DataCard SD160 Installation And Administrator's Guide

52 Printer Manager
Changethesettingsasneeded,andthenclickSetCurrenttoapplythechanges.
 Attempts—Specifythenumberofattempts(automaticretries)theprintermakestoencode
themagneticstripedata.Thisvaluealsoisusedforthenumberoftimestoattempttoread
magneticstripedata.
Ifyousetthisnumbertoalowervalue,itincreasesthethroughputoftheprinterbutcan

decreasethereliabilityofmagneticstripeencoding.
Ifyousetthenumbertoa highervalue,itdecreasesthethroughputoftheprinterbutcan
increasethereliabilityofmagneticstripeencoding.
Avalueof1meansnoretryattempts.
 Coercivity—Selectthecoercivitysettingthatmatchesthecardsyouareusing.Coercivity
measurestheresistanceofmagneticmaterialtotheremovalofencodeddata.High
coercivity(HICO)requiresmoreelectricalforcetoencodedataandthedataismoreresistant
tomagneticinterference.ThechoicesareHICO,LOCO,NTT1,
NTT2,NTT3.
 DataFormat(1,2,3)—Specifythenamesofthedataformatsusedfortracks1,2,and3.
Forsingle‐trackmagneticstripeencoding,setDataFormat1toJISandDataFormat2and
DataFormat3toNONE.
Touseacustomdataformat,definetheformatsfortracks1,2,and/or3usingthe
MagStripeCustomTrack(1,
2,3)settingsandthensetthecorrespondingDataFormatsettings
toCUSTOM.
 NoDataDisableTrack—Disablethemagneticstripewritehea dforatrackifthetrackcontains
nodata.Whenthisisdisabled,anytrackthatwasnotgivendataiserased.
 ReadT r ack(1,2,3)—Allowmagneticstripereadactionstoreadfromtr acks1,2,and3.
 SSA(1,2,3)—Adjustthestartsentinelpositionfortracks1,2,and3.(SSA3alsosetsthestart
sentinelforasingletrack.)Thestartsentinelisencodedonthemagneticstripeimmediately
beforethefirstdatacharacterandindicatesthebeginningofdata.Enteravaluefrom‐4to
4.
 WriteTrack(1,2,3)—Allowmagneticstripewriteactionstowritetotracks1,2,and3.

DataCard SD160 Specifications

General

Print Technology	Dye Sublimation
Print Resolution	300 dpi
Connectivity	USB 2.0
Power Requirements	100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Card Capacity	100 cards input hopper, 25 cards output hopper
Card Size	CR80 (85.6 mm x 54 mm)
Operating System Support	Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
Card Thickness	0.020" to 0.030" (0.51 mm to 0.76 mm)
Print Speed	Up to 150 cards per hour (YMCKT)