Inline Encoding - DataCard SR200 User Manual

Inline Encoding

When the Magnetic Encode setting on the Printing Preferences Encode tab is selected, the
optional magnetic stripe encoder can be enabled. The encoding data is sent to the card printer
through the printer driver using the prefix characters described in this section. This function is
called inline encoding.
If the first three characters in a line are prefix characters (tilde, "?", and numeral), the text that
follows is recognized as encoding data. Encoding data is not printed on a card.
SR200 & SR300 Escape Characters
Prefix
characters
~?0
~?1
~?2
~?3
Tips for Success
Data must be formatted with the same, continuous font.
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Only characters specified in the table on page
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results in an error.
The maximum number of characters does not include the three prefix characters, or the start
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and end sentinels. The Datacard SR‐CR retransfer printer plug‐in, used with the Datacard
SR‐CR retransfer magnetic stripe plug‐in, adds the start and end sentinels.
Make sure that the ID software or PC application does not process the encoding data as
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graphics.
Magnetic stripe data must be on the first page of the card data.
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Use the Encode tab on the Printing Preferences dialog box, or the Printer Setting tab on the
Status Monitor to set encoding coercivity to either Lo‐Co or to Hi‐Co.
82
Data format
JIS type 2
ISO track 1
(International Air Transport
Association — IATA)
ISO track 2
(American Bankers
Association — ABA)
ISO track 3
(Thrift Third Standard — TTS)
Character code table
7 unit (bit) code
6 unit (bit) code
4 unit (bit) code
4 unit (bit) code
83 can be included. Using other characters
Magnetic Stripe Encoding
Maximum
character
length
69
76
37
104