Product Info
Table Of Contents
- SP_Info_Central.book
- SP Series Info Central
- What do you want to do?
- Answer questions you have about using the printer
- Learn how to use this online information
- Learn more about tasks, such as installation, setup, or maintenance
- Solve problems with printing
- Access an online version of the Printer Guide
- Open help for the Printer Toolbox and Messages
- Open help for Properties or Printing Preferences
- Safety and compliance (FCC)
- Acknowledgments
- SP Series Info Central
- SP_Install_e-guide.book
- Installation
- Before you install
- Install the printer
- Installing the driver
- Upgrading the driver
- Reinstalling the driver
- Troubleshooting Installation Problems
- PC port settings
- Connecting more than one printer or more than one PC
- On the CD-ROM
- Installation
- SP_Setup_e-guide.book
- Setting up for your card design
- How do I create a card design?
- What is a card design?
- When should I perform setup tasks?
- What do I use to set up the printer?
- Why are there several interfaces to set up the printer?
- Card design checklist
- Working with Properties and Printing Preferences
- Changing the type of print ribbon
- Set up for monochrome (K) printing
- Color settings
- Changing settings in the printer
- Magnetic Stripe Setup
- Smart card setup
- Setting up for your card design
- SP_Production_e-guide.book
- SP_Supplies_e-guide.book
- SP_Troubleshooting_e-guide.book
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SP Series Info Central: Setup Guide
Magnetic Stripe settings used by the printer
The following table presents technical details that apply to encoding magnetic stripe data.
IATA ABA TTS NTT Binary
Character Differential 32 48 48 0 0
Start Sentinel (SS)
(ASCII character)
% (37) ; (59) ; (59) 127 None
End Sentinel (ES)
(ASCII character)
? (63) ? (63) ? (63) 127 None
Lowest ASCII Character space (32) 0 (48) 0 (48) (1) 0
Highest ASCII Character _ (95) ? (63) ? (63) (126) 255
Character-level parity (VRC) Odd Odd Odd Even None
Cumulative parity (LRC) Even Even Even Even None
Density in bits per inch 210 75 210 210 210
Data bits per character6 4478
Maximum number of
encodable characters (not
including start and end
sentinel or LRC)
76 37 104 69 33
Encoding direction SS first SS first SS first SS last SS first