APPENDIX A. Zebra Technologies P320i

Card

Printer

Solutions

General information

Getting started

Operation

Printing a card

Cleaning

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

P320i Plastic Card Printer

A

PPENDIX A

Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder

This section contains information on the additional operations of the P320i

Printers with Magnetic Card Stripe Encoder. (See Chapter 2 for location.)

INTRODUCTION

Operation and maintenance requirements for the P320i Printer with the optional magnetic card stripe encoder.

(See Chapter 2 for location).

The magnetic encoder can be set for either high or low coercivity.

Card

Printer

Solutions

General information

Getting started

Operation

Printing a card

Cleaning

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

P320i Plastic Card Printer

A - MEDIA LOADING ORIENTATION

The magnetic encoder is a factory installed item with the read/write head positioned below the card path, available with HICO

encoding (P320i CM1 or P320i CEM1) or LOCO

encoding (P320i CM2 or P320i CEM2).

When loading cards into the Card Cartridge, please ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing down and closest to the rear.

STRIPE

DOWN

Also available are Printer models with the

Magnetic Read/Write head positioned above

the card path, with HICO encoding (P320i CM3

or P320i CEM3) or LOCO encoding (P320i CM4

or P320i CEM4).

STRIPE

UP

When loading cards, please ensure that the magnetic stripe is facing up and closest to the rear.

NOTE

:

M1 = Stripe Down HICO

M2 = Stripe Down LOCO

M3 = Stripe up HICO

M4 = Stripe up LOCO

Approved HICO & LOCO PVC Cards are available. (See Appendix C).

ONLY USE cards that comply with ISO 7810 &

7811 standards for magnetic stripe cards. The magnetic stripe must be flush to the surface of the card to work properly. Never use taped-on magnetic stripes.

Card

Printer

Solutions

General information

Getting started

Operation

Printing a card

Cleaning

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

P320i Plastic Card Printer

B - MAGNETIC ENCODER CLEANING

There exists two different processes to clean the Magnetic Stripe Encoder.

The first process consists of a standard cleaning of the printer. This cleans the most important parts of the printer; including the Print head, Transport

Roller and Magnetic Stripe Encoder (refer to chapter 4 "Cleaning" for more instructions).

The second process consists of a cleaning of the Magnetic Encoder using the Menu Button from the LCD Display.

To access the Magnetic Encoder Cleaning Menu prceed as below:

1. Leave power on.

2. Remove cards from the Card Feeder

3. Insert one Pre-Saturated Cleaning Card

(provided) through slot on the side of the Card

Cartridge.

4. Press the Menu button until the LCD screen shows CLEANING MENU.

5. Press the Select button to select.

6. Press the Menu button again until the LCD screen shows CLEAN MAG HEAD.

7. Run this operation by pressing the Select button.

ISO STANDARD ENCODING

Track # Field Separator

1 ^

2

3

=

=

Track density

210 BPI*

75 BPI*

210 BPI*

Valid Characters # of characters

79‡ Alphanumeric

(ASCII 20~95†)

Numeric

(ASCII 48~62)

40‡

Numeric

(ASCII 48~62) 107‡

* Bit per inch

† Except the ‘?’ character

‡ Including Start, Stop and LCR characters. Also note that tghese 3 characters are automatically managed by the magnetic encoder according to the ISO Standard

Norms.

NOTE: Refer to the Card Printer Programmer’s Manual for complete programming information.