User`s manual

Card

Printer

Solutions

General information

Getting started

Operation

Cleaning

Specifications

Appendix A

Appendix B

Troubleshooting

Printing a card

P205 & P210i Plastic Card Printer

B • MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING

Use the standard cleaning card process.

. This cleans the most important parts of the printer; including the print Head, Transport Roller and Magnetic Stripe

Encoder (refer to chapter 4 “Cleaning” for more instructions.)

1 • Leave power on.

2 • Remove cards from the card feeder.

3 • Insert one presaturated card (provided) through slot on the side of the Card Cartridge.

4 • Press the Multi function button.

ISO STANDARD ENCODING

Track # Field Separator Track density Valid Characters # of characters

1^210BPI* Alphanumeric 79***

(ASCII 20 - 95**)

2=75BPI* Numeric 40***

(ASCII 48 - 62)

3=210BPI* Numeric 107***

(ASCII 48 - 62)

* Bit per inch

** Except the “?” character

*** Including Start, Stop and LRC characters. Also note that these 3 characters are

automatically managed by the magnetic encoder according to the ISO Standard norms.

NOTE: Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming information.

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