User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Revision Log
- How-Do I… Quick links to Frequently Asked Questions
- Contents
- Message 100: Request not supported
- Message 101: Job could not complete
- Message 102: Card not in position
- Message 103: Printer problem
- Message 104: Critical problem
- Message 105: Magstripe data error
- Message 106: Magstripe data not found
- Message 107: Magstripe read data error
- Message 108: Magstripe read no data
- Message 109: Print ribbon problem
- Message 110: Print ribbon out or missing
- Message 111: Card not picked
- Message 112: Card hopper empty
- Message 113: Close cover to continue
- Message 114: Cover opened during job
- Message 115: Wait for print temperature
- Message 116: Magstripe not available
- Message 117: Reader not available
- Message 118: Print ribbon type problem
- Message 119: Print ribbon not supported
- Message 120: User paused the printer
- Message 121: Print ribbon ID problem
- Message 122: Magnetic stripe format problem
- Message 123: Insert new card then continue
- Message 124: Insert same card then continue
- Message 500: The printer is not available. The card cannot print.
- Message 501: The printer connection was lost. Printing the card is canceled.
- Message 502: The card data is missing or is not usable. The card cannot print.
- Message 503: The magnetic stripe data is missing. The card cannot print.
- Message 505: Bonjour is not installed. Cannot connect to the printer.
- Message 506: A card is currently processing.
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- Card Design and Setup
- Printer Driver
- Updates, Upgrades, and More
- Removing a Printer from a Windows PC
- Troubleshooting
- Supplies and Parts
- How-To Topics
- How to Install a Large Output Hopper
- How to Install the 200-Card Input Hopper Option
- How to Adjust the Colors Printed
- How to View Card Counts using the Driver
- How to View Card Counts from the Printer LCD Menu
- How to Change a Card Design
- How to Run a Cleaning Card
- How to Clean the Printhead
- How to Set the Driver Network Port Value
- How to Encode Magnetic Stripe without Printing
- How to Change the LCD Backlight
- How to Get the Printer Network IP Address
- How to Get the Printer USB IP Address
- How to Load Cards
- How to Load Ribbon
- How to Open Printing Preferences
- How to Open the Printer Manager
- How to Open the Printer Properties
- How to Print Driver Sample Cards
- How to Print a Printer Test Card
- How to Print on Both Sides of the Card
- How to Print More Than One Copy of a Card
- How to Rotate the Card
- How to View Printer Status
- How to Find the Printer Serial Number
- How to Set Magnetic Stripe Coercivity
- How to Set the Print Area
- How to Set the Print Resolution
- How to Set Static IP Address Type
- How to Use Print Blocking Escapes
- How to Use Magnetic Stripe Escapes
- How to Use Magnetic Stripe Fonts
- How to View the Driver Version
- How to View Network Information
- Legal Notices
XPS Card Printer Installation and User Guide 76
Card Design: Magnetic Stripe
This section describes:
•
About Magnetic Stripe
•
Magnetic Stripe Formats
•
Magnetic Stripe Escapes
•
Magnetic Stripe Fonts
About Magnetic Stripe
Magnetic stripe is an option available in the printer. See the Printer
Status page of Printer Properties for the printer to see if your
printer has a magnetic stripe option. The cards you use must also
have a magnetic stripe. The magnetic stripe is a brown or black
stripe close to one long edge of the card.
See the package containing new cards for details about the
magnetic stripe.
The magnetic stripe option is set up to define the coercivity,
number of tracks, and data format. The coercivity and data format
are set in the printer. The installer sets these values and they
remain the same for all cards printed using the same design. See
How to Set the Magnetic Stripe Coercivity if you need to change
the coercivity.
The data format determines how many characters can be encoded on a track. It also determines
which characters can be encoded. Click
here to see the characters available with the default ISO
three-track format.
Click
here to see the characters available with the JIS single-track format.
Your cards can use the default format for each track, or can use a different combination of
tracks and data formats.
Magnetic Stripe Formats
Three-Track Option
The default data formats for a three-track magnetic stripe option are:
• Track 1 — IATA
• Track 2 — ABA
• Track 3 — TTS
This combination is often abbreviated IAT. This format is called ISO format.
IATA (International Air Transport Association)
The maximum number of characters for IATA format is 76 characters. These characters can
include spaces, upper case alphabetic characters, numeric characters, and the following special
characters:
! # $ % ' ( ) * + , - . / ; : < @ > = ^ ] \ [ " & _