Magicard Rio Pro, Maintenance Manual

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Rio Pro Maintenance Manual
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SECTION 15.2 BASIC MAGNETIC ENCODING.
The Magicard Rio Pro and Rio Pro Duo may have the Magnetic stripe encoder fitted as an enhancement and for added
security. To ensure the encoding is compatible with your Card Readers, it has the ability to meet I.S.O STD 7811.
The Printer is capable of encoding, both CR80 Hi-Co and Lo-Co Cards using the standard 3 Track format. To change
between the two, there is a setting in the Printer menu.
The Printer display will tell you whether it has
a magnetic encoder fitted by showing an “M”.
All Magnetic Encoding data must be typed using a True Type font in Black, all text must be in “Upper Case”
To produce a basic encoding document, follow the instructions below:
Bring the image you require to print, onto the screen.
Ensure that the Image you are printing is using a Rastagraphic Program (i.e. such as a word processing
program, DTP package, or proprietary badge making program)
Type in your magnetic code anywhere on the face of the Card using the following format.
Type your code in a black,
“True Type” font only.
All T
racks of the code must start with a „tilde‟ ~ followed by the Track number.
Example: ~1
Type in your code.
Track 1 may be a combination of numbers and uppercase letters, Tracks 2 and 3 numbers only.
Example: To encode the data “12345XYZ” on track 1 of a magnetic strip Card: ~1%12345XYZ?
Print the Card.