What is MagnePrint?
 MagnePrint® is a card authentication technology which allows any magnetic stripe card to be recognized as a unique and nonreproducible security token. MagnePrint is able to detect cards that have been illegally reproduced (“skimmed”) as well as cards that have had their data re-encoded or magnetically altered. The term itself is derived from the following expressions: “Magne” as in magnetics, and “Print” as in fingerprint.
Just as fingerprints can identify human beings, Magnetic Fingerprints (MagnePrint) can identify magstripe cards. This is possible because of the stripe composition.
 A magnetic stripe is created from billions of ferrous oxide particles. The particles are various shapes and sizes and are mixed in a random pattern when the magnetic slurry is prepared. They are sealed in place when the slurry dries, during the tape manufacturing process.
 Once this occurs, the stationary particles emit a permanent, repeatable and distinctive magnetic signal, which is the MagnePrint. The MagnePrint, like a fingerprint, remains basically unchanged for the life of the card.
 The MagnePrint is in the background of the stripe. It is sometimes referred to as “noise”. It does not interfere with the cardholder personal data encoded in the foreground. Nor can the encoded data remove or erase the MagnePrint. Furthermore, the MagnePrint and the cardholder personal encoded data can be linked.
For more information visit the MagnePrint website.
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