User manual POLAROID ID CARD MAKER ENTRY

[. . . ] ID Card Maker Entry Online User Documentation This file contains information about Polaroid ID Card Maker identification software version 6. 0 or higher. Please choose a title below to view the document, or click on the titles to the left of this page. Operator's Guide for ID Card Maker Version 6 Administrator's Guide for ID Card Maker Version 6 Polaroid PCID Printer and Magnetic Stripe Plug-ins Legal Notices Conventions Used in the Online User Documentation Comments?Suggestions? ID Card Maker Entry Version 6 User Documentation Legal Notices The design and information contained in these materials is protected by US and international copyright law. [. . . ] The black panel produces a truer black and sharper characters than printing using a combination of the cyan, magenta, and yellow panels. You can either specify that the background be transparent (the default) or that it be a solid color. 10 ID Card Maker Entry Version 6 User Documentation System Overview Printers do not print white. If you define the field to print in white text, the printer will "knock out" the characters, allowing the surface of the card or paper (usually white) to show through. Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Fields You can use standard Windows operations to delete a selected field from your Production Form or card design, or copy and paste a selected field on your Production Form or card design. You can copy and paste fields within a project component but you cannot paste fields between the Production Form and a card. See the online help topic "Add fields to a Production Form from a card design". It stays on the clipboard until it is replaced by a different field or you close the project. Save time by copying and pasting formatted fields rather than always inserting a new, default field. For example, in the sample card above the "Grade" field was created and formatted. Then it was copied and pasted for the "Home Room" field 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. ID Card Maker Entry Version 6 Administrator's Guide 11 System Overview Arranging Fields When you insert a field, the Project application places it near the upper left corner of the Production Form or card design. Hold down the left mouse button while you move the field to its new location and then release the mouse button. As mentioned, you can select multiple fields and then move or align them. For example, to make your Production Form look consistent, select all the fields in the first row and then (using the Format or right mouse click menu) align the fields using the Bottom selection. Then select the left-most field in each row, and align them using the Left selection. See the ID Card Maker Project online help topic "Align fields" for additional options. If fields overlap, you may need to arrange them by using the stacking order. To understand the stacking order, imagine that each field you place on the Production Form or card design is on a separate sheet of clear plastic. The first field you place is on a plastic sheet next to the object's background; the second field is on a sheet in front of the first sheet, and so on. When you select a field, you can bring that field all the way to the front of the stacking order, bring it one position toward the front, send it all the way to the back of the stacking order, or send it one position toward the back. Commands to change the stacking order of fields are available on the Format menu of the menu bar. Developing a Project An ID Card Maker project involves a Production Form, a card design, and connections from the Production Form to the card design and database. This document describes card designs first because many people find it easiest to think about a card--something you can hold in your hand. 12 ID Card Maker Entry Version 6 User Documentation System Overview Furthermore, ID Card Maker applications support an iterative design process. You can start with a card design, move to the Production Form, use the field connector to associate Production Form fields with card fields and database table columns, and then go back and refine your card design or make changes to the Production Form. Create the ID Card Maker Project You create a new project in the ID Card Maker Project application. You can either create a project from scratch or start with a project you already have. [. . . ] In addition, each card printer has a different set of available features. Introducing Printer Plug-ins ID Card Maker applications rely on software modules called plug-ins to provide the interfaces between the main ID Card Maker applications and the various card printers and encoders for magnetic stripes. This design allows support of a wide variety of printers without changing the ID Card Maker software. The printer plug-in simply "plugs in" to the ID Card Maker application. ID Card Maker Application Printer Plug-in Encoder Plug-in ID Card Maker Entry Version 6 Administrator's Guide 53 Working with Printer Options Similarly, a magnetic stripe encoder plug-in plugs in to the printer plug-in, extending the capability of the printer. Specifying Plug-ins If the driver for your Polaroid card printer is installed on your computer when you install the ID Card Maker software, the ID Card Maker installation program automatically associates the correct printer plug-in with your card printer. [. . . ]