Zebra P1029261-001 - Manual

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 5 2 Create a Card 2.4 CardStudio Software Overview CardStudio is based on the use of pre-designed card templates. This greatly simplifies card design.

Create a Card Build a Card P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 9 2.5.3 Modify Template Objects Examine the selected template in Design View. 2.5.3.1 To change the background: 1. Click on the Design option on the Dashboard. 2. View the various backgrounds in the thumbnail display are...

10 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Create a Card Build a Card 2.5.3.2 To position the objects on the card: 1. Manually position the objects (text boxes, images, etc.) via the drag-and-drop method. 2. Align selected objects (text boxes, images, etc.) via the Alignment Tool. 3. Al...

12 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Create a Card Build a Card 2.5.3.4 To change the Company Logo: The Company Logo can be changed via the Design option on the Dashboard. 1. Click on the Get Logo button. 2. Browse to and select the new logo you want to import, and click on the Op...

Create a Card Build a Card P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 13 2.5.3.5 To add a fixed image: A fixed image is repeated on every card (similar to the Company Logo). 1. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Image Drawing Tool; the pointer will change to a hand with an Image Icon. 2. Mo...

Create a Card Build a Card P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 17 9. If necessary, re-position and/or re-size the Bar Code. 2.5.4 Save the Template as Your Card Design Use the Save As... command (from the File menu) to save the template as your card design. 1. File > Save As... 2...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 25 3 Toolbars 3.1 Introduction This section summarizes all the toolbar commands: Design, Drawing, Database, and Batch Print. You can use Toolbars for quick access to some of the most commonly used commands and tools. Tool tips explaining the funct...

26 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Toolbars Design Toolbar (Design View) 3.2 Design Toolbar (Design View) Design buttons are located across the top of the CardStudio window. Design Toolbar View : change from Database View into Card Design View. DB Open / Close : connect / discon...

Toolbars Drawing Toolbar (Design View) P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 27 3.3 Drawing Toolbar (Design View) Drawing buttons are located along the left-hand side of the CardStudio window. Drawing Toolbar Object Selector : select an object. Line Drawing Tool : add a horizontal, ve...

28 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Toolbars Database Toolbar (Database View) 3.4 Database Toolbar (Database View) Design buttons are located across the top of the CardStudio window. Database Toolbar View : change from Database View into Card Design View. DB Open / Close : connec...

Toolbars Batch Print Toolbar P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 29 3.5 Batch Print Toolbar To access the Batch Print Toolbar, select File > Batch Print File Management . In the browse window, find and select the desired batch print file. Batch Print buttons are located along the...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 31 4 Main Window 4.1 Introduction The main CardStudio window, with its accompanying toolbars and menus, closely resembles the windows you work in for other Windows-based programs. You will be working in the main window (and its sub-windows) as you...

Main Window Design View P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 33 ♦ Screen Setup: • The command Cross Hair from the View menu toggles the cross hair cursor. • Using the command Grid on the View menu you can, display or hide the layout grid (CTRL+G). • Use the Grid Settings command from...

34 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Main Window Design View ♦ Working with Commands: A Command is an instruction that tells the CardStudio to perform an operation. The CardStudio provides several ways for you to choose commands. You can choose commands from a menu or toolbar, or ...

Main Window Design View P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 35 Object Properties menu: To display an object’s property sheet ., point to the object, click the right mouse button, observe the Object Properties menu, and choose the property you want to apply. FUNCTION DESCRIPTION Adju...

36 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Main Window Design View Shortcut menu: To display the Shortcut menu when you have no objects selected, move the mouse pointer to a place not on an object, click the right mouse button, observe the shortcut menu, and choose the action you want t...

Main Window Dashboard P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 39 4.3.2 Position Dashboard Position Dashboard allows you to manipulate (position, size, align, and rotate) a single, selected object. ♦ Position shows the actual horizontal and vertical position of an object. • Horizontal po...

