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Change settings as needed, and then click Set Current to apply changes.
Attempts—Specify the number of attempts (automatic retries) the printer
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makes to encode the magnetic stripe data. This value also is used for the
number of times to attempt to read magnetic stripe data.
If you set this number to a lower value, it increases the throughput of the
printer but can decrease the reliability of magnetic stripe encoding.
If you set the number to a higher value, it decreases the throughput of the
printer but can increase the reliability of magnetic stripe encoding.
A value of 1 means no retry attempts.
Coercivity—Select the coercivity setting that matches the cards you are using.
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Coercivity measures the resistance of magnetic material to the removal of
encoded data. High coercivity (HICO) requires more electrical force to encode
data and the data is more resistant to magnetic interference. The choices are
HICO, LOCO, NTT1, NTT2, NTT3.
DataFormat (1, 2, 3)—Specify the names of the data formats used for tracks
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1, 2, and 3.
For single‐track magnetic stripe encoding, set DataFormat1 to JIS and
DataFormat2 and DataFormat3 to NONE.
To use a custom data format, define the formats for tracks 1, 2, and/or 3 using
the MagStripeCustomTrack (1, 2, 3) settings and then set the corresponding
DataFormat settings to CUSTOM.
NoDataDisableTrack—Disable the magnetic stripe write head for a track if the
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track contains no data. When this is disabled, any track that was not given
data is erased.
ReadTrack (1, 2, 3)—Allow magnetic stripe read actions to read from tracks 1,
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2, and 3.
SSA (1, 2, 3)—Set the start sentinel adjustment for tracks 1, 2, and 3. (SSA3
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also sets the start sentinel for a single track.) The start sentinel is encoded on
the magnetic stripe immediately before the first data character and indicates
the beginning of data. Enter a value from
StripeEncoderMultiplier—This value is information only and cannot be
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changed. It is determined when an SSA test is run.
WriteTrack (1, 2, 3)—Allow magnetic stripe write actions to write to tracks 1,
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2, and 3.
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