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Document Name for Print Manager
The Document name for Print Manager preference allows you to associate a dynamic
database field with a print job. That is, whenever you send a badge to the printer, that print
job’s “name” will appear in the Print Manager window with the contents of the field you
enter here. For example, if you enter “LastName” (one of IDentifier for Windows’s fields)
in this preference field and send John Baker’s card to the printer, Windows’ Print Manager
will report that “Baker” is queued for printing.
Alternate field for ImageID
IDentifier for Windows automatically “names” each image with a serial number when it is
captured and saved (e.g., 255.jpg), and inserts the “number-name” in the database field
“ImageID.” There may be times when you will want to name the captured image with the
contents of another database field, such as a person’s Social Security number. In such a
scenario, if a database record contains a Social Security number, that number will become
the “name” of the portrait image file (e.g., 261-21-8273.jpg) when it is captured and
saved, and that number will be inserted in IDentifier for Windows’s ImageID field. Once
IDentifier for Windows names a captured image, it uses that “name” in the ImageID field
until the record is deleted from the database. There are some inherent dangers in using an
alternate field:
• The alternate field must be set to “Unique Index” in the Edit Field Definitions window. (See “Edit Field Definitions Window” on page63.) If a field, such as “LastName,” is not set to Unique Index, IDentifier for Windows will not know which
“Baker.jpg” to display if there is more than one Baker in the database.
• Use of any field which does not consist of sequential numbers GREATLY reduces
the functionality of IDentifier for Windows’s “Directory Tree” structure. The
“Directory Tree” is hardly noticed by the end user, but enhances the speed of image
retrieval and display. IDentifier for Windows automatically creates subdirectories
within the Portrait, Fingerprint, and Signature directories for every 1,000 images
captured. The program was developed in such a way that, through the use of serial
numbers and these subdirectories, images can be “found” extremely quickly—virtually instantly. If image names are not serial numbers, it may take a long time for
IDentifier for Windows to “find” an image and display it on screen or print on a
badge.
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