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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course describes how to start using batch card printing features in NCDB.
To use batch card printing, it is necessary to have card printer (it means not label printer!).
Please note that all pictures in this tutorial are for illustration purpose only.

You’ll be able to print your cards directly from your web browser.
Besides, you’ll learn how to set up your Card Designs using placeholders, custom fields, barcodes etc.

Before you start, it is advisable to have a look at “How to process NCDB Orders” and “How to work with Online Ordering application

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Rotation – text rotation. Please make sure your design meets ISO standards before you overuse rotation.

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Important note: when the defined width of the placeholder is too short, the text that goes outside its borders will be cropped. Take this into account when defining your placeholders! In case you want to delete the placeholder, just mark it with your mouse and click “Remove Placeholder” button.

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How to define new custom fields? Custom fields can be defined in NCDB -> Cards Issuers -> Custom Fields

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Uniqueness of ‘Personal ID’ and usage of custom fields

As behaviour of the ‚Personal ID‘ parameter which is a part of cardholder data. This parameter needs to be unique on a card issuer level. That means there cannot be two cardholders with identical personal IDs under one card issuer. If a card issuer tries to insert a duplicate value in this field, he will receive an error.

If, for some reason, you need to receive duplicate values from your card issuer, you can create your own custom field in NCDB → Card Issuers → Custom Fields. Each custom field needs to be assigned to one or more card issuers.

When creating a new custom field, several things need to be defined:

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Using the information from this excel file, you can print labels for your cards. This process includes connecting the excel file with a text editor like MS Word and creating the design of your labels there. The process of connecting MS Excel to MS Word will not be described in this tutorial, help can be found on the web. When the labels are printed, you have to tell NCDB that the print was succesfully done. This can be done through importing the modified excel “Unprocessed Entries Export” that you downloaded in previous step. Into this excel file, to the “Process result” column, write “OK” (see the picture). This way, the system will know that labels for these cards were already printed. After saving this file, import it back to NCDB (still logged in as Personalization Center user) using the “Import processed” button. At this moment, the cards that you marked with “OK” should disappear from Batch Card Printing completely and they should appear in NCDB among other issued cards.

Warning

Note: custom fields cannot be printed through label printing, but only through standard Batch Card Printing described in previous section.

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