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Magnetic Stripe Preamble
0 to 16 ASCII characters: The magnetic stripe preamble is a string of char-
acters that can be added to the beginning of magnetic stripe data. These can
be special characters for identifying a specifi c reading station, to format a
message header expected by the receiving host, or a function key from the
Function Code Tables in Appendix C.
SELECTION CODE: D2
One Character or Function Key at a time
Magnetic Stripe Postamble
0 to 16 ASCII characters: The magnetic stripe postamble serves the same
purpose as the preamble, except it is added to the end of the read data after
any terminator characters.
SELECTION CODE: D3
One Character or Function Key at a time
EXAMPLE:
To set a four-character magnetic stripe preamble of ABCD, enter:
/E/D/FD<ENTER>D2<ENTER>A<ENTER>B<ENTER>C<ENTER>
D<ENTER>DZ<ENTER>
SELECTION CODE: D2
One Character or Function Key at a time
SELECTION CODE: D3
One Character or Function Key at a time