Specifications

ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
2 Plan and Create
the Card Design
What Is a Card Design?
A card design defines how a plastic identification card or other printed
output will look when printed: what information will be the same on
each card (such as a logo or enterprise name) and what information
will vary from card to card (the cardholder’s name or photo). The card
design also specifies whether information will appear on one or both
sides of the card and whether the card will have a magnetic stripe or
other non-printable area, such as a signature panel.
In this chapter, the term “card” is used to mean any printed output,
including prescription labels, wrist bands, and other kinds of output in
addition to plastic cards. Each card is considered a new document.
You cannot print multiple cards to a page; use the ID Works Reporting
application for this purpose.
An ID Works Basic project can contain only one card design (but a
card design is not required). You can use a variable graphic field to
make minor changes to a card design, but if you require significantly
different cards, you must create additional ID Works projects. See
“Variable Graphic Field” on page 29.
You can create card designs from start to finish or modify one of the
sample card designs provided with your ID Works software.
Card Window
You use the Card window in ID Works Designer to create the design
for your cards. It contains the following parts.