Card Reader Options

The RW series can be equipped with optional Magnetic Stripe and Smart Card readers. The magnetic stripe card reader allows the user to swipe magnetic stripe cards such as credit cards through a slot in the printer and then read and process the data contained in the card.

In a similar manner the Smart Card reader can read the information written in the microchip embedded in Smart Cards, and process the information in the chip in a variety of ways depending on the printer’s application.

Figure 16: Magnetic Stripe Reader Status Indicator

“Rdr” indicates MSR is enabled.

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RW 420

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Battery

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Latch: ok

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Magnetic Stripe Reader

The status of the Magnetic Stripe Reader (MSR) is indicated in three possible ways:

•Reader status is displayed on the Main Menu LCD as shown in Figure 16.

•The LCD backlight flashes to indicate status (3 flashes = enabled, 2 flashes = disabled).

•Chimes indicates the reader status (3 chimes = enabled, 2 chimes = disabled).

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