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How to set up your card printer, get cards to line up, bring your people in from a spreadsheet and print barcodes that scan. Each article opens with the answer.
Printing
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Print ID cards from Chrome or Edge
How to print ID cards from Chrome or Edge on Windows with Badgewright: the printer driver, the print dialog settings, and how to confirm the cards printed.
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Printer profiles and the alignment test card
Save each card printer's offsets, scale and back-side rotation as a profile, choose it for this computer, and calibrate it with the alignment test card.
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ID cards print off-center or cut off
Why ID cards print off-center, too small or cut off from the browser, and how to fix it with the driver's card size, print dialog settings and printer offsets.
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Two-sided cards print the back upside down
Fix ID card backs that print upside down, on the wrong card or not at all: duplex in the printer driver and the "Rotate back side 180°" setting.
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Print history and reprinting ID cards
See every card printed for a person with copy numbers, reprint a lost or damaged card with a reason, and find print jobs in reports and the audit log.
Records and photos
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Import people from a CSV with photos
Bulk import ID card records from a spreadsheet saved as CSV, with a zip of photos matched by file name or ID number, and a dry run before anything is saved.
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Take ID photos with a webcam
Take ID card photos with a webcam in the browser, crop them to the card, and fix a camera that is blocked, missing or already in use.
Card design
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Barcode on an ID card won't scan
Why a barcode on a printed ID card won't scan, and how to fix it: pure black on the resin panel, enough size and clear space, and valid data.