ISO Standard Encoding
Track #
Field Separator
Track Density
Valid Characters
# of characters
1 ^ 210
BPI*
Alphanumeric
79‡
(ASCII 20~95†)
2 = 75
BPI*
Numeric
40‡
(ASCII 48~62)
3 = 210
BPI*
Numeric
107‡
(ASCII 48~62)
*Bits per inch
†Except the "?" character
‡Including Start, Stop, and LRC characters. Also note that these 3 characters are automatically
managed by the magnetic encoder according to the ISO standard norms.
Note: Refer to the card printer programmer’s manual for complete programming information.
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