Magnetic encoder cleaning, B. magnetic encoder cleaning – Zebra Technologies P420 User Manual

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ISO STANDARD ENCODING

*

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.

Track #

Field Separator

Track density Valid Characters # of characters

1

^

210BPI

*

Alphanumeric

(ASCII 20

95

†

)

79

‡

2

=

75BPI

*

Numeric

(ASCII 48

62)

40

‡

3

=

210BPI

*

Numeric

(ASCII 48

62)

107

‡

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APPENDIX A

1. Leave power on.

2. Remove cards from the Card Feeder

3. Insert one Pre-Saturated Cleaning Card

(provided) through slot on the side of the Card

Cartridge.

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.

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 instruc-

tions).

The second process consists of a cleaning of the Magnetic Encoder using the

Menu Button from the LCD Display.

To access the Magnetic Encoder Cleaning Menu proceed as below:

B

. MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING

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