DataCard Sp35 Installation Manual

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32SP Series Style GuideTips for success• If you plan to use a custom magnetic stripe format, your service provider or value-added reseller (VAR) mustmake changes to printer settings to set up a custom magnetic stripe format. Follow the guidance of your serviceprovider or VAR when using a custom magnetic stripe format.• Proprietary formats, used for applications such as driver’s licenses or hotels, can be used with SP Seriesprinters. Obtain the guidance of your service provider or value-added reseller (VAR) when using proprietaryformats.• On Windows 98 and Me, data formatted with magnetic stripe fonts or escape codes cannot be located inrotated fields.Magnetic stripe escapesCustomers have the ability to use magnetic stripe escape codes with the Smart Driver, version 5.0 and higher, andthe SP Series printer. Magnetic stripe escape codes are used by card printers from several other manufacturers.To support existing custom applications, Datacard has implemented magnetic stripe escapes. To use magneticstripe escapes with the driver, a custom application must send data to the driver, not directly to the printer.Magnetic stripe escapes can also be used when an application cannot format magnetic stripe data and when theapplication does not allow you to select the driver’s magnetic stripe fonts for formatting magnetic stripe data.Magnetic stripe escapes are most commonly used for the IAT format, which encodes IATA (International AirTransport Association) data on Track 1, ABA (American Banker’s Association) data on Track 2, and TTS (ThriftThird Shift) data on Track 3. Other card printer manufacturers sometimes refer to this format as ISO format. Usinginformation in this section, you can also use magnetic stripe escapes to encode variations to the IAT format.Enabling magnetic stripe escapesThe Printing Preferences, Properties, or Document Defaults dialog box includes a setting to enable magneticstripe escapes. Enable magnetic stripe escapes on each PC that will use magnetic stripe escapes to send data toa printer. Also, enable magnetic stripe escapes for each printer attached to a PC if you will send magnetic stripedata to the printer.Proprietary Three-Track (IAT) ID Works Printer Use printersettingsYesProprietary Three-Track (IAT) Magnetic Stripe Fonts Driver Use printersettingsYesProprietary Three-Track (IAT) Custom Application Application Use printersettingsYesCustom Three-Track (IAT)Single Track (NTT)Custom Application Application Binary orUse printersettingsOptionalCustom Three-Track (IAT)Single Track (NTT)Magnetic Stripe Fonts(includes Preface)-- Binary orUse printersettingsOptionalBinary Three-Track (IAT) ID Works ID Works Binary NoBinary Three-Track (IAT) Custom Application Application Binary NoFormat PrinterModule Data formatted by Data verified by Driver formatsettingUseDiagnostics?