User's Manual

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One model of the Cameo printer is available with a magnetic stripe reader,

allowing magnetic stripe input to the RF Terminal using the @M (magstripe

input) command.

• The Cameo printer with magstripe input is capable of reading

Track 1, Track 2 or Tracks 1&2. See your Portable Printing

Systems Programming Manual for the correct character string to

send in the @M command to turn on the magstripe reader. (see

page 6-2 for details).

• When the Terminal sends data to the host, it sends it in the

following format:

RF Terminal ID + DATA + CR

Typically, the data is simply a string of characters, but in the

instance of data coming from the magstripe reader, there are some

additional characters you need to be aware of. The magstripe

reader sends its data in the following formats:

Track 1:

T1: DATA

Track 2:

T2: DATA

Track 1&2:

T1: DATAT2: DATA

So, when the RF Terminal transmits the data to the host, it will be

in the following format:

RF Terminal ID + T1: DATA + CR

RF Terminal ID + T2: DATA + CR

RF Terminal ID +T1: DATA + T2: DATA + CR

For further information, see your Printing Systems Programming

Manual on the CD ROM shipped with the printer.