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Single-Track Option
The default data encoding format for a single-track magnetic stripe module is the
JIS Type II format.
JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard)
The maximum number of characters for the JIS format is 69 characters. These
characters can include spaces, numeric characters, upper case alphabetic
characters, lower case alphabetic characters, and the following special characters:
! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ ] ^ _ ~ { | } ~
From a PC running a Japanese edition of a supported Windows operating system
Japanese-language characters are also supported. They include the following
special characters:
45 Katakana characters:
and the following 10 Katakana characters:
Each time you start using Japanese-language characters, or stop using them, a
hidden character is added. Each hidden character reduces the number of
characters you can encode by one character.