The ultimate tool for your professional ID card production
ID Card Software
CardPresso has been designed to be the ultimate tool for designing and creating stunning ID cards, offering the best performance when working with large databases with and without staff ID photos.
Software Editions
The CardPresso ID Card Software comes in five different editions aimed at different levels of experience and business need. Each edition allows you to design and create stunning ID cards but will vary when it comes to the support of additional components such as barcodes and features such as face and fingerprint acquisition.
XXS Edition
The XXS edition is the entry-level edition that provides your business with the basic tools to design and print ID Cards. This version is often bundled with ID Card Printers to get you started.
The XS edition provides you with all the features of the XXS edition with the addition of support for QR codes. The XS edition also includes access to .XLS, .CSV and .TXT databases.
The XM edition provides you with the features of the XXS and XS editions as well as a smartcard plugin, the ability to manage 2D barcodes and support for automatic face detection.
The XL edition provides you with all the standard features with the addition of allowing fingerprint acquisition, an ODBC connection to external databases and contactless RFID encoding.
The top-of-the-range CardPresso XXL Edition includes advanced features such as DESFire encoding, as well as a web print server and a net licence for up to sixteen PCs.
Improve your processes and add efficiencies to your workflow by using predefined templates. These card and badge templates include images and other graphic design elements, as well as text, barcodes, and anything else you may need.
You can edit wording, move images around, and change the colours to suit your branding, making them user friendly as well as efficient.
Simple Card Builder
With CardPresso's simple interface, you can create card templates with ease. When you open up a new file, you can choose the type of card you want to design (including CR80, MIFARE, and magnetic stripe), which will open up a blank template for you to start from.
To create your professional card design, you can drag and drop images, text, clipart, and more. Once you've added all the elements you need, you can change the size, rearrange them, set backgrounds and more.
Alongside this, XM editions and up allow for automatic facecrop, meaning you can connect a webcam or standard digital camera to the software and can add the image without any 3rd party editing software.
Database Management
All editions of CardPresso software offer an internal database. This allows you to create dynamic fields on your card design, such as employee name, position, identifying number, and expiration date. You can also create a dynamic field for photos.
Once your database is connected, your linked dynamic fields will populate using the data, allowing you to print each variation of the card.
CardPresso XS ID card software and all other upgrades can connect to XLS, XLSX, CSV and TXT databases, with further integrations available for further editions.
Encoding Functionality
CardPresso is a software that is compatible with technology card encoding, including contactless and contact chip, as well as magnetic stripe encoding. Use the features table below to work out which edition of the software you require to make cards with encoded technology.
Please note that not all smart card features are available to use on Mac OS.
CardPresso is a user-friendly software designed for creating and printing professional ID cards. Compatible with all printers on Mac and PC, it supports photo importing, barcodes and magnetic encoding.
Finding the right software edition for your needs should be easy. Our handy edition comparison table is an easy way to compare features across versions, broken down by handy sections. And remember, higher editions always have the features of the lower editions.
Tools & Images
Feature
XXS
XS
XM
XL
XXL
DirectShow Image Acquisition
WIA & TWAIN Image Acquisition
Clipart & Shapes
Dynamic Objects (Print Date, Print Counter,...)
Built-in Image Editor
Card Templates
Signature Acquisition (Windows Only)
Barcodes 1D
QR Code
Barcodes 2D
Auto Face Detection in Live Acquisition
Automatic Face Crop
Image Acquisition Through Camera SDK (Windows Only)
Customized Feature Through Script
Fingerprint Acquisition (Windows Only)
Users Allowances & Operations Logs (Audit Report)
User Interface
Feature
XXS
XS
XM
XL
XXL
Text and Image Editing in Card Design
Database View
Production Mode
Encoding View
Multi-Layout Designs
Print
Feature
XXS
XS
XM
XL
XXL
Print Spooler Management (Card by Card, All print Operations, Wait for user..)
Front & Back Printing
Ethernet Printers Support
Conditional Printing
Overlay/UV/F Panel Management (Windows Only)
Auto-Print (Automatic Print by DB Update) (Windows Only)
Web Print Server (Windows Only)
Database
Feature
XXS
XS
XM
XL
XXL
Internal Database With Photo Connection
Browse & Find Records
XLS, XLSX, CSV & TXT Connection
MS Access (Windows Only) & SQLite With Photo Field
