The above video illustrates how to enter information for card printing and how to configure your workstation.

To start enrollment, there are three simple common steps:
1. Enter personal information
2. Capture the photo
3. Print the ID card by clicking on the Print Badge button.

How to Assign Global Settings for Cardholder Groups
1. Click the properties button on the main menu.
2. Select the enrollment tab

We can initialize default values in some software editions.
Initiate the date field with the current date and time.
Duplicate record checks can be performed.
a. Define the matching criteria
b. When a match is found you can add a new record, use the existing record or merge records.

3. ID Flow can use optical character recognition to scan a license, passport or business card.

a. Click configure.
b. Align the scanner fields with the database field.

4. Configure the photo acquisition.
5. Configure the signature capture and fingerprint capture.
6. Access control editions if ID Flow will allow you to configure access control and issues activated cards.
7. Set the card printing rules. Click the badge printing tab.

Name the rule. Click the parameters frame. Click the elliptical button. Create a filter.

8. Record fields can be updated after a card is printed.
9. ID Flow will let you know if you have left any configured features unconfigured.
10. Finished completing the process for the cardholder group.

Configure this workstation’s enrollment steps and devices
1. Click setup.
2. Select configure workstation settings.
3. Click enrollment task link.
4. Enable steps and configure.
5. Select your camera.
6. Download add on modules for the cameras and scanning devises from jollytech.com. This allows flash cameras and auto cropping features with some editions.
7. For pictures, choose the width – height ration and crop box tightness.
8. Select your printer.
9. Disable steps not used in this workstation.
10. You are read to begin enrolling members and issuing ID cards.
11. Find record, run enrollment for step by step process.

Additional ID Flow Training Videos:
ID Flow Software- Text Formatting
ID Flow Software – Working with Records
ID Flow Software- Adding Bar Codes and Magnetic Stripes
ID Flow Software- Working with Images
How to Network Jolly Products
Download ID Flow Trial Software to try before you buy.

For additional information about ID Flow or other ID badge software options, contact our ID card experts at 888-485-4696.

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Features Added:
- Support for S2 Access Control System
- Support for DSX Access Control System
- Support for Topaz optical fingerprint scanners
- Link Lobby Track user accounts to Active Directory user accounts
- Improved Oracle support
- Populate record forms by scanning the 2D barcode or magnetic stripe on a North American driver’s license or ID card

Enhancements:
- Configure multiple Active Directory searches for Host Lookup
- Improved support for non-western languages and fonts including Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew and Turkish
- Improved the automatic image reduction feature to support bitmap images
- Enhancement of Topaz signature cropping
- Improved image path support for certain TIF and JPEG images
- Display a results summary after record import
- Support for a 15 digit UID default value
- Attendance log fix for PCs configured to use a comma character instead of a decimal point

The Jolly software upgrade, including ID Flow version 5.03, is available to all supported customers at no additional charge. Customers with earlier releases should contact one of our ID card experts for upgrade details. Assistance with this and other ID card software products is available toll free at 888-485-4696.

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If enabled, the configure workstation screen will show at startup. Select launch set up wizard.
or Select setup and then click run set up wizard.
Click Next.
Name the card holder group.
Say yes to import ID design. Browse and select the template you created in the ID Flow Card Designer.
Click the open button. You have the option to use the database the card was designed with or you can use a different database.
Note that if the database is changed, the fields in the template may be affected if they are named differently.
A copy of the design has been imported. Note that if the original is changed, it will need to be re imported for changes to take effect.
Changes can be made to the imported design within the ID card issue center.
Advanced settings globally applied to all work stations accessing this card holder group.
Preview of the design can be used to represent the card holder group by clicking the generate button.
You may import any other graphics or you can leave it blank.
The Record Lookup Tab – allows you to define lookup fields
Enrollment Tab – Define the enrollment steps. Here we can enable the photo step.
Badge Printing Tab – Create print rules and update fields after a record is printed in some editions. Select edits to make changes to the card design .
Logs and Reports Tab – Select in which database the fields are logged.

Workstation Configuration You can designate tasks specific to this workstation. You can configure your workstation settings.

Main Menu – can change the back ground image
Enrollment – select camera and printer
Find Record – provides lookup options. Click ok once your changes are completed and click finish. You may set up unlimited designs and configure unlimited databases.

Additional ID Flow Training Videos:
ID Flow Software- Text Formatting
ID Flow Software – Working with Records
ID Flow Software- Adding Bar Codes and Magnetic Stripes
ID Flow Software- Working with Images

For additional information about ID Flow or other ID Card Software, contact our ID card experts at 888-485-4696.

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How to Insert Images Into your ID Card Template

Insert a Fixed Image from a File.

Click the colored image tool.

With your mouse, draw the approximate image area.

Select fixed image from the file.

Then, browse to select your image. More than 20 image file types are supported.

Click the select button.

Click OK.

Add A Background to Your Card

Double click off to the side of your template or click the document properties icon.

Check background image. 

Then, browse and select the file.

 or

Import the background image as a seperate layer to use blending effects.

Click show layers.

Click the plus button to add another layer.

Then, click the down arrow to move the layer under other layers.  Design layers stack like sheets of paper.

Click the image tool and draw an image box.

Select the fixed image from file.

Browse and select the image  file.

On the properties tab, uncheck the maintain aspect ratio.

Click ok.

Use the stretching tool to stretch the image to the borders of the template.

The opacity of the image can be controlled in the layers dialog.

Variable Image from the Database

Hold the shift key down while you draw the image area and you will draw a perfect square.

