User's Manual

XPS Card Printer Installation and User Guide 163
How to Use Magnetic Stripe Fonts
The driver provides fonts to format magnetic stripe data. Use these fonts with applications such
as Microsoft Word that do not usually support
magnetic stripe data.
1. Use the application's page setup feature to set
the paper size to ISO ID-1. Reduce the page
margins to match the card design.
2. Format the text and graphics to print on the
card.
3. Type the data to encode.
• Use a small font size to minimize the
amount of space used for encoded data.
• End each line with an Enter keystroke.
• Do not put data for two tracks on the same
line.
• Do not allow text to encode to wrap to
another line.
• You can use two or more lines of text for
one track. Each line must start and end
with escape codes. The driver will add
(append) lines for the same track together.
• Data to encode can be on side 1 (front) or
side 2 (back) of the card.
4. Select a line of data and apply one of the
following fonts:
• Mag Track 1 XPS Card Printer
• Mag Track 2 XPS Card Printer
• Mag Track 3 XPS Card Printer
• Mag Track JIS XPS Card Printer
5. Repeat Step 4 for each line of text to encode.
6. Send the card to print.
7. Verify the encoding success by passing the card
through a card reader.
• Do not use character formatting, such as kerning.
HINTS & TIPS
• Do not use smart quotes.
• Use an application in which you can enter and save text, and then edit it after saving.