How do I encode a magstripe card with Simply ID?
First your printer needs the magstripe encoder. If you bought a system with an encoder then you are ok. You also need magstripe cards that need to go into the printer towards the back (If you are facing the front of the printer the magstripe is down and away from you). Go to file/new card and check the enable magstripe encoding. Once your card is setup. Double click the black stripe on the card design. Choose which Track you want to encode. For example we want to encode the static # 1234 then the data field FIRSTNAME on Track 1 and the same on track 2 then 1234 SSN on Track 3. Check Track 1 then for Text 1 type in 1234. For data source 1 choose Text 1 then for data source 2 choose First Name. For track 2 Check Track 2 then for Text 1 type in 1234. For data source 1 choose Text 1 then for data source 2 choose First Name. For track 3 Check Track 3 then for Text 1 type in 1234. For Data source 1 choose text 1 then for datasource 2 choose SSN. Make sure your printer is set to encode in the
