New stuff

- Mifare DESFire Cards Support. Ability to read and write DESFire serial number into a database field.
- 125Khz Q5 Cards Support. Ability to read and write Q5 serial number into a database field.
- Implemented Q5 Cards password management.
- New Contactless Encoder Supported: Pro-Active Crazy Write
- Added ability to Omnikey 5121 to encode also on iClass cards.
- Added Chinetek encoder to the lists of encoder that supports now Mifare 4k Cards.
- New printer Model – Zebra P330m.
- Transparency for PNG Images now supported
- Point to image file (even from a text file) is treated as an real image field, allowing photo acquisition to linked files.
- New Canon SDK Implemented; new models supported: PowerShot G9 / G10 / SX100 IS / SX110 IS
- SCOS 5 Added, more reliability on our licensing subsystem

Improvements

- Overall screen handling speed greatly improved
- Added Color options on HDP 5000 LC Dual sided printer.
- Improved contactless encoding speed
- Force re-fetch data for Contact encoding, allowing full pre-processing operations
- Improved FaceSnap operations flow
- Bar Code (1 and 2D) properties fine tuned; color editable on Text slider

CardFive is one of the first Card Design packages available tracing its days back to the original Wincard that shipped with the Privelege and Eltron Card Printers. There have been plenty of changes since then and CardFive today is one of the most popular card design packages on the market.

With all the features needed to produce plastic cards, CardFive is a versatile, totally integrated application that will meet the demands of many small, medium and large businesses.
CardFive allows the following design and encoding features;

• Integration of specific logos & graphics
• Precise placement of text
• Integration with TWAIN camera sources
• Integration with DirectShow® camera source*
• Variable background based on database*
• Variable photo based on database*
• Variable images (including photo) acquired on print / as required
• Encoding of magnetic stripe
• Barcodes (most common types inc. 2D PDF)
• Contact smart chip encoding (via external program)
• Contactless smart card integration inc Mifare & HID*
• Digital signature capture*
• Linking of database fields to text, barcodes, and images*
• ODBC 'database' connectivity (version dependant)
• Automatic "face cropping" and photo image enhancement (via facesnap plugin)
• Batch printing mode for large print job management
• Autoprint based on database field for integration with external applications*

* Some Features are Edition Dependant

With a range of features like these it is easy to see why CardFive is the most popular card printing software in Australia.

CardFive comes in several editions to meet the needs and budgets of your organisation. To ensure your invesment is protected Nfive provide free software updates featuring many enhancements and improvements, in addition you can upgrade any edition to a higher edition at the difference in list price between the two products.

Update v8.2.1
On this release we added some major functionalities, as a result of continuous attention to market needs.

• Excel Spreadsheet direct management in Lite XL; Premier and Professional edition.
  Link to an Excel spreadsheet in seconds; no need to create an ODBC data source; no need to create a named range of the spreadsheet; add and delete records; edit data directly on CardFive Vision database view; query your spreadsheet database.
  A major addition to CardFive Vision generally; a must-have, considering it is available on low cost Lite XL edition.
  
• Magnetic encoding back on the Classic edition.
  By customers request we added back to CardFive Vision Classic the magnetic encoding capabilities, removed with the release of the Vision-Class version.
• Auto Database Disconnect.
  The long awaited functionality of disconnecting the fields on card from a Database, thus allowing to change the data source effortlessly.
• Fargo HDPii DCL
  A new printer model addition, keeping the pace with the news on the Card Market.
• E-Mail Card layout
  Send an E-mail with the image of the card you're designing for approval in seconds.
• New image formats supported.
  As technology evolves we follow and update ourselves.
  
• Ability to use BitMaps on Overlay
  Create security features using Bitmaps on Overlay.
• And a lot of extra small improvements and all the corrections of reported problems.

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· CardFive Vision Brochure