82 Magnetic Stripe EncodingInline EncodingWhen the Magnetic Encode setting on the Printing Preferences Encode tab is selected, theoptional magnetic stripe encoder can be enabled. The encoding data is sent to the card printerthrough the printer driver using the prefix characters described in this section. This function iscalled inline encoding.If the first three characters in a line are prefix characters (tilde, “?”, and numeral), the text thatfollows is recognized as encoding data. Encoding data is not printed on a card.Tips for Success Data must be formatted with the same, continuous font. Only characters specified in the table on page 83 can be included. Using other charactersresults in an error. The maximum number of characters does not include the three prefix characters, or the startand end sentinels. The Datacard SR‐CR retransfer printer plug‐in, used with the DatacardSR‐CR retransfer magnetic stripe plug‐in, adds the start and end sentinels. Make sure that the ID software or PC application does not process the encoding data asgraphics. Magnetic stripe data must be on the first page of the card data.SR200 & SR300 Escape CharactersPrefixcharacters Data format Character code tableMaximumcharacterlength~?0 JIS type 2 7 unit (bit) code 69~?1 ISO track 1(International Air TransportAssociation — IATA)6 unit (bit) code 76~?2 ISO track 2(American BankersAssociation — ABA)4 unit (bit) code 37~?3 ISO track 3(Thrift Third Standard — TTS)4 unit (bit) code 104Use the Encode tab on the Printing Preferences dialog box, or the Printer Setting tab on theStatus Monitor to set encoding coercivity to either Lo‐Co or to Hi‐Co.