40 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Main Window Dashboard 4.3.3 Line Dashboard Line Dashboard lets you customize your objects borders such as text box or graphic images (line, ellipse, rectangle, and text). ♦ Color : Choose line color from the dropdown menu. ♦ Black Panel : Enabl...

44 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Main Window Dashboard 4.3.7 Effects Dashboard The Effects Dashboard allows you to enable effects on selected objects: lines, ellipses, rectangles, text, and images. ♦ Transparency ranges from 0 to 100 percent. ♦ Rounded Corners ranges from 0 to...

50 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Main Window Database View ♦ The Dashboard • Card Preview shows the card while you are working on it. • Record Selection allows the user to create and execute record selection instructions (queries) by using the simple drop-down fields to define...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 51 5 Menu Commands 5.1 Introduction This section summarizes the commands available in the CardStudio menus. Depending on the CardStudio version/edition some menu items may be not available. File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

56 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Menu Commands Menu Commands Copies Number of copies: type or select the number of copies you want to print.  Database o Number of records: type or select the number of records to print. o Print All: check this option to print all records. o Pr...

70 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Menu Commands Menu Commands 5.2.5 Options Menu ♦ Save Options Save Options... command allows you to define autosave options. • Select the Enable Timed Autosave checkbox if you want CardStudio to automatically save your work. The frequency range...

72 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Menu Commands Menu Commands ♦ Grid Settings Grid Settings command opens the Grid Settings Dialog Box where you are able to edit Grid Settings, such as Show / Hide Grid; Snap to Grid and bars spacing.  ♦ Front & Back Front & Back... com...

74 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Menu Commands Menu Commands 5.2.6 Database Menu See Section 13 , CardStudio and Databases , for details. ♦ Connect or Disconnect Connect command allows you to connect to a data source. You can also open the Dialog Box to connect to a data sourc...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 79 6 Working with Objects 6.1 Introduction This section provides information on objects, their properties, and how to edit them. CardStudio Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Resizing Objects...

80 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Working with Objects CardStudio Objects 6.2 CardStudio Objects With the exception of magnetic encoding information and Smart Card data, all cards are made up of objects. Lines, text, images, bar codes are objects. What you can do with an object...

Working with Objects CardStudio Objects P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 81 ♦ Selecting and Deselecting Objects You need to tell to the CardStudio which object you want to work with; to do this, you must select it. To select one object 1. Touch a visible part of the object with t...

84 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Working with Objects Moving and Aligning Objects 6.4 Moving and Aligning Objects Naturally, you’ll want to move objects on your cards as you create them. And sometimes you’ll need to line up objects in a particular way - along the bottom of the...

88 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Working with Objects Editing Text Objects 6.5 Editing Text Objects ♦ Selecting and Editing Text To select text, double-click on the text box. Use the Text Dashboard to define text properties: • Font, Size, Bold, Italic, and Underline. • Color (...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 89 7 Working with Variables 7.1 Introduction This section explains how to use variable data with the CardStudio. Contrary to fixed data, which is edited when the card is designed, variable data changes. It is edited or becomes available at the tim...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 91 8 About Bar Codes 8.1 Introduction A bar code is a machine-readable symbol representing human readable information. The information represented can be alpha or numeric only, limited alphanumeric, or the full character set. The human readable al...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 95 9 Magnetic Encoding 9.1 Introduction If your printer is equipped with a magnetic stripe encoder, you can encode data onto cards that have an embedded magnetic stripe.

96 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Magnetic Encoding About Magnetic Stripe 9.2 About Magnetic Stripe There are two kinds of magnetic stripe cards: low coercivity and high coercivity. (Coercivity is the measurement of a magnetic material’s resistance to being magnetized. Low coer...

