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DTC1250e/DTC1000Me/DTC4250e Card Printer User Guide, PLT-01668, 1.0
ISO Encoding – You can change the encoding mode and coercivity setting or modify the ISO standards for
Tracks 1, 2 and 3. This can be done by correctly modifying these Magnetic Encoding options.
Window Tab
Procedure
Procedure (continued)
If you select ISO Encoding,
you send down a formatted set
of characters.
This selection activates the
track tabs. However, all
functions on the Track tabs are
inactive or gray and display
ISO defaults, which are the
defaults listed for each track
below. The Shift Data Left
check box remains unchecked
and inactive.
If you select Custom
Encoding, all options are
active.
The Default is ISO Encoding.
Note: The defaults are the
same as the ISO Encoding
defaults.
All functions on the Magnetic
Track Options tabs are active.
If you select Raw Binary
Encoding, you send down a
raw binary string rather than a
formatted set of characters.
The Coercivity dropdown
function is active and the Shift
Data Left checkbox is not
active.
All functions on the Magnetic
Track Options tabs are inactive
except for Bit Density.
If you select
JIS II Encoding
,
specific standards are used.
This selection disables all the
Magnetic Track Options tabs.
It also disables the Coercivity
dropdown function and Shift
Data Left checkbox option.
The default Coercivity is 600
Oe.
Select the Coercivity
option (Oersted) that
matches the card type.
•
High Coercivity 4000
Oersted
• FARGO’s High Coercivity
UltraCard IIIs are 2750
Oersted
• Medium Coercivity=600
Oersted
• Low Coercivity = 300
Oersted
Select this option to shift
the recorded magnetic
data to the left-hand side
of the card's Magnetic
Stripe.
This is useful in situations
that require cards to be
readable with insert type
readers.