Hello. I run an ID Card bureau. We use the Fargo Pro-L printer that has the capabilities of encoding hi-Co and Lo-Co magnetic swipe cards. Lately, many of my customers are asking for smart card solutions to be used in their organisations. The concept in view would be Debit Card. Areas - Cafe, Teaching institutes (Fees/Cafe/Stationery/etc.), Entertainment Centers, Malls and the like. I understand your specialization is in chip cards. My study results reveal that the mag-swipe is more cost effective and can cater to a wider customer base provided all the transactions are inter linked to one location - say a building. The reason of the null char. is that since the encoding must be program generated it is difficult to copy/ duplicate the card thereby increasing the security aspect. Please guide me if my understanding is incorrect. I am having some problem in understanding the concept of NULL characters to be encoded on the card. The concept is that each character encoded on the magnetic strip is in a HEX format that ranges from 00 to a to KK making 256 characters. The null character "00" ( which is denoted by a dot in machine language ) can't be keyboard generated and has to be program generated. Tell me what do you understand by this and if there are any sites I must visit to educate myself. If possible, can your organisation help in assisting in setting up such systems. Thank you, Best Regards, Vikram Mangharam [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ��ࡱ� Visit the OpenCard Framework's WWW site at http://www.opencard.org/ for access to documentation, code, presentations, and OCF announcements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the OCF Mailing list, send a mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with the word "unsubscribe" in the BODY of the message.