Magnetic Encoding Encoding a Magnetic Stripe P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 97 9.3 Encoding a Magnetic Stripe 1. On the Drawing toolbar, click the Magnetic Encoder tool. The Magnetic Code Object Properties dialog box appears. 2. Select the Encode checkbox for the track (1, 2, o...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 99 10 Smart Card Encoding 10.1 Introduction The CardStudio allows to plug-in an executable file during the printing process. The CardStudio will call an external chip card processing software. To run this software you have to provide the necessary...

100 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Smart Card Encoding Contact Smart Card 10.2 Contact Smart Card 10.2.1 Properties Setting the Contact Smart Card Properties: 1. From the Drawing Toolbar, click the Contact Smart Card Properties icon (arrow below). 2. The Contact Smart Card Prop...

Smart Card Encoding Contact Smart Card P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 101 3. In the Command Line section, type the path of the executable file of your contact smart card processing software in the Command Line box. You can also click the Browse button next to the Command Line b...

102 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Smart Card Encoding Contact Smart Card 6. In the Variable Source section, select the data source (variables) you want to provide; see Section 7 , Working with Variables . The data source you defined will be displayed in the Source Data box. 7....

Smart Card Encoding Contact Smart Card P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 103 8. In the Quote Character section, check the Insert Quote Character option if you want to use a delimiter to specify the data to be encoded. • Assuming that the encoding program is named SMARTPRG.EXE and ...

Smart Card Encoding Contactless Smart Card P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 105 10.3 Contactless Smart Card 10.3.1 Setup 1. From the Drawing Toolbar, click the Contact Smart Card Properties icon (arrow below). 2. The Contactless Smart Card Setup dialog box appears. 3. Select the ...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 107 11 Overlay 11.1 Introduction An overlay (or varnish layer) is a thin transparent coating applied to a card to protect the underlying printed information from wear. You can include a bitmap pattern in the overlay as a security measure, creating...

108 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Overlay Defining an Overlay 11.2 Defining an Overlay ♦ To define an overlay 1. From the Draw menu or Drawing Toolbar, choose Overlay Varnish. 2. The Overlay Properties dialog box appears. 3. As you define the overlay, the Overlay Preview secti...

110 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Overlay Bitmap Based Overlay 11.3 Bitmap Based Overlay To prepare a bitmap and define overlay properties: 1. Use a Windows application, like Paint, to draw the image. 2. Set width = 85.3mm and height = 52.8mm. Type a number in the area where y...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 111 12 Logins and Passwords 12.1 Introduction The CardStudio provides customizable security and access level. Whenever you start the CardStudio, the Login Dialog box appears. The default login is admin, and the default password is admin . Login is...

112 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Logins and Passwords Logins and Passwords 12.2 Logins and Passwords 12.2.1 Administrator Login 1. From the File menu, select Logins. The Login Control dialog box appears. 2. Select the Enable Login Control checkbox (arrow above) to activate th...

Logins and Passwords Logins and Passwords P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 113 12.2.2 Create User Login 1. From the File menu, select Logins. The Login Control dialog box appears. 2. Click the New button. The User Login Properties dialog box appears. 3. Enter the Login Informatio...

114 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Logins and Passwords Logins and Passwords 12.2.3 Permissions The Permissions section controls access to content creation, modification, and card administration at the application level. The Administrator assigns permissions to roles, then assi...

Logins and Passwords Logins and Passwords P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 115 Permissions Table Permissions If not checked Login Control Selected user cannot access to User Login Properties (File menu | Logins is disabled) Edit Cards Fully protects card objectsDisables Design an...

118 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A CardStudio and Databases Introduction to ODBC 13.2 Introduction to ODBC ♦ ODBC Basics The Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface allows accessing data in Database. Management Systems (DBMS) using Structured Query Language (SQL) as a stand...

120 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A CardStudio and Databases Database Structure 13.3 Database Structure Database, Table, Record, Field, Data: Those five terms build the structure of a database. It is easy to understand which meaning each term has, if you imagine an office closet...

CardStudio and Databases Data Type P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 121 13.4 Data Type ♦ About Data Types Database columns are defined to contain a certain type of data, the most commonly used data type is CHAR (stands for character). You need to define different data types for e...

