20 Windows 95 and 98 Printer Driver Installation and Technical Reference
Magnetic Stripe Encoding
Datacard printers support the Magnetic Stripe tracks listed in Table 4.
Table 4: Magnetic Stripe Tracks
Magnetic
Stripe Style
Encoding Font
Track #
Maximum
Length
Character Set
3 Track
IATA
(210 BPI)
ABA
(75 BPI)
TTS
(210 BPI)
1
2
3
76
37
104
alphanumeric ISO standard
characters (64 characters)
numeric and special characters
., :, ;, <, =, > (16 characters)
numeric and special characters
., :, ;, <, =, > (64 characters)
2 Track IATA
(210 BPI)
ABA
(75 BPI)
1
2
76
37
alphanumeric ISO standard
characters
numeric and special characters
., :, ;, <, =, >