISO
StandardNorms.
Track # Field Separator Track Density Valid Characters # of Characters
1 ^ 210 BPI* Alphanumeric
ASCII
20~95†79‡
2 = 75 BPI* Numeric
ASCII
48~62 40‡
3 = 210 BPI* Numeric
ASCII
48~62 107‡