HiTi Digital CS-300 User manual

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HiTi Card Printer
CardDésirée CS
&
DB Maker
User Manual

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CardDésirée CS & DB Maker User Manual
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Software Interface --------------------------------------------------------------4
1.1 Main Interface --------------------------------------------------------------------------4
1.2 Menu Bar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
1.3 Select Printer Model & Card Type ---------------------------------------------------6
1.4 Tool Bar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
1.5 ID Photo Insertion Area ---------------------------------------------------------------8
1.6 Layer Archive ---------------------------------------------------------------------------9
1.7 Preview & Edit Area -------------------------------------------------------------------9
Chapter 2 Card Editing----------------------------------------------------------------------10
2.1 Add Colored Text ----------------------------------------------------------------------10
2.2 Add ID Frame ---------------------------------------------------------------------------11
2.3 Import Background ------------------------------------------------------------------16
2.4 Import Bar code ---------------------------------------------------------------------17
2.5 Add Resin Text -------------------------------------------------------------------------17
2.6 Open Existing Template ---------------------------------------------------------------18
2.7 Add images ------------------------------------------------------------------------------18
2.8 Open a “*.mds” file---------------------------------------------------------------------19
2.9 2D Barcode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------19
2.10 Layer Archive Printing Card --------------------------------------------------------20
2.11 Printing Card --------------------------------------------------------------------------21
Chapter 3 Encoding Functions-------------------------------------------------------------23
3.1 Contact Smart Card Encoding Function---------------------------------------------23
3.2 Magnetic Card Encoding Function---------------------------------------24
3.3 Chip Magnetic Card Encoding Function ---------------------------------------25
Chapter 4 Database--------------------------------------------------------------------------26

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4.1 Database Function Introduction-------------------------------------------------------26
4.2 How to connect to an existing database file? ---------------------------------------27
4.3 How to search / query certain data into your database? --------------------------40
4.4 How to build up a “print information database”? --------------------------------- 45
4.5 About “Append Print Info.” Function------------------------------------------------50
4.6 Dynamic Mode--------------------------------------------------------------------------52
Chapter 5 DB Maker Interface-------------------------------------------------------------53
5.1 Main Interface--------------------------------------------------------------53
5.2 Menu Bar--------------------------------------------------------------------------------53
5.3 Tool Bar----------------------------------------------------------------------------------56
Chapter 6 Edit the Database with DB Maker--------------------------------------------57
6.1 Create a New Database File -----------------------------------------------------------57
6.2 Open an Existing Database File ------------------------------------------------------61
6.3 Edit a Table of the Database ----------------------------------------------------------61
6.4 Settings for Images Preview ------------------------------------------------------64

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Chapter 1 Software Interface
1.1 Main Interface
1.2 Menu bar
1) File
The “File” menu option includes:
Open (open a saved template)
Close (close the template)
Save (save template)
Save As (save as a new template)
Exit (exit CardDésirée CS)
Layer
Menu Bar Tool Bar
ID
Frame
Preview Edit Region
Tool Bar

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2) Edit
The “Edit” menu includes:
Cut
Copy
Duplicate
Paste
Delete
Push layer to top
Push layer to bottom
Bring Forward
Send Backward
Layer positioning (Define the position and the layer)
zUnit : pixel or 1/10mm
zx: Define horizontal position
zy: Define vertical position
zWidth: Define the width of a layer
zHeight: Define the height of a layer
zAlignment : There are 9 buttons for the alignment : Top left ,Top Center, Top
Right, Center left, Center, Center right, Bottom left, Bottom center and Bottom
right.
3) View
The “View” menu option includes:
Rulers (show/hide rules)
Grid line (show/hide grid lines)

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4) Add
Background (import a background)
Color Text (add a color text)
Resin Text (add a Resin text)
Bar Code (import a bar code)
ID Frame (add an ID frame)
Image (add an image)
Line (add a line)
Graphic (add a figure)
E-frame (add an e-frame)
5) Encoding
Conact Smart Card
Magnetic Card
Contactless Smart Card
6) Database
The “Database” menu option includes:
Connect Database
Record (browse each data)
Record list (show the database list)
Dynamic Mode (See Chapter 4.5)
Layer Mapping (map the data source of each layer)
7) Help
“Help＂ file & “About CardDésirée CS＂
1.3 Select Printer Model, Card Type & Orientation
Select Card Printer Model, Card Type
1) Select printer

