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Appendix C
B • MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING
There exists two different processes to clean the Magnetic stripe Encoder.
The first process consists of a standard cleaning of the printer. 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.)
The second process consist of a cleaning of the Magnetic Encoder using the Menu Button from the LCD Display.
To access the Magnetic Cleaning Menu proceed as below:
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
Feeder.
4 • Press the Menu button until the LCD screen shows CLEANING MENU.
5 • Press the Select button to select.
6 • Press the Menu button again until the LCD screen shows CLEAN MAG HEAD.
7 • Run this operation by pressing the select 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.