122 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A CardStudio and Databases Data Source 13.5 Data Source Before you can access data with an ODBC driver, you must add a data source for it. You can change or delete a data source at any time. A data source contains the information which ODBC driv...

CardStudio and Databases CardStudio Internal Database P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 123 13.6 CardStudio Internal Database 13.6.1 Create a New Internal Database 1. From the Database menu, click Connect. The Select Source dialog box appears. 2. Select Card Software Data Source, ...

CardStudio and Databases CardStudio Internal Text Data Source P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 127 13.7 CardStudio Internal Text Data Source CardStudio allows you to connect directly to a text file (*.asc, *.csv, *tab or *.txt), which are ASCII text files with data sets in indivi...

CardStudio and Databases Connect to an External Database P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 129 13.8 Connect to an External Database ODBC Source Selection Before you can connect to a database you must define a data source first (as explained earlier in this chapter in section “Data...

130 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A CardStudio and Databases Working with the Database Interface 13.9 Working with the Database Interface After connecting successfully to a database, the selected table is displayed in a split window next to the card design area. To access the re...

CardStudio and Databases CardStudio Database Functions P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 133 13.11 CardStudio Database Functions ♦ Editing a Database • To add a new record to your database, select Add from the database menu. You can also click the Add Record button on your databas...

134 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A CardStudio and Databases CardStudio Database Reports 13.12 CardStudio Database Reports The CardStudio Database Report is an useful tool, providing you to create, save and print a customizable listing of your whole database or selections thereo...

CardStudio and Databases Auto Print Function P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 135 13.13 Auto Print Function The Auto Print concept is a powerful additional database/print function which permits database edition and automatic print on one or in different workstations. Information ...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 139 14 Printing 14.1 Introduction This section explains how to setup your printer, the setup for ribbon, and the procedure to print your cards. For specific information about your printer, see the printer user manual. Printing Process . . . . . . ...

140 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Printing Printing Process 14.2 Printing Process 1. From the File menu, choose Card Print; the Card Print dialog box appears. 2. In the Destination section, select the card printer. Use the Properties button to change the selected printer confi...

142 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Printing Batch Print Process 14.3 Batch Print Process The CardStudio allows you to create a batch file, which contains data of one or more card documents instead of printing the card documents right away. 14.3.1 Printing to a File To create a ...

Printing Print Options P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 147 Print with Windows Driver ♦ Printer Types The CardStudio allows you to print on any printer which is provided with a proper Windows driver. • Card Printer Using the proper Windows printer driver for your card printer, th...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 149 Appendix A CardStudio Templates A.1 Introduction The use of a card template on CardStudio allows you to choose images for predefined objects, like background and logos, as well as create new design objects over a template. Data is stored on a ...

150 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A CardStudio Templates A.2 Creating Template Designs The Card Type templates consist of Sample Card designs created with CardStudio, and by applying the following design objects and rules: 1. The Card Type Template designs will reside under the ...

152 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A CardStudio Templates A.3 Template Backgrounds and Data \Template\< Card Type >\Template Designs\BusinessCard\Backgrounds This directory has a portrait or landscape subdirectory based on the template design and contains all the available ...

CardStudio Templates P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 153 A.4 Template Design Rules All of the template design objects will be "Locked" so the user experience will be like using a predefined application instead of design objects loose on the cards. Opening a template: lea...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 155 Appendix B Keyboard Shortcuts B.1 Introduction This section lists the keyboard shortcuts available for the CardStudio commands. 

156 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Keyboard Shortcuts B.2 Shortcut Keys Use the following key combinations to execute the command listed next to it. When the keys are connected by a +, it means to press both keys at the same time. Card Work Area Ctrl+N New Creates a New card fi...