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CardDésirée CS supports HiTi CS-300, HiTi CS310, HiTi CS320, HiTi 640DL-
Amphi, HiTi Amphi II
[Warning!!]: Please choose the right printer before you edit. Due to the difference
in resolution, the transfer of formats between two models would not be consistent.
2) Select card type
zThe card type CS Series supports so far are:
A. Blank Card
B. 6-pin Smart Chip Card
C. 8-pin Smart Chip Card
D. Magnetic Stripe Card
E. Chip/Magnetic Stripe Card
F. AdhesiveCard
zThe card type of 640DL-Amphi supports so far are:
A. CR-80(A+B): Reserve two different templates for two CR-80 size cards.
B. CR-80(A+A): Reserve one template for two CR-80 size cards.
C. CR-90
D. CR-100
E. Full page
zAmphi II supports：PVC Full Page (Border), Full Page (Borderless)
3) Side selection
Front, back or dual side
4) Orientation
Portrait or landscape

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1.4 Commonly used toolbar
The tool options include:
Add Color Text
Add ID frame
Add image
Import background
Import bar code
Add Resin Text
Add Line
Add Figure
Add e-frame
Open “*.mds” Files
Add 2D Barcode
1.5 ID Photo Insertion Area

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1.6 Layer Archive
1.7 Preview & Edit areas
Landscape Portrait

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Chapter 2 Card Editing
2.1 Add Color Text
Click , a color text layer will immediately be created in the edit area. A user may
make the following adjustments:
Type-in text: A user may type the text content in this area
Alignment: top-left, top-center, top-right, center-left, center-center, center-right,
down-left, down-center, down-right
Font: font type, size, interval, bold, italic, underline, vertical, right to left
Font Color: Background Color:

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Advanced text setting:
Art word Shadow
Non Text Art Non Shadow
Straight 1~6 Left-Top
Concave Left-Down
Bulge Right-Top
Up-Arc 1,2 Right-Down
Down-Arc1,2 Right
Up-Arch Top
Up-Arch
Inner Shrink
Expansion
Wave 1~6
2.2 Add ID frame
1) Click , to create an ID frame and click to choose the source to load ID
images.

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1. Loading images from files: Directly loading ID images from files.
2. Loading images from webcam: Loading ID images captured by a webcam.
zCapture Device : The webcam you are using
zFilter : The setting for a webcam
zLive Video Preview : The live video is shown in this area.
zCaptured Bitmap : The image captured by a webcam is
shown in this area
zCaptured Directory : Select the destination to save the
image you captured
zSnap Still : Click to capture the image
zFile Name : The name of the image captured by a webcam
3. Loading images from WIA (for Windows XP/ME) : Using a webcam to capture an
image through WIA.
4. Loading images from TWAIN (for Win98/2000) : Using a webcam to capture an
image through TWAIN.

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zAcquire : Click Acquire to select a device in order to connect with
your computer.
After selecting a device, there are four options shown as follows.
A:Capture:Clicktocapturean
picture.
B: Source: Device setting.
C: Format: Images format setting.
D: Exit: Close this section.
zSelect : Please select an image which you capture from a webcam
and then press the [Select] button, the image will be loaded into an
ID frame.
2) Adjust the ID photo through the red frame for the area you would like to focus on.
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3) Adjust the orientation of the ID photo
4) Click to insert the ID photo into the ID frame in the edit area after the size
and the location adjustment of the ID photo have been finished. However, if you are
not connected to a database file, please save the adjustment via Menu
Bar→File→Save. If you are already connected to a database file, please open Print
Info (Print Information Database) before you adjust the ID photo to save the
adjustment to the Print Information Database automatically. Please refer to the
section 4.4: Building up a “print information database” in Chapter 4.
5) Color Adjustment and Image Management
1. If you are not connected to a database file,
after you have finished adjusting the properties
of the color, please record the result through
Menu Bar→File→Save.
2. If you are already connected to a database, please open Print Info (Print
Information Database) before you adjust the color properties. After you have
finished adjusting the color properties, please press “Save post-processing
image” in “Image Management” to save the result. You can press “Reload
original photo” to return to undo the change.
Bright/Contrast
Hue/Saturation
Color Balance
Skin MiraBella (choose your favorite from 9 fine skin types)
” Save post processing image” and ” Reload original
photo” buttons in Image Management are available only
after you have connected to a database file, opened Print
Info (Print Information Database), and adjusted color
properties. However, the “Confirm image existence”
button is available after you have connected to a database file and opened Print Info
(Print Information Database.)

