User's Manual

XPS Card Printer Guide
Printer Guide
About the Printer
Using the Printer
Card Design and Setup
Card
Components
Color Printing
Monochrome
Printing
Topcoat Printing
Magnetic Stripe
Printing & Non-
printing Areas
Layout
Settings
Printer Driver
Printing Cards
Troubleshooting
Supplies and Parts
Installation Guide
Magnetic Stripe Formats
Three-Track Option
The default 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 called ISO format.
IATA (International Air Transport Association)
The maximum number of characters for IATA format is 76 characters. These characters can
include spaces, upper case alphabetic characters, numeric characters, and the following special
characters:
! # $ % ' ( ) * + , - . / ; : < @ > = ^ ] \ [ " & _
ABA (American Bankers Association)
The maximum number of characters for ABA format is 37 characters. Numeric characters and
the following special characters are allowed:
: ; < = >
TTS (Thrift Third Standard)
The maximum number of characters for TTS format is 104 characters. Numeric characters and
the following special characters are allowed:
: ; < = >
Single-Track Option
The default encoding format for a single-track magnetic stripe module is the JIS X format.
JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard)
The maximum number of characters for the JIS format is 69 characters. These characters can
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