The leader in Card design software, Cardfive is powerful but yet very easy to setup and use. With all the features needed to handle cards, you have total integration environment and versatility.
With this multifunctional program you can link the design databases, encode magnetic stripe, process smart cards, create effects and manage overlay, hologram or scratch ribbon. The fully integrated environment allows you to easily manage your design and printing jobs. The easy database feature allows you to use as simple data entry and print software. With power imaging features you can integrate any picture format from digital photo cameras, real time imaging through Video for windows, or any other images in the database. Cardfive can print using DCL (Direct Command language) to the most popular card printers in the market and virtually any printer through drivers, including page printers. Access security to card printing is provided via Keyfive and logins and network licenses are available for corporate solutions. Cardfive is available through different Editions in order to meet users needs and budgets. You can order your Cardfive with Face Snap plug-in, a software that identify a face on a picture, crop the face out of the scene and improve image quality by artificial intelligence applied to computer vision.

Total integration environment
Very easy to setup and use, Cardfive presents all the features needed to handle cards with a total environment integration. Design, manage database and printing jobs in the same integrated window with total versatility.

Database connections and features
From the CSV database connection to the advanced ODBC connection, each Cardfive edition offers more variety of database solutions, to support any card production type by adapting database needs for no limitation at the card production.

Printing speed and maximum error control
Use any printer through Windows drivers or use Cardfive DCL (Direct Command Language) for more printing speed and error control. Cardfive includes more than 100 DCL's (internal drivers) for the most popular card printers in the market.

Fast upgrades and easy stock management
Upgrade Cardfive editions using the unique RLL technology (Remote License Loader) to provide immediate upgrades by email.

Multi professional resources
With Cardfive is possible to use a variety of professional resources at the higher level of card production with the simplicity of the most user friendly solutions. Encode magnetic stripe, connect to any smartcard application to encode at print time, encode contactless cards, manage biometric devices to print or encode data from fingerprints, manage overlay types, barcode printing, variable objects of database or systems, sources and much more.

Powerful imaging and design features
Integrate any picture format using DirectShow or Twain, use images from database or file and apply all the powerful imaging features available such as transparency, brightness, cut-out color. Cardfive also includes a variety of tools to create your own design shapes such as lines, rotations and alignments, all necessary tools to create your card design in a simple and fast way.

Features

Packages & Installation

Setup Programs on CD

Windows Compatible

Windows 95/98/Me Windows NT, 2000, XP

Key Five

(Smart Card) software protection serial or USB interface

Manual

Printed and on-line (6 languages)

Multi-lingual versions

English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese

Tools & Imaging

WYSIWYG Multi-Document interface

No need to preview operation

Barcodes & PDF 417 2D

Full preview of 20 barcode types like: Codabar, Code 128 Auto /A/B/C, Code 39 - 3 of 9, Code 93, EAN-8, Extended 93, HIBC, interleaved 2 of 5, MSI, UPC - (6 and 9 digits), UCC-128, UPC-A, Zip+4 postnet. Rotate, align, check digits, human readable and

Variable objects - System sources

Use variables with text, image, recursive concatenation of all variables.

Import Image from File

BMP, TIF, TGA, PCX, JPG, WMF

Windows and private Clipboard

Collect or past items from card software clipboard or using Windows Clipboard

Build-in Image Tools

Comprehensive set of image retouch functions. Adjust and control image properties.

Twain Image acquisition interface

Scanner, digital camera or any Twain device to acquire photos

Clipart

Gallery picture

Variable Objects- Database source

Use atabse source variables like date and time, global counter and print time, ODBC and SQL data sources, recursive concatenation of all variables.

DirectShow /Video for Windows image acquisition in

DirectShow supported. Real time Video on a card.

Logins

Separate access rights for each user: design, edit data, print setup.

Text

Align, rotate, color text, and much more. Use of all Windows fonts.

Shapes

Lines, rectangles filled and unfilled, orthogonal lines, diagonal lines.

Printing

Front and Back printing management

Design and print of both sides of a card.

DCL´s and Windows driver printing

Direct Command Language to major printers on the market and get maximum speed and error control or print to any printer by Windows driver.

Overlay management

Security features. Select type of overlay (Full, No, Selected area, Bitmap based,User selected Area, predefined and autolocation).

Batch printing

Pre-print, revise, select, print overlay management.

Smart Download

Reduces graphic data sent to the printer, improves speed.

Bitmap Overlay feature

Print bitmap as overlay

Autoprint

Automatically print cards by adding records.

NPS Compliance

Allow to connect to CardFive NPS server (optional product) and use DCl´s to print to remote printers if version 6.3 or higher.

Database

CSV Database connection

Connect to comma separated value files.

Internal Database

Create database without need any external application.

External Database

Maximum connectivity with ODBC (Access, Paradox, FoxPro, Excell, text, SQL)

Database report

Create, save and print a list of records including photos.

Photo on a database record

Add photos to records of the database.

Database query

Using query select a desired set of records.

Database Browse

Browse records view.Browse photos. Print multiple records selected.

Find Function

Locate specific records.

OLE Objects

Display and insert OLE objects on database fields

Encoding

Magnetic Encoding

Encode track 1, 2 and 3 directly or via Windows driver. Use ISO, JIS-II or Customer encoding.

Contact Smart Card Encoding

Use any smart card application to encode at print time.

Contactless Smart Card Encoding - Direct/External

Encode MIFARE and HID cards directly or using external device.

Biometrics

Biometrics devices supported

Handle fingerprint terminals, store, print and syncronize database and biometric terminals V-Smart & V-Pass from Bioscrypt

Miscellaneous

FaceSnap Optional Plug-In

Plug-in added to CardFive by RLL technology. Identify a face on a picture, crop the face out of the scene and improve image quality.

Signature Pad

Checkmate , Penware/ WelchAllyn (Mobitnetix) and Wacom Tablet.

Camera

CCD 400 Mitsubishi

Free updates from website

Net Licenses

Edition to run with Master license on same (LAN) network.