CardPresso XL Software is an advanced, enterprise-ready ID card management solution engineered for organizations that require database connectivity, high-level encoding, and multi-layout card designs. Building upon the core design and printing capabilities of earlier editions, the XL version introduces powerful database options (MS Access and ODBC connections) and advanced smartcard encoding capabilities for professional badge issuance.
Compatible with Windows & Mac!
Unlike most ID card software applications, CardPresso XL Software is both Windows and Mac compatible. You can also upgrade your CardPresso XL version at any time with seamless advancements to higher editions (such as XXL). Minor software updates are free and automatic with each CardPresso version when they become available. (Note: Advanced features like ODBC, Smartcard/RFID encoding, and auto-print are supported on Windows).
Advanced Database Management & Contactless Encoding
The XL edition unlocks connection capabilities to external databases via ODBC, MS Access, and SQLite, allowing seamless integration with your existing network records. Additionally, it offers comprehensive encoding support including Magnetic, Contact Smartcard, and Contactless RFID (Mifare Classic, Ultralight, and NFC). Multi-layout support enables managing multiple designs within a single project file.
Distinctive design tools with a user-friendly interface
The powerful yet intuitive CardPresso XL interface takes you through the entire card designing process with ease. Choose from a broad selection of pre-defined templates, clipart, comprehensive graphic options, and design libraries. Crop, flip, rotate, and resize your images with precision while controlling contrast, color balance, and brightness. Employee images can also be resized automatically using FaceCrop technology.
Preview your cards in real-time before sending them to print, saving time and supply costs.
| Tools & Image | XXS | XS | XM | XL | XXL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirectShow Image Acquisition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WIA & TWAIN Image Acquisition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clipart & Shapes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Objects (Print Date, Print Counter,...) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in Image Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Card Templates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Signature Acquisition (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Barcodes 1D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| QR Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Barcodes 2D | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Auto Face Detection in Live Acquisition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Automatic Face Crop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Image Acquisition through camera SDK (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Customized Features through Script | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Fingerprint Acquisition (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Users allowances & Operations Logs (audit report) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| User Interface | XXS | XS | XM | XL | XXL |
| Text and Image Editing in Card Design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Database View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Production Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Encoding View | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Multi-layout Designs | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| XXS | XS | XM | XL | XXL | |
| Print Spooler Management (Card by Card, All print Operations, Wait for user..) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Front & Back Printing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ethernet Printers Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conditional Printing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Overlay/UV/F Panel Management (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Auto-print (Automatic print by DB update) (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Web Print Server (Windows only) | ✓ | ||||
| Database | XXS | XS | XM | XL | XXL |
| Internal Database With Photo Connection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Browse & Find Records | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| XLS, XLSX, CSV & TXT connection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MS Access (Windows only) & SQLite with photo field | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Search (query) Records | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| OLE Objects & Photo on Database Records | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| ODBC Connection to External Database | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Encoding | XXS | XS | XM | XL | XXL |
| Magnetic Encoding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contact Smartcard Plugin (Run external app) (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Contact Smartcard Encoding (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Contactless RFID Encoding (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Internal & External RFID Encoder Support (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Mifare CLASSIC & Ultralight (including NFC) (Windows only) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Mifare DESFire (including NFC) (Windows only) | ✓ | ||||
| Miscellaneous | XXS | XS | XM | XL | XXL |
| Free Software Updates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote System Edition Upgrades | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document Password Protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Net License* up to 16 PCs belonging to the same scope and sub-net. | ✓ | ||||
| * Mac version only supports client installation | |||||