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Save post-processing image
Reload original photo
Confirm image existence. Please refer to the following※
description.
※When you click “Confirm image existence”,
the computer will examine the images and the
data you have marked in the “Printing
Information database”.
If an image does not exist in the path, a dialogue
box will be shown as the right figure. After you click “OK”, the data without any
image will not be marked in the “Printing Information
database”. After you mark □Skip printing of all data without images, all of the
data without any images will not be marked in the “Printing Information database”.
※Remark: Image Management is available only after connecting the database file
and launching “Printing Information database” and processing images.
Pleaserefertosection4.4:Howto build up a “print information database”
inChapter4.
zChange image shape:
The shape of the ID photo frame is not limited to a regular square. Click on the
button and select your favorite shape.
You could also adjust the shape by using the cursor of the mouse to drag the 8
adjustable points

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2.3 Import background
1) Click to display the file selection dialogue box. Choose a background
picture
2) Property settings
Rotate 90° counterclockwise
Rotate 90° clockwise
Rotate 180°
Mirror
Fit to Width
Fit to Height
Fit to Card
Bright/Contrast
Hue/Saturation
Card Balance
Advanced Settings
zAdvanced Settings: Choose a different ribbon type to print. Using Resin K
ribbon means to make use of the K layer of YMCKO ribbon to print the
background in a black and white image. You could also adjust the printing
result through the “Threshold bar” and preview it directly.

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2.4 Import bar code
Click to create a bar code.
Adjustment properties:
Content
Format
Show Text
Text Height
Text Font
Prefix
Angle
Transparency
Using different ribbon to print
2.5 Add Resin Text
Click to create a resin text layer immediately in the edit area.The user may
make the following adjustments:
Type-in text: The user may enter the text in this area.
Alignment: top-left, top-center, top-right, center-left, center-center, center-right,
down-left, down-center, down-right.
Font: font type, size, interval, bold, italic, underline, vertical, right to left

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Background color:
2.6 Add Line and Figure
A. Add Line
Click , a diagonal line will appear in the edit area. Click and hold the left-
mouse button to display the option list as
shown.
B. Add Figure
Click and a solid figure will appear in the edit area. Click and hold the left-
hand mouse button to display the options list as shown.
C. Color setting for Line and Figure
You can choose the color for Line and Figure by
entering figures in the blanks under R/G/B, or
click the color board. Also, you can also choose
a different width for Line, Rectangle and Circle
which is not filled up.
2.7 Add images
Click to add an image from the assigned source. The added image will not
be defined like an ID photo, so the properties would be similar as a background.

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2.8 Open a “*.mds” file
Click to display the template file selection dialog. Choose an existing
template file which you will use. ("*.mds " is CardDésirée CS template format).
The template you open will be shown immediately in the editing area for your
edition.
2.9 Add 2D Barcode
Click to add 2D Barcode :
Select 2D barcode type
Insert the data for encoding
Decide the resolution by the horizontal and vertical intervals
Insert Parameters: Numbers of Rows / Columns and ECC
Level (ECC Level: Error Correction Control Level : The
bigger index you select, the higher readability you get
when 2D barcode is damaged; meanwhile, the more
space the file needs.)
By selecting this option, the right hand side of the
barcode will be removed or " truncated". It can keep
more efficient area than unchecked PDF417.
Select the type of the ribbon to print this 2D barcode

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Mouse right-click function keys
Delete
Rename
Hide(/Display)
Lock/Unlock
Up
Down
Push layer to top
Push layer to bottom
2.10 Layer Archive
1) All layers are shown in the archive (They may include Color Text, Resin Text,
Background, Barcode and perhaps even an ID frame photo) , you can focus
on one of them and click the right button of the mouse to adjust it:
2) In the editing area, you can focus the layer by clicking the mouse button. If there is
a focused layer, then the menu below will pop up:
or it will show the following options:
Right-click Mouse function keys:
Cut (Ctrl+’X’)
Copy (Ctrl+’C’)
Duplicate (Ctrl+’L’)
Paste (Ctrl+’V’)
Paste (Ctrl+’V’)
Delete(Del)
Push layer to top
Push layer to bottom
Bring Forward
Send Backward
Right-click Mouse function keys:
Rulers
Gridlines
Paste (Ctrl+’V’)