Zebra Technologies P520 User Manual
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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 consist of a cleaning of the Magnetic Encoder using the Menu
Button from the LCD Display.
To access the Magnetic Cleaning Menu proceed as below:
1 •
Leave power on.
2 •
Remove cards from the card feeder.
3 •
Insert one presaturated 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.
ISO STANDARD ENCODING
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APPENDIX A
Track #
Field Separator
Track density
Valid Characters
# of characters
1
^
210BPI*
Alphanumeric
79***
(ASCII 20 - 95**)
2
=
75BPI*
Numeric
40***
(ASCII 48 - 62)
3
=
210BPI*
Numeric
107***
(ASCII 48 - 62)
* Bit 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.