Select variable image from the database.

Select your image field. In this instance it is photo.

Select the live data checkbox to see the template with the database record.

If the image background is reasonably consistent, it can be removed.

Double click on the image.

On the properties tab, check remove background and give the feature a tolerance.  About 10 usualy works well.

Background removal works best with images are take with a blue or green screen backdrop.

Hold the shift key down to resize while retaining aspect.

Alignment tools help you place your objects

Repeat the background removal process to remove the background from the logo.

Alternatively, variable images may be pulled from a file. Select variable image from file or internet.

Click insert folder path and insert folder.  Insert the database field or fields by which the image is named. In this case the image was named by first and last name.

Lastly, be sure to include the images file extension.

Images Obtained at Print Time.

Draw the image place holder.

Select image captured or  selected at print time.

To preconfigure a capture device, select advanced options and select the camera or capture device.

The placeholder will appear on the template.  You will be prompted to take a photo during the print process.

The photo will not be stored anywhere and will not able to be reprinted.

Additional ID Flow Training Videos:
ID Flow Software- Text Formatting
ID Flow Software – Working with Records
ID Flow Software- Adding Bar Codes and Magnetic Stripes
ID Flow Software- Working with Images

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ID Flow Software provides the capabilities of adding bar codes and encoding magnetic stripes on custom printed identification cards. The following video demonstrates 1D and 2D bar coding as well as how to encode a magentic stripe through the card software.

The above video describes how to insert and format barcodes and magnetic stripes:

1D Barcodes
1. Click on the 1D barcode tool.
2. Draw the bar code area on the card surface displayed on the monitor with your mouse.
3. The properties interface will automatically open allowing you to add data, select your bar code type, select readable text and select specific reader specifications.

2D Barcodes
1. Click on the 2D barcode tool.
2. Place and size the bar code area on the card surface with your mouse.
3. The properties interface will open allowing you to add data, select the bar code type, select readable text and select specific reader specifications.

Encoding magnetic stripes
1. Click on the magnetic stripe.
2. Enable the tracks needed and add data to each.
3. View the backside of the card to see a rendering.
4. Use a printer with a magnetic stripe encoding module and cards with a mag stripe to encode the cards

Additional ID Flow Training Videos:
ID Flow Software- Text Formatting
ID Flow Software – Working with Records
ID Flow Software- Working with Images

For additional information about ID Flow or other ID card software products, contact our software experts at 888-485-4696.

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The video above walks step by step through a number of different database, record and picture adjustments that can be made with ID Flow software. This five plus minute video is packed with some of the following information:

Change field order and field properties (.15)
Fields can be moved with a mouse (.29)
How to change placement of the caption (.36)
How to change filed width (.45)
How to format text (1.04)
How to create drop down lists (1.20)
Photo information (1.43)
Advanced searches and sorting (3.17)
Create and clear filters (3.30)
Spreadsheet viewing (3.56)
Import/Export information (4.14)

For additional information about ID Flow or other ID card software products, contact our software experts at 888-485-4696.

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Moving the Company Source (the central networking file) to a network server

1. Load the software on a workstation
2. In ID Flow Card Issue Center, click Global Settings

3. Click on Company Source

4. Click “Manage” then “Save As” and save the company file to a Server Location

5. To network a second workstation, go through the same steps and at the final step, select “Browse” instead of “Save As” and browse to the Company.jlt file that you moved in the previous step. The software is now networked.

Moving Cardholder Databases to a Network Server

1. By default the sample company database is stored on:
C:/program files/jolly technologies/id flow/sample databases/sample database.mdb

In Windows 7 and Vista the shortcut to get there is to right click on the ID Flow or Lobby Track Icon and select “Open File Location” in Windows XP, right click on the Icon, go to properties, the click file location:

2. Copy the “sample company.mdb” and paste it to the network server location

3. Click the “Properties” button to get to the Cardholder Group Properties dialog
(this is a shortcut, you can also get there by clicking edit on the highlighted cardholder group in Global Settings)

4. Click on the “Card Database” button

5. Change the database type to Microsoft Access and then browse to the .mdb file you placed on the server

6. On the same dialog above, you will need to select the source table for the cardholder group and then select ID Number for the primary key.

7. If there are more than one cardholder groups the customer is using, repeat steps 1-6 in this section for each cardholder group.

For more Information about ID Flow and Lobby Track, contact our software experts at 888-485-4696.

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Visitor Management Software – Lobby Track

For excellent visitor and member management software, look no further than Lobby Track 4. The software registers visitors and members. The software will issue permanent and temporary badges as well as track time and attendance. Various activities can be monitored through this software.

SCREEN SHOTS

For detailed information about Lobby Track Software, you can view screen shots from the software on our site.

DEMO VIDEOS

View Demos of the Lobby Track Software

A FREE TRIAL VERSION AVAILABLE

Download a free trial version of the Lobby Track Software

For additional information about visitor id management systems or photo id card printer systems, contact our id card experts at 888-485-4696.

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Following are screen shots from the software:

ID Card Designer

Card Issue Center

Cardholder Record Lookup

Report Center

Record Center

For brochures and specific information about Lobby Track or ID Flow software, contact our id card experts at 888-485-4696.

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Following are screen shots from the software:

Main Menu

Visitor Check In

Successful Visitor Check In

Record Center

Charts in the Record Center

ID Flow Four Badge Designer

For brochures and specific information about Lobby Track or ID Flow software, contact our id card experts at 888-485-4696.

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