Keyboard Shortcuts P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 157 Database Window To enable these shortcuts you must select the database view by simply clicking on one of the database fields. General F6 Open from File Opens an image file from disk. F5 Paste Pastes an image from the clipboa...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 159 Appendix C Conditional Printing C.1 Introduction This appendix how to print different layouts based on one database field condition.

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 163 Appendix D FaceSnap D.1 Introduction The FaceSnap automates the pre-processing and production of portrait photos for passports, identification cards, etc. An input image can be acquired (e.g., from a standard TWAIN device or from a file) and t...

164 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A FaceSnap D.2 FaceSnap Setup 1. Click on the Options icon on the toolbar, then select Imager Settings . 2. View the Imager settings window. 3. Select the Auto Face Recognition and Crop checkbox. FaceSnap will always be called for Image Acquisit...

FaceSnap P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 165 5. View the Properties window. 6. Make desired brightness, contrast, and color adjustments (circled above): • Brightness and Contrast sliders changes the luminance of the output image. • Automatic Pre-Normalization checkbox: If not ch...

166 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A FaceSnap 7. Make desired image margins and positioning adjustments (circled below): • Zoom determines the size of the region that is cropped from the source image relative to the size of the found face (face box). Thus, faces with different si...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 169 Appendix E Barcode Details E.1 Introduction This section details the barcodes, both 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional) that are supported by CardStudio.

Barcode Details P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 171 E.2.1 Codabar Codabar is a numeric, variable length, discrete, self-checking, two-element width symbology used mostly by libraries, package tracking systems, and blood banks. Developed in 1972, it was one of the original bar co...

172 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Barcode Details E.2.4 Code 93 Code 93 is a variable length, alphanumeric, continuous, four-element width symbology specifically designed to complement Code 39. The two symbologies can be freely mixed in an environment with no software change r...

Barcode Details P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 173 E.2.9 Interleaved 2 of 5 The name Interleaved 2 of 5 is derived from the method used to encode two characters. In the symbol, two characters are paired, using bars to represent the first and the interleaved spaces to represent ...

Barcode Details P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 177 E.3.1 Aztec Aztec is a matrix symbology which supports the entire ASCII character set and offers several error checking modes. Aztec symbols are square and may be read at any orientation. The symbol is made up of squares which ...

Barcode Details P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 179 E.3.4 Code 49 A code 49 symbol is a stacked symbol containing between 2 and 8 rows, each separated by a separator bar. Each row contains 16 “words” (generated from character pairs) and a start and stop character. The last row a...

180 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Barcode Details E.3.6 Maxicode MaxiCode is not really a barcode – it does not have any bars. It is a fixed-size matrix symbology made up of offset rows of hexagonal modules, with a Finder pattern in the center. MaxiCode symbols are reproduced ...

184 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Barcode Details Encoding Modes EXC (Extended Alphanumeric Compaction mode) - allows encoding of all printable ASCII characters into about 2 characters per code word. Within the EXC mode there are several submodes: EXC Alpha - starts in upper c...

Barcode Details P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 185 Aspect ratio PDF417 symbols may be reproduced with different number of code words per row, and therefore in several different height to width ratios. The user may select the target ratio (as either the height to width ratio or ...

186 Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual P1029261-001 Rev A Barcode Details E.3.9 QR Code QR Code is a matrix symbology consisting of a square array of modules with a finder pattern located at three corners. A wide range of symbol sizes is supported along with four levels of error correction, and the s...

P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 189 Appendix F Worldwide Support For Technical Support or Repair Services, contact the appropriate facility listed below. North America and Latin America - Technical Support T: +1 877 ASK ZEBRA (877 275 9327)  +1 847 913 2259  E: [email protected] N...

Worldwide Support P1029261-001 Rev A Zebra CardStudio Reference Manual 191 Asia Pacific - Technical Support Zebra Technologies Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.  120 Robinson Road  #06-01 Parakou Building  Singapore 068913 T: +65 6858 0722  F: +65 6885 0838  E: [email protected] Asia Pacific - Repai...