Form Ri-Magnetic Media - Magnetic Media Filing Requirements 2009 (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

Form Ri-Magnetic Media - Magnetic Media Filing Requirements 2009 Page 2

Media Accepted

The State of Rhode Island prefers 3 ½” IBM compatible diskette or CD-ROM.

Also accepted are 3480; 3490 or 3590 cartridge, 18 track, 38K BPI and non-compressed data. We can no longer accept reel tapes

Eight (8) inch diskettes and 5 ¼” diskettes are not accepted.

THE MAXIMUM BLOCKING FACTOR THAT OUR SYSTEM WILL ACCEPT IS 32,767 CHARACTERS

CD-ROM files must not contain more than 25,000 records. If necessary, submit multiple CD’s

When filing by magnetic media, EBCDIC is preferred but ASCII accepted.

Standard labels are preferred but non-standard accepted.

IBM compatible diskettes must be ASCII.

If you are not required to file on magnetic media, W-2 forms may be submitted on paper (copy of the Federal

document).

SUBMITTED MATERIALS (INCLUDING CARTRIDGES, CD-ROMS AND DISKETTES ) WILL NOT BE

RETURNED.

Form RI-Magnetic Media

Rev 11/09

Form Ri-Magnetic Media - Magnetic Media Filing Requirements 2009 Page 2