Creating Card Layouts

If you want ActivID CMS to print information on smart cards during issuance, you must create a card layout. This defines how information is printed on smart cards. This includes where and how text appears, as well as the position and size of a picture, if any.

For information about image capture supported by ActivID CMS, refer to ActivID CMS System Environment.

Use the printer workstation for creating card layouts. Although you can create a card layout on any machine, using the same workstation makes troubleshooting problems easier.

For creating card layouts, ActivID CMS supports the following printing middleware:

  • HID Asure ID (for printing with FARGO printers).

Prerequisites: Install the Asure ID software, install and configure the ActivID CMS Asure ID service. Refer to Install and Configure Asure ID .
To create a card layout for the FARGO HDP5000 card printer to use with Asure ID, perform the steps described below on the local printer workstation.

  1. Open Asure ID, and start a new project to define the card layout. There is one FARGO HDP5000 Card Printer project per card layout. For instructions about card design, refer to the FARGO HDP5000 High Definition Card Printer/Encoder User Guide available at www.hidglobal.com/documents.

  2. Create a card design template using card design functionality of Asure ID.

  3. Save the template to use with ActivID CMS printer configuration.

The following figure is the sample card design template created using Asure ID:

Alternatively, you can use an existing card design template, and import it into Asure ID. Note down the name of the card design layout template to use in the AsureIDService.exe configuration file. The user attributes for printing in the above card layout are obtained from the data generated in the ActivID CMS by the Card Production Request (CPR). For example, piv_FullName and piv_ThumbnailPhoto.

Note: Before using an attribute in the card layout, add the attribute to the Attributes Printable During Issuance field in the Customization > User Attributes page under the Configuration tab of the Operator Portal.

You can also enable support for Magnetic Encoding for the card using Asure ID.