User`s manual

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Appendix A
Magnetic Encoder
Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder
This section contains information on the additional operations of the P630i or P640i Printer
with Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder.The magnetic encoder uses high coercivity.
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.