MagTek EC2000 99875631 - Manual (Page 5)

Technical Bulletin (Document Number 99875631)
ExpressCard 2000 Tipping and Emboss Areas
MagTek I 1710 Apollo Court I Seal Beach, CA 90740 I Phone: (562) 546-6400 I Technical Support: (888) 624-8350
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2.3.3 Characters Per Inch
Given a fixed starting coordinate for an embossed string, determining the length of string that will fit
within the boundaries requires understanding the nominal and configured characters per inch (CPI) value
for each of the four fonts on the embosser wheel.
The CPI value for each font can be found by navigating to
Menu > Settings > Tuning > Advanced… .
The settings on that page labeled FontID1, FontID2, FontID3, and FontID4 show the number of
thousandths of an inch the embosser will place between the centers of characters in an embossed string
that uses that font. The CPI for a given font can be calculated by dividing 1000 by that number.
For example, if FontID1 is set to a value of 143, the EC2000 will place 143/1000 inches between each
character. Inverting that gives 1000/143 characters per inch, or 7 CPI. Nominally, FontID1 (Farrington
7B) is specified as a 7 CPI font, and FontID2 (Standard Gothic) is specified as a 10 CPI font.
2.3.4 Maximum String Lengths
The final consideration when managing boundaries is the absolute length limit of strings: Regardless of
placement, FontID1 has a maximum string length of 22 characters; FontID2 has a maximum string length
of 30 characters; FontID3 and FontID4 have “soft” maximum string lengths of 35 characters.