Datacard Group 450 Printer User Manual


 
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
., :, ;, <, =, >