User's Manual

XPS Card Printer Installation and User Guide 77
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 data encoding format for a single-track magnetic stripe module is the JIS Type II
format.
JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard)
The maximum number of characters for the JIS format is 69 characters. These characters can
include spaces, numeric characters, upper case alphabetic characters, lower case alphabetic
characters, and the following special characters:
! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ ] ^ _ ~ { | } ~
From a PC running a Japanese edition of a supported Windows operating system Japanese-
language characters are also supported. They include the following special characters:
45 Katakana characters:
and the following 10 Katakana characters:
Each time you start using Japanese-language characters, or stop using them, a hidden character
is added. Each hidden character reduces the number of characters you can encode by one
character.