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Changesettingsasneeded,andthenclickSetCurrenttoapply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da ta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head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tracks1,
2,and3.
• SSA(1,2,3)—Setthestartsentineladjustment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.
• StripeEncoderMultiplier—Thisvalueisinformationonlyandcannotbe
changed.ItisdeterminedwhenanSSAte stisrun.
• WriteTrack(1,2,3)—Allowmagneticstripewriteactionstowritetotracks1,
2,and3.