B- Magnetic Encoder Cleaning - Polaroid P100I User Manual

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General Information
Getting Started
Operation
Printing a Card
Cleaning
Troubleshooting
Specifications
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
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B.·MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING
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 instructions).
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:
ISO STANDARD ENCODING
Field Separator
Track #
^
1
=
2
=
3
* Bits 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.
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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.
Valid Characters
Track Density
Alphanumeric
210 bpi*
(ASCII 20~95†)
Numeric
75 bpi*
(ASCII 48~62)
Numeric
210 bpi* (ASCII 48~62)
# of Characters
79‡
40‡
107‡