Datacard Group SP Series - Manual (Page 103)

User’s Guide for Express™ and Select™ Class Printers
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Magnetic stripe encoding
This appendix describes the characters you can encode on
a magnetic stripe in the Express or Select printer. It
includes:
• IATA, ABA, and TTS character sets
• NTT character sets
This appendix also describes the specifications for each track.
To use custom magnetic stripe formats, such as binary or triple IATA, your
application must use the SmartDriver SDK. Contact your service provider for more
information.
IATA, ABA, and TTS character sets
The IAT encoding format selection for the Express or Select printer encodes IATA data
on track 1, ABA data on track 2, and TTS data on track 3.
IATA (International Air Transport Association)
The maximum field length for IATA format is 76 characters. IATA allows spaces, upper
case alphabetic characters, numeric characters, and the following special characters:
! # $ % ' ( ) * + , - . / ; : < @ > = ^ ] \ [ " & _
ABA (American Bankers Association)
The maximum field length for ABA format is 37 characters. ABA allows numeric
characters and the following special characters:
: ; < = >
TTS (Thrift Third Standard)
The maximum field length for TTS format is 104 characters. TTS allows numeric
characters and the following special characters:
: ; < = >
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