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TTPM2 Installation and Programming Manual
September, 99
TIP!
– Avoid designing tickets that require close alignment between preprint and thermal
print.
12.3 Magnetic
media
Magnetic stripe
Side stripe positioned according to ISO 7811/2
Center stripe (option)
Magnetic media
Full tape, transfer tape or slurry
CAUTION!
– In case of slurry, care must be taken to avoid excess slurry material and
abrasive particles that may cause unduly high degree of wear on the magnetic recording
and read heads in the TTPM2
Coercivity
Low: 300 Oersted
High: 2750 Oersted (option)
Other non-standard coercivities available on request
If a ticket is perforated, for stub separation for example, the perforation shall not infringe
on the magnetic track to prevent interference with magnetically encoded data.
12.4
Ticket dimensions and perforation
Stock format
Gapped or non-gapped consecutive form tickets. Fanfold or roll.
Sheet-cut (single) tickets for manual or dispenser loading.
Document standard
ISO No. 7810
Ticket width
53.98 ± 0.20 mm
Ticket length
85.6 ± 0.25 mm, or 110.0 ± 0.25 mm
Corner radius
3.15 ± 0.3 mm (preferably without minus tolerance). Used for
optical detection of top-of form.
Perforation for stub
Placed at the trailing end of the ticket
Gapped tickets
Two tabs according to Figure 30.
Non gapped tickets
Equal distance between tabs according to Figure 31.