Compare Magtek Magstripe Mini-Wedge Swipe Reader (21080205) Magnetic Card Reader to Magtek USB Swipe Reader With Keyboard Emulation (21040108) Magnetic Card Reader

Since 1972 MagTek has set the pace in card-reading solutions, with MagTek card readers in use at more than 10 million locations worldwide. MagTek offers the largest selection of products and features in the industry, serving the world's largest companies. MagTek's intelligent interface readers can be found all over the world in financial, point-of-sale, access control, and in self-service kiosk applications. Designed to read the magnetic stripe data on credit cards, debit cards, drivers' licenses, and I.D. cards with just a swipe, MagTek's readers are easy to install and are available in single, dual, and three track configurations. All of the readers are highly reliable with high-quality heads delivering up to 1,000,000 passes.??The Mini-Wedge Swipe Reader connects between a PC and its keyboard. The reader looks transparent to both the keyboard and the PC until a card is read. When a card is read, the reader disables the keyboard and sends card data using the same scan codes used ... Less

The USB (Universal Serial Bus), HID Keyboard Emulation, Full Size Swipe Reader is a compact magnetic stripe card reader, which conforms to ISO standards. The Reader is compatible with the PC series of personal computers or any device with a USB interface. A card is read by sliding it, stripe down and facing the LED side, through the slot either forward or backward. A LED (Light Emitting Diode) indicator on the Reader panel provides the operator with continuous status of the Reader operations. The reader emulates a USB Human Interface Device (HID) keyboard. This allows host applications designed to acquire card data from keyboard input to seamlessly acquire the card data from the USB swipe reader. Less