DataCard SD260 Installation And Administrator's Guide

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Magnetic Stripe Design
Theprinter’smagneticstripemoduleallowstheprinter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dat asettingsthatdeterminehowmany
characte rs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(A–Z),numericcharacter s(0–9),andthe
followingspecialcharacters:
!
#$%'()*+,‐./;:<@>=^]\["&_
ABA(AmericanBankersAssociation)
ThemaximumnumberofcharactersforABAformatis37characters.Numericcharacters(0–9)
andthefollowingspecialcharactersareallowed:
:;<
=>
TTS(ThriftThirdStandard)
ThemaximumnumberofcharactersforTTSformatis104characters.Numericcharacters(0–9)
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