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• If you set up customized formats, choose “Use Printer Settings” in Printing
Preferences (so the driver does not send the format setting with each job).
Some custom formats require an application customized using the Software
Development Kit (SDK).
• In the driver, HiCo and LoCo are the coercivity choices for a three-track head,
and NTT 1 is the default for a single track head.
Magnetic Stripe Settings Used by the Printer
The following table presents technical details that apply to encoding magnetic
stripe data.
IATA ABA TTS JIS
Character Differential 32 48 48 0
Start Sentinel (SS) (ASCII
character)
% (37) ; (59) ; (59) (127)
End Sentinel (ES) (ASCII
character)
? (63) ? (63) ? (63) (127)
Lowest ASCII Character Space (32) 0 (48) 0 (48) (1)
Highest ASCII Character _ (95) ? (63) ? (63) (126)
Character-Level Parity (VRC) Odd Odd Odd Even
Cumulative Parity (LRC) Even Even Even Even
Density, in dots-per-inch 210 75 210 210
Data, in bits-per-character 6 4 4 7
Maximum Encodable Characters
(excludes start and end sentinels
and LRC bit)
76 37 104 69
Encode Direction SS First SS First SS First SS First