Is my machine capable of using magnetic stripe cards?

Return to printer solutions | Encoding issues
Written By john.fieldsend 20th Jun 2024

Check your printers LCD screen.

If you see your printer name followed by an ‘M”  or a “Mag”  then it has Magnetic encoding capability.

If not then please be aware that magnetic encoding capability, a magnetic encoder module, cannot be retro-fitted after a printer has been manufactured.

It can can only be included at the time of manufacture.

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