62 ZXP Series 9 Card Printer Service Manual P1086708-001
Software
Printer Conguration
Encoding Tab
The Encoding options enable the user to set
various magnetic and smart card encoding
options.
Magnetic encoding
Disable magnetic encoding prevents the
printer from encoding a card, whether the job
has magnetic encoding data in it or not.
Encode only disables printing, whether the job
has an image to be printed or not.
Magnetic encoder verication veries the data
that is written to the card before declaring the
encoding action to be successful.
Use Hex format to encode tracks sends the
data to be encoded in Hex format.
Magnetic encoding type species the
parameters such as Bit Density and Start
Sentinel that are used when encoding the card.
ISO is the default and is the standard used for
most cards. AAMVA is a standard used for Motor
Vehicle cards. Custom and Binary are custom
settings that are adjusted using the Magnetic
Encoding section of the ZXP Toolbox; see
Magnetic Encoding on page 97.
The Coercivity option is set automatically by
the Card Type In Use selection made on the
Card Setup tab. All other options are user-selectable.