User`s guide

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Track settings allows us to choose the ISO stan-
d
ard required for each track. See the table in this
Chapter for the information concerning the ISO
7
811 standards.
C
oercivity
p
arameterises the magnetic encoder
in high (HICO) or low (LOCO) coercivity. A magne-
tic track encoded in high coercivity is more resis-
tant 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 or Card 5 for example). A text field surrounded by the characters ”|” and ”|” (or ano-
ther character 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 c
ards.
The magnetic encoder is cl
eaned when the printer is the object of a cleaning sequenc
e with the pre-satu-
rated cards (refer to the “Servicing and Maintenance” chapter in this manual for further information).
Repeated pas
sages of the cl
eaning 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 print
er cleaning sessions (every 400 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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1
Bit(s) per inch
2
Except the “?” character
3
Including the Star
t, Stop and LRC characters. The magnetic encoder generates these characters automatically.
Track no. Field separatorTrack density Types of characters Number of characters
T
r
ack 1
^
210 bpi
1
Alphanumeric
al
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