Specifications

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ID Works Basic Version 5 Administrator’s Guide
a record and prints a card, regardless whether the operator changes
any other cardholder information, the print count field is incremented
by one. The print count field also increments if a card is encoded
without printing.
If the Production operator prints multiple copies of a card in one print
job, the print count value is incremented by the number of copies
printed. In this situation, if the print count field is connected to a text
field on the card design, each copy of the card will have the same
value printed on it—the number of the last card printed. The same
holds true if the print count field is connected to an encodable field,
such as a magnetic stripe field.
The Production application increments the print count field value
when a print job is submitted. If the card fails to print or encode, the
field value cannot be decremented through ID Works applications.
You can, however, use your database application to correct the
record.
When you add a print count field to your Production Form, the
Designer application selects the Save On Print option on the
Database tab of the Edit Production Form Properties dialog box. If
you delete the print count field from a Production Form, Designer
asks whether you want Save On Print enabled after the print count
field is removed.
Production operators can use the print count field to determine which
database records still need to have cards printed for them by
searching for records with a 0 in the print count field. Records entered
into the database outside of ID Works that have a null value in the
database table column associated with the print count field will not be
included in the search results. To see records with print count of 0 or
null, use the Advanced Search feature with the NULL option,
described in the Operator’s Guide.
See the online help topic “Add a print count field to a Production
Form” for step-by-step instructions.