User manual POLAROID ID CARD MAKER VER. 5

[. . . ] Welcome to the ID Card Maker Enhanced Online User Documentation This file contains information about Polaroid ID Card Maker Enhanced Edition version 5. 3 or higher. Please choose a title below to view the document, or click on the titles to the left of this page. ID Card Maker Operator's Guide ID Card Maker Administrator's Guide Polaroid PCID Printer and Magnetic Stripe Plug-ins Using the Online User Documentation Legal Notices Conventions Comments?Suggestions? ID Card Maker Enhanced Version 5 User Documentation Notices The design and information contained in these materials is protected by US and international copyright law. [. . . ] If at 6-point type the text still does not fit, characters are dropped from the end. Text Field Colors You can select both a background and foreground color for your text fields. You can either specify that the background be transparent (the default) or that it be a solid color. The foreground color refers to the color of the text in the field. If you specify black for the foreground color of a text, static text, or date field, you can choose to have the text printed using the black panel (K-panel) of the printer ribbon if the card printer is using a ribbon with a black panel. The black panel produces a truer black and sharper characters than printing using a combination of the cyan, magenta, and yellow panels. If you define the field to print in white text, the printer will "knock out" the characters, allowing the surface of the card (usually white) to show through. The Use topcoat panel check box also becomes available when white is the selected color. See "Topcoat" on page 21 for more information. Arranging Fields on the Card Each time you insert a field on the card, ID Card Maker Project places it, with default values for properties, in the upper left corner of the card. You need to change its properties to suit your needs and move it to the correct location on the card. Use the alignment commands on the Format menu to make sure fields are perfectly lined up either horizontally or vertically. ID Card Maker Version 5 Administrator's Guide Plan and Create the Card Design 37 Before fine-tuning the card layout, print a sample card. This allows the software to determine printer characteristics and size fields more accurately. Save time by copying and pasting formatted fields rather than always inserting a new, default field. For example, in the sample card above the "Member ID" field was created and formatted. Then it was copied and pasted for the "Expire Date" field (see the online help topic "Cut, copy and paste fields" for step-by-step instructions) and the Field Name and Display Text were changed on the General tab of the Edit Field Properties [Static Text] dialog box. The designer did not have to change the font characteristics for the copied field. Alternatively, you can format the text properties of multiple text-based fields at one time. See the online help topic, "Format text properties for multiple fields" for step-by-step instructions. Printing Sample Cards While you are designing your card, you can print sample cards by selecting Print Sample Card from the File menu on the menu bar or from the right mouse button menu or by clicking the Print Sample Card button on the toolbar. For best results, use the same card stock and printing supplies your Process operators will use. Sample cards are always printed with the sample data you supplied for the card fields. To check that magnetic stripes are encoded correctly, start ID Card Maker Process and print a card. ID Card Maker Enhanced Version 5 User Documentation 38 Plan and Create the Card Design Printing Cards in the Process Application You can set up your ID Card Maker project to help Process operators track the progress of print requests. On the Printing tab of the Card Design Properties dialog box, select a field to identify print jobs. See "Printing Cards" in the Operator's Guide for information on using this feature in the Process application. Card Design Considerations As you are designing your card, keep in mind what you want the card to do. Will cards be examined closely or is it important for them to be readable from a distance?A single card can accomplish two or more objectives, but crowding too much information on a card can impair its usability. [. . . ] See the manufacturer's documentation for those products. Why We Chose PDF Documents are stored in this file using the Adobe® Acrobat® Portable Document Format, or PDF. Distributing product information as PDF files has several advantages: · · · PDF offers you extensive search capabilities. You can use hypertext jumps to move about in a file you are reading on line. You can print the documents for reference or to read when you are away from your computer. [. . . ]