User`s guide

64 Card Design Tasks
Full-Card Topcoat Options
•
Usethestring~TR%?tooverridetheCardPrinterDriverpresetmasksand
topcoattheentirecardside.
• Usethestring~TA%?tooverridetheCardPrinterDriverpresetmasksand
applynotopcoattotheentirecardside.
HINTS&TIPS
Printseveralcardsusingyourcarddesignandapplicationtoverifythatprinting
andtopcoatareappliedasyouintend.
Using Magnetic Stripe Escape Codes
Thedatatoencodeonamagneticstripeisenteredastextandcanlooklikedata
toprint.TheCardPrinterDriverusesmagneticstripeescapecodestoidentifythe
datatoencode.Datacontainedinescapecodesisnotprinted.TheCardPrinter
Driversupportsseveralescapecodesystemstoalloweasycompatibilitywith
othercardprinters.Referto“SupportedEscape Codes”onpa ge65formore
information.
Setting Up Magnetic Stripe Escape Codes
1. Usecardproductionsoftwareoranotherapplicationtocreateacarddesign.
2. Formatthetextandgraphicstoprintonthecard.
3. Typetheencodedata(text)foronetrack.Locateanareaonthecardwhere
typingthedatatoencodedoesnotaffectothercarddesigncomponents.
Theexampleshownusesthe
~<track#><StartSentinel><Data><End
Sentinel>syntax.
Thetextfortrack1lookslikethis:
~1%ZacharyHamilton12345Finance?
• Donotputdatafortwotracksonthe
sameline.
• Donotallowthetexttoencodeto
wraptoanotherline.Useasmaller
fontsizetokeepthetextononeline.