DataCard SD260 - Magnetic Stripe Coercivity; Smart Card Design; Smart Card Processing Requirements

SD260L/SD360/SD460 Installation and Administrator’s GuideSD160/SD260 Installation and
Magnetic Stripe Coercivity
Theprintermayrequireadditionalsettingstomatchthecoercivityofthecard.Whenthese
valuesaresettheyremainthesameforallcardsprocessedusingthesamedesign.Thedefaults
aresettostandardISOformatandhighcoercivity.Referto“MagStripeGeneral”onpage 51for
informationaboutchangingthe
coercivity.
Thetypeofmagneticstripecardsyouusemustmatchthetypeofmoduleinstalled.Threehigh‐
coercivitycardsareincludedwiththesystem.Usethesecardstomakesurethattheprinteris
encodingmagneticstripeinformationproperly.Purchaseadditionalmagneticstripecardsto
matchthetypeofmodule
youareusing.
Smart Card Design
Smartcardprocessingdiffersfromothertypesofcardpersonalization.The“smartcard”stepof
personalizationiscontrolledbyanapplicationthatisseparatefromtherestofcard
personalization.
Smartcardsetupusuallyisprovidedbyavalue‐addedresellerorserviceprovider.Request
informationaboutthesmartcardmodule
installedandthetypeofcardstousefromyourservice
providerorvalue‐addedreseller.
Smart Card Processing Requirements
Thefollowingitemsarerequiredtopersonalizesmartcards:
 Asmartcardreaderintheprinter
 Acableforthesmartcardportused
 Acardproductionapplicationthatisdesignedtoworkwiththeprinterandthesmartcard
application
 Smartcardsthatworkwiththereaderintheprinter