Use Magnetic Stripe Fonts - DataCard SD260 Installation And User Manual

Use Magnetic Stripe Fonts

The driver provides fonts to format magnetic stripe data. Use these fonts with
applications such as Microsoft Word that do not usually support magnetic stripe
data.
1.
Use the application's page setup feature
to set the paper size to ISO ID-1. Reduce
the page margins to match the card
design.
2.
Format the text and graphics to print on
the card.
3.
Type the data to encode.
• Use a small font size to minimize the
• End each line with an E
• Do not put data for two tracks on the
• Do not allow text to encode to wrap
• You can use two or more lines of text
• Data to encode can be on side 1 (front) or side 2 (back) of the card.
4.
Select a line of data and apply one of the
following fonts:
• Mag Track 1 XPS Card Printer
• Mag Track 2 XPS Card Printer
• Mag Track 3 XPS Card Printer
• Mag Track JIS XPS Card Printer
5.
Repeat Step 4 for each line of text to
encode.
6.
Send the card to print.
198
amount of space used for encoded
data.
keystroke.
same line.
to another line.
for one track. Each line must start
and end with escape codes. The
driver will add (append) lines for the
same track together.
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