DataCard SD260 Installation And Administration Guide

SD Series Installation and Administrator’s Guide 25
Magnetic Stripe Design
Theprintercontainsamagneticstripemoduletoprocessmagneticstripedata.
Therearetwomagneticstripeconfigurationoptions:ISOandJIS.UsethePrinter
ConfigurationLabel(describedintheprinter’sUser’sGuide)todeterminethe
typeofmoduleinstalled.
Magnetic Stripe Data Formats
Themoduleformat(ISOorJIS)definesthetypeand
formatoftheinformationtoencode.ThestandardISO
format(alsoknownasIAT)isathree‐trackoption.The
JISformatisasingle‐trackoption.Bothformatsinclude
defaultdatasettingsthatdeterminehowmany
characterscanbeencodedoneachtrack,andwhich
characterscanbeencoded.
Yourcardscanusethedefaultformatforeachtrack,or
canuseadifferentcombinationoftracksanddata
formats.
Three-Track Option (ISO/IAT)
Thedefaultdataformatsforathree‐trackmagneticstripeoptionare:
• Track1—IATA
• Track2—ABA
• Track3—TTS
ThiscombinationisoftenabbreviatedIAT.ThisformatisalsocalledISOformat.
IATA (International Air Transport Association)
ThemaximumnumberofcharactersforIATAformatdatais76characters.These
characterscanincludespaces,uppercasealphabeticcharacters,numeric
characters,andthefollowingspecialcharacters:
!#$%'()*+,‐./;:<@>=^]\["&
_
ABA (American Bankers Association)
ThemaximumnumberofcharactersforABAformatis37characters.Numeric
charactersandthe followingspecialcharactersareallowed:
:;<=>

DataCard SD260 Specifications

General

Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64
Color	Yes
Print speed (color)	200 card/h
Product color	Blue, Grey

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	391 mm
Width	175 mm
Height	224 mm