User`s guide

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rack settings allows us to choose the ISO stan-
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ard required for each track. See the table in
this Chapter for the information concerning the
ISO 7811 standards.
Coercivity parameterises the magnetic encoder
in high (HICO) or low (LOCO) coercivity. A
magnetic track encoded in high coercivity is
more resistant to exterior disturbances than a
magnetic track encoded in low coercivity.
Direct encoding allows the direct encoding of
one or more magnetic tracks from this window
simply by selecting them and entering the data
to be encoded. Click on the “Execute encoding”
button to start the encoding cycle.
Automatic extraction allows cards with magnetic tracks to be encoded from Windows applications
(such as Word for example). A text field surrounded by the characters ”|” and ”|” (or another cha-
racter to be defined by the user) may be interpreted as an encoding command by the driver.
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The head of a magnetic encoder needs regular cleaning to be able to assure the integrity of the data
encoded in the cards.
The magnetic encoder is cleaned when the printer is the object of a cleaning sequence with the pre-satu-
rated cards (refer to the “Servicing and Maintenance” chapter in this manual for further information).
Repeated passages of the cleaning card inside the printer clean the card transport rollers, the clea-
ning roller and the reading / writing head of the magnetic encoder.
If between two printer cleaning sessions (every 1000 cards printed), the reading/writing process has
failed with more than one card, it is recommended to manually start a printer cleaning process (refer
to the “Servicing and Maintenance” chapter of this manual for the procedure to be followed).
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Bit(s) per inch
2
Except the “?” character
3
Including the Start, Stop and LRC characters. The magnetic encoder generates these characters automatically.
Track no. Field separatorTrack density Types of characters Number of characters
Track 1 ^ 210 bpi
1
Alphanumerical 79
3
(ASCII 20- 95)
2
Track 2 = 75 bpi
1
Numerical 40
3
(ASCII 48-62)
2
Track 3 = 210 bpi
1
Numerical 107
3
(ASCII 78-62)
2