HID HDPii Plus User Guide 2.0 - Manual (Page 55)

HDP5000 & HDPii Card Printer Encoder User Guide_L000950, 2.0
December 2012 Page 55 of 103
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3.12.9 Reviewing the ISO Track Locations
The magnetic Encoding Module encodes onto tracks in accordance with an ISO 7811-2 Magnetic
Stripe.
TRACK1 0.110"
TRACK2 0.110"
TRACK3 0.110"
0.130"
0.140"
0.223" 0.353" 0.493"
3.12.10 Sending the Track Information
Magnetic track data is sent in the form of text strings from the application software to the Printer
Driver.
• In order for the Printer Driver to differentiate between Magnetic Track data and the rest of
the printable objects, specific characters must be added to the magnetic data to be
encoded.
• These specify the data that is to be encoded the tracks to encode and mark the start and
stop of the data string.
• In some cases, these specific characters are automatically added to the string of track data
by ID software applications.
• In most cases, the User must carefully add these characters to the string of Magnetic Track
data. If these characters are not added to the track data, the text intended for the Magnetic
Track will appear as printed text on the card.
• To avoid this, enter the track information as described.
Step Procedure
1 When entering track data, the ~ (tilde) character is entered first, followed by the track number (1, 2 or 3)
on which the data should encode. This is followed by the data to be encoded.
• The first character of this data string must be the track's specific Start Sentinel (SS) and the last
character must be the specific End Sentinel (ES).
• The characters or data in between the SS and ES can include all of the valid characters specific
to each track.
• The number of these characters, however, is limited by each track's maximum character
capacity.
• When segmenting track data, the appropriate Field Separator (FS) must be used. The table
below shows the SS, ES, FS and the valid characters defined for each track.