Magnetic encoder cleaning, Iso standard encoding – Zebra Technologies Zebra P120i User Manual
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P120i Card Printer User Guide
980504-001 Rev. A
Introduction
Magnetic Encoder Cleaning
Use the standard cleaning card process as described in Chapter 4. This cleans the most
important parts of the printer; including the print Head, Transport Roller and Magnetic Stripe
Encoder.
ISO Standard Encoding
980504-AA-01
MAGNETIC
STRIPE
Track #
Field
Separator
Track
Density
Valid
Characters
# of
characters
1
^
210 BPI*
Alphanumeri
c (ASCII
20~95
†
)
79
‡
2
=
75 BPI*
Numeric
(ASCII
48~62)
40
‡
3
=
210 BPI*
Numeric
(ASCII
48~62)
107
‡
*Bits per inch
†
Except the “?” character
‡
Including Start, Stop, and LRC characters. Also note that these 3
characters areautomatically managed by the magnetic encoder according
to the ISO Standard Norms.
Note • Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming
information.