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. Some information included here may not apply to your environment. 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? [. . . ] The foreground color refers to the color of the text in the field. If you select pure black for the foreground color of a card text or static text field, the field will be printed with 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. 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. You can, however, create Production Form fields from card fields. See the online help topic "Add fields to a Production Form from a card design". When you cut a field, it is placed on the clipboard. 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. To move a selected field, place the mouse pointer over the field. The pointer changes to a four-way arrow. 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. [. . . ] Printer plug-ins must be assigned on each computer that prints cards with your ID Card Maker project. Printing Graphics with the Card Printer's K-panel You can specify that all graphics on a card side be printed with the Kpanel using a utility in the ID Card Maker Administrator application. Field Properties Print Options Selecting black for the foreground color of a text or static text field automatically uses the K-panel for that field. Override Field-level Settings You can specify that photos and graphics be printed to the K-panel with the Configure K-Panel Printing utility in the ID Card Maker Administrator application. You specify K-panel printing for the front of the card, the back of the card, or both. 54 ID Card Maker Entry Version 6 User Documentation Working with Printer Options Because card side K-panel conversions are done at print time, the Project card design and Process Card preview windows always display graphics in color. You must print a card to see the results of the settings. You can use the Configure K-Panel Printing utility in the ID Card Maker Administrator application to adjust the contrast of images printed with the K-panel. [. . . ]