FARGO electronic Quatro ID Card Printer - Manual (Page 49)

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Two other general encoding options are also available. The
Verify
option allows the printer to verify that all magnetic data
has been correctly encoded on each card. If this option
is selected, any verify errors will cause the printer to signal an
error condition. If this option is not selected, the verify pass
will not be executed and encoding errors will not be reported.
This option is selectable for both ISO and JIS II encoding
modes.
The Shift Data Left option is applied to all tracks when
selected. This option shifts the recorded magnetic data to the
left-hand end of the card. This is useful in situations that
require cards to be readable with insert type readers that may
not be able to read the right-hand edge of the card.
II. TRACK LOCATIONS
The magnetic encoding module encodes onto tracks in
accordance with an ISO 7811-2 magnetic stripe. Refer to the
following diagram for track locations:
III. SENDING TRACK INFORMATION
Magnetic track data is sent in the form of text strings from the
application software to the printer driver along with all of the
other printable objects within your card design. In order for the
printer driver to differentiate between magnetic track data and
the rest of the printable objects, the magnetic track data strings
must be uniquely Òtagged.Ó In other words, specific characters
must be added to the magnetic track data in order for the
printer driver to know which data is to be encoded, which
tracks to encode, when the track data stops and starts, and so
forth. In some cases, these specific characters are automatically
added to the string of track data by customized ID software
applications. In most cases, however, the user must manually
TRACK1 0.110"
TRACK2 0.110"
TRACK3 0.110"
0.130"
0.140"
0.223" 0.353" 0.493"
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