User`s guide

IMPORTANT !

Only use magnetic stripe cards conform to ISO 7810 and ISO 7811.

To work correctly, the magnetic stripe must be ground into the card.

Never use a card with an affixed magnetic track.

4. Cleaning the magnetic encoder

LThe magnetic encoder head requires regular cleaning in order to assure the inte-

grity of the data encoded on the cards.

The magnetic encoder is cleaned when the printer is the object of a cleaning

sequence with pre-saturated cards (refer to chapter 3 " Cleaning " in this manual

for further information).

Repeated passing of the cleaning card inside the printer cleans the card transport

rollers, the cleaning rollers, the print head and the writing / reading head of the

magnetic encoder.

If between two printer cleaning sessions (every 1000 cards inserted), the rea-

ding/writing process has failed with more than one card, it is recommended to

start a manual cleaning sequence for the printer (refer to chapter 3 " Cleaning "

of this manual for the procedure).

5. ISO 7811 standard encoding

regulations

- Bit/s per inch

- Except the character " ? "

- Including the characters Start, Stop and LRC. These characters are generated automatically by the magnetic encoder

TTrraacckk nn

FFiieelldd sseeppaarraattoorr TTrraacckk ddeennssiittyy TTyyppeess ooff cchhaarraacctteerrss NNuummbbeerr ooff cchhaarraacctteerrss

Track 1 ^ 210 bpi Alphanumerical 79

(ASCII 20- 95)

Track 2 = 75 bpi Numerical 40

(ASCII 48-62)

Track 3 = 210 bpi Numerical 10.7

(ASCII 78-62)