User`s guide

66 Card Design Tasks
HINTS&TIPS
• Useasmallfontsizetoshortenlinesoftexttoencode.
• Keeptexttoprintonadifferentlinethantexttoencode.
• WhentheCardPrinterDriveraddslinesoftextforthesametrack,the
sequenceisdeterminedbytheapplication.Testyourapplicationwiththe
CardPrinterDrivertomakesurethedataisinthecorrectorder.
• MagneticstripedatasentbytheCardPrinterDriverisalwaysencodedon
side 2ofthecard.
• Magneticstripedataisconvertedtouppercaselettersifneeded.
• Ifcharactersunsupportedbyatrackformataresentwithinthemagnetic
stripedata,theprinterdisplaysamessage.
Using Embosser Escapes
Anembosserescapeismadeupofthefollowingelements:
• Escapepreamble—tellstheCardPrinterDriverthetextcharactersfollowing
arepartofanembosserescapeandnottextforrenderingonthecard.
• Embosserfontnumber—CESeriessystemsuseafontnumbertospecifythe
embossorindentcharacterset,thefrontorbackofthecard,andinsome
casesthesupplytouse.
• Emboss/Indentposition—twovaluesspecifythestartinglocationofthe
emboss/indentoperation.
• Embossdata—thetexttobeembossedorindentedatagivenlocationusing
thefontnumberspecified
Embosser Escape Syntax
Theembosserescapesyntaxis:~EM%font#;horz_offset;vert_offset;data
Useasemicolon(;)charactertoseparateembosserescapeelements.
Escape Preamble
Inthepreamble,thecharacters~EM%identifythebeginningofanemboss
escape.