FARGO electronic Quatro ID Card Printer - Manual (Page 47)

Magnetic Stripe Encoding Module 43
requires customization of the standard ISO encoding process,
use the Magnetic Track Selection option to specify which track
you would like to configure through the Magnetic Track
Options. Although the default ISO Magnetic Track Options
should be correct for almost all applications, these options can
be customized if your application requires it. Please note that
all options must be changed separately for each of the three
individual tracks. If you would like to set these options back to
the ISO standard settings once they have been changed, simply
select the Default Format button for each of the separate
tracks. Please refer to the following for a description of all
Magnetic Track Options.
IMPORTANT! The Magnetic Track Selections are used only for
configuring the way in which each of the three magnetic
tracks will encode. They DO NOT designate which tracks
the printer will encode (for example, if you would like to
encode only Track 2). This must be done through your
specific software program. Also, note that although the
printer driver will remember the settings you specified for
each of the three tracks, the printer driver will always
default to displaying the options for Track 1 whenever the
printer driver setup screen is first opened.
Magnetic Track Options
Use these options to customize the ISO encoded data format
for each of the magnetic stripeÕs three tracks. Remember that
each track must be customized independently of the other two.
This means you must specify which of the three tracks to
customize by selecting one of the three track options. After
making the required selection, the Magnetic Track Options box
displays the current set of customization options for the
selected track. Note that for most applications, however, the
default settings of these options should not need to be
changed.
Encoded Bit Density
This option enables customization of the Bit Recording
Density (Bits per Inch) used to encode the magnetic data on
the currently selected track.
The default ISO Standard selections for this option are:
Track 1 - 210 BPI
Track 2 - 75 BPI
Track 3 - 210 BPI
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