Introduction
MAGNETIC
STRIPE
Magnetic Encoder Cleaning
Use the standard cleaning card process as described in Chapter 4. This cleans the most important parts of the printer; including the print Head, Transport Roller and Magnetic Stripe Encoder.
ISO Standard Encoding
Track # | Field | Track | Valid | # of | |
Separator | Density | Characters | characters | ||
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1 | ^ | 210 BPI* | Alphanumeri | 79‡ | |
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| 20~95†) |
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2 | = | 75 BPI* | Numeric | 40‡ | |
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| 48~62) |
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3 | = | 210 BPI* | Numeric | 107‡ | |
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| 48~62) |
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*Bits per inch |
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†Except the “?” character |
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‡Including Start, Stop, and LRC characters. Also note that these 3 characters areautomatically managed by the magnetic encoder according to the ISO Standard Norms.
Note • Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming information.
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