User's Manual

Magnetic Card Encoder
Introduction
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ISO Standard Encoding
Track #
Field
Separator
Track
Density
Valid
Characters
# of
characters
1 ^ 210 BPI* Alphanumeri
c (ASCII
20~95
†)
79
‡
2 = 75 BPI* Numeric
(ASCII
48~62)
40‡
3 = 210 BPI* Numeric
(ASCII
48~62)
107‡
*Bits per inch
†Except the “?” character
‡Including Start, Stop, and LRC characters. Also note that these 3
characters areautomatically managed by the magnetic encoder according
to the ISO Standard Norms.
Note • Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming
information.