MagTek TTL - Manual (Page 31)

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APPENDIX C. STANDARDS
DIMENSIONS
− FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDS
ISO 7810 Physical Characteristics of Credit
Card Size Document
7811-1 Embossing
MAGNETIC STRIPE 7811-2 Magnetic Stripe - Low Coercivity
7811-3 Location of Embossed Characters
2.125" 7811-4 Location of Tracks 1 and 2
7811-5 Location of Track 3
EMBOSSED 7811-6 Magnetic Stripe - High Coercivity
INFORMATION
7813 Financial Transaction Cards
For Copies of Specifications contact: 3.375"
0.030" Thick AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE
25 W. 43rd Street, New York, New York 10036
(212) 642-4900
MAGNETIC STRIPE ENCODING
− FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDS
0.223" RECORDING DENSITY CHARACTER CONFIGURATION INFORMATION CONTENT
(bits per inch) (including parity bit) (including control characters)
0.100" Track 1 IATA
210BPI 7 BITS PER CHARACTER 79 APHANUMERIC CHARACTERS
0.100" Track 2 ABA
75BPI 5 BITS PER CHARACTER 40 NUMERIC CHARACTERS
0.100" Track 3 Thrift
210BPI 5 BITS PER CHARACTER 107NUMERIC CHARACTERS
CARD DATA FORMAT - TRACK 1
76 ALPHANUMERIC DATA CHARACTERS
Primary Account Name No. of Characters No. of Characters
Number (19 (26 alphanumeric Expiration Date (YYMM) 4 *PVKI 1
digits max.) characters Max.) Service Code 3 *PVV 4
*CVV or *CVC 3
Some or all of the above fields
may be found within the
Discretionary Data.
Control Characters:
SS = Start Sentinel %
SS FC PAN FS NAME FS ADDITIONAL DATA DISCRETIONARY DATA ES LRC
FS = Field Separator ^ FC = Format Code *(PKIV) = PIN Verification Key Indicator
ES = End Sentinel ? LRC = Longitudinal Redundancy *(PVV) = PIN Verification Value
Check Character *(CVV) = Card Verification Value
*(CVC) = Card Validation Code