Zebra ZC100 Series User Manual - Options
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Options
Mag Encoder
Magnetic Encoding Type
ISO (Default)
The encoder reads and writes standard ISO track data formats in standard ISO track locations. The following shows
the three standard ISO tracks.
Each track can be encoded and decoded with ASCII characters in the standard default ISO data formats:
The magnetic encoder can read or encode up to 3 tracks of digital information onto CR-80 cards incorporating a HiCo
or LoCo magnetic stripe in the ISO 7811 format.
Encoding for the three tracks uses the ISO 7811 format.
• Track 1 uses 210 BPI (bits per inch) encoding in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) format of 79
alphanumeric characters, at 7 bits per character.
• Track 2 uses 75 BPI encoding to store 40 numeric characters at 5 bits per character in American Banking
Association (ABA) format.
• Track 3 uses 210 BPI encoding of 107 numeric characters at 5 bits per character in THRIFT format.
Track
Density
(BPI)
Bits per
character
Character
parity
Length
(characters)
LRC
parity
Start
sentinel
End
sentinel
Start sentinel
offset
1
210
7
Odd
76
Even
%
?
0.293" (7.4 mm)
2
75
5
Odd
37
Even
;
?
0.293" (7.4 mm)
3
210
5
Odd
104
Even
;
?
0.293" (7.4 mm)
Track 1 -- 210 BPI
Track 2 -- 75 BPI
Track 3 -- 210 BPI