offered. If you will be sending large files no matter in which mode you are communicating
then the Hand shaking should be set to HARDWARE.
Three Track magnetic Card Reader Option
A three track
M
agnetic
C
ard
R
eader is available on the Extech 4500THS model printers.
The MC reader is designed to read magnetically encoded data from cards conforming to
ANSI/ISO 7810, 7811 standards.
The MC reader converts the F2F encoded signals on the magnetic card, to ISO7811
compatible ASCII format and transmit the information to the host computer or a terminal.
The MC reader can read one, two or three tracks simultaneously and bi-directionally.
Set of printer ESC software commands are supported in order to provide the following
operating features:
y
Select the MC reader.
y
Set the auto time-out software timer
y
Report MCR Read errors
y
Report MC reader status.
Card Specifications
The table below summarizes the format of the data stored on each magnetic track.
Track Position
Track 1
ISO1 (IATA)
Track2
ISO2 (ABA)
Track3
ISO3(MINTS)
Recording Density
210 BPI
75 BPI
210 BPI
Recording
Capacity
79 characters
40 characters
107 characters
Number of data
bits
7
5
7
Card
Thickness
.76 mm +/- 0.08 mm
Card Specifications
