Specifications

28 Plan and Create the Card Design
ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
Magnetic Stripe Field
You create magnetic stripe fields to encode information in the
magnetic stripe area of your cards. The ID Works Designer
application places the magnetic stripe field in the correct location for a
three-track magnetic stripe on the most common card stock. If you
are using cards with a different number of tracks, you can change the
height of the field. You can also move the field up or down on the
landscape-oriented card. You cannot change the width of the
magnetic stripe field or move it left or right.
You must specify the encoding device, as well as the configuration of
the device, to be used for the magnetic stripe. You do this on the
Encoding tab of the Edit Field Properties [Magnetic Stripe] dialog
box. You can also change an existing configuration or create a new
configuration on this tab by clicking the Edit Configurations button.
See the documentation for your specific magnetic stripe encoder for
information on editing a configuration.
See the online help topic “Add a magnetic stripe field to a card” for
step-by-step instructions.
Magnetic stripe
field