I.R.I.S. CARDIRIS 4 User manual

IRISCard 4/Cardiris 4 Getting Started Guide
Product names
The IRISCard Pro 4 and mini 4 products are bundled with their own dedicated Business Card
Scanner. The Cardiris 4 is a software only product and is also the name of the software used on all
product versions. All of them can be used with any twain based scanner to scan the card ima es,
thou h the bundled scanners are not twain capable.
It is important to distin uish between the products when downloadin updates from our website.
http://www.irislink.com/c2-350-17/Product-Updates.aspx
The IRIScan product also contains the Cardiris versions 3 or 4 software but cannot be updated in that
way.
IRISCard Pro 4
Scanning
There are two ways to scan with the product, either throu h the Cardiris software or usin the
IRISCard button mana er which loads at startup. Both of the can be found in the Applications >
Cardiris 4 folder. Most users opt for the button mana er to take advanta e of the automatic scannin capability. If
controls the functions of the button on the scanner itself.
Click on the button mana er icon of the dock and o to its preferences and mark the radio button for “when device
senses a card – acts as”, set the action for the button and
result as pictured.
IRISCard
mini
4
Hardware
IRISCard Pro 4
Hardware

In the Cardiris software o to its preferences and select the
IRISCard in the dropdown. In most cases leave the formattin
set to Automatic and click OK out of that window.
On the left tool bar set the upper ri ht
button to File which sets the button on the
lower left to Open & Create . Chan in from
File to one of the listed scanners chan es it
to Scan & Create.
Close the button manager if you want to use a different scanner!
Backside scanning
Notice that you can scan the rear side ima e
of the business card usin the back button on
the top tool bar. When you save to address
book you will have to choose which ima e to
dra to the ima e placeholder because
Address Book can only display one ima e.
The two ima es will only viewable at the
same time within the Cardiris software.

Saving
When you insert a business card in the scanner it will feed throu h and process the information and populate the
contact fields.
Review and make any needed corrections, choose a Group if so desired beforehand then click Save
All or Save Selected and the cards will be saved to the Address Book.
You can view those cards by clickin on the on the roup on the lower left.
To include the card ima e draw a box on the ima e and dra to the field to the ri ht of the Company
name.
Export
To export the cards to another format or application select the format (vCard pictured) and click on Export. Shown are
the available options. Unicode is the same as text.
To create a new Group o to File > New Group and ive it a name to display in the Cardiris Software.
This will allow you to place the desired cards into a specified roup in Address Book. You can also
perform searchs and dra the contacts from one roup to the next.

IRISCard mini 4 & Cardiris 4
The software functions identically to the Pro 4 but there is no button mana er so scans have to be started by clickin on
Scan & Create button on the left toolbar. Select your scanner in the Cardiris Preferences and too le the File button
If you ar
e usin a flatbed scanner
you can scan multiple cards
by placin up to 10 cards on the lass of the scanner. Leave a
ap around all ed es of the card keepin it away from the ed e
of the scanner bezel. You also want a dark back round so the
software can separate the individual card ima es from the lar er
ima e. A black or dark sheet of paper placed behind the cards
works best. Scan at 400 DPI in color.
For very dark cards you would do the opposite and just close the
lid to the scanner to create a white back round. It is useful then
to separate the cards into dark and li ht for this kind of
processin .
You can also scan outside of the software and save the scans as
ima e files or PDF files which can then be processed in the
software.
The software will automatically extract the
cards from the lar er ima e and the
information from the cards.