Card Software
Card design software.
Downloads, editions and setup for the three programs we sell and support.
Downloads & editions
Choose your card software.
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Card Imaging
Our own card design software.
Card Imaging is the design program we build and support ourselves, so when something is off you are talking to the people who made it. Windows and Mac.
Design your card, add photos, barcodes and mag stripe encoding, and print a whole batch off a spreadsheet. Three editions step up from there, and every one is a straight upgrade of the last.
Designing and printing a badge, start to finish.
Download
Get Card Imaging
Current release v1.7.139 for Windows 10 and 11, and for macOS. Already bought it, or setting it up on a new computer? Grab it here.
Download the installerAfter you install
Enter the code printed on the card that came in the box with your software, or the one we emailed you if you bought it online. Without it the program runs in demo mode.
Cannot find the card with your code on it? We will sort it out.
Editions
What each edition adds.
Essential
XXS
$169
Card Imaging software
- Design cards with your logo, photos, text and barcodes
- Front and back designs
- Photos from your computer or a live webcam
- Magnetic stripe encoding
- Runs on one computer at a time, and moves to a new one
Design + data
XS
$295
Upgrade from XXS
- Everything in XXS
- Print cards from names and photos in a spreadsheet
- No retyping, fewer mistakes
- Print a whole batch without clicking through each card
- QR codes
- Browse your records
Database + photos
XM
$595
Upgrade from XXS or XS. Windows only.
- Everything in XS
- Save new cardholder data and photos in an MS Access database
- Search, pick and batch print records
- 2D barcodes and automatic face crop
Needs Microsoft Access, which you provide. It comes with many Microsoft Office plans.
Buying online
We email your code within one business day. Enter it in Card Imaging and your new edition turns on. Questions first? Write us or call 630-739-6546.
Compare all three editions, feature by feature
| Feature | XXS | XS | XM |
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Not sure which edition you need? Answer six quick questions or write us.
Asure ID, by HID Global
HID's card design software.
Asure ID is HID's card design program, sold alongside Fargo printers for years. If your ID station already runs it, the installer is here.
Four editions, from a single station to networked issuance connected to SQL. We sell all four.
- Publisher
- HID Global
- Runs on
- Windows
- Editions
- Four
- Version
- 7.8.6
Download
Asure ID free trial
The installer comes straight from HID Global, so you always get their current signed build. It runs as a trial until it is activated.
Download Asure IDWindows installer, v7.8.6. Hosted by HID Global.
Not sure which edition you are on? Ask our bench.
Editions
What each edition adds.
Small organizations
Asure ID Solo
- Store up to 200 records & photos
- Up to 8 fields on your card design
- Dual sided card designs
Midsize organizations
Asure ID Express
- Unlimited photos and records
- Unlimited fields on your design
- Print photo directories
- Mag stripe and barcode capable
Large organizations
Asure ID Enterprise
- Link several ID stations together
- Built for networked issuance
- Connect to SQL or other databases
Smart card programs
Asure ID Exchange
- Everything in Enterprise
- iDirector smart card writer
- Oracle connectivity
cardPresso
Card design for Windows and Mac.
cardPresso is a full card design program. Lay out a card, drop in photos and barcodes, pull your people from a spreadsheet or a database, and encode as you print.
It comes in five editions, XXS through XXL, on the same ladder as our own software: design and print at the bottom, Excel in the middle, then live databases, smart card and RFID encoding, and networked issuance at the top.
- Drag-and-drop card layout, front and back
- Photo capture, signatures, 1D and 2D barcodes
- Excel, CSV and database connections
- Mag stripe, smart card and RFID encoding on the higher editions
- Publisher
- cardPresso
- Runs on
- Windows & Mac
- Editions
- XXS to XXL
- Version
- 1.7.30
Download
Get cardPresso
Version 1.7.30. Pick the one that matches your computer.
cardPresso for Windows cardPresso for MacAfter you install
Enter the code printed on the card that came in the box with your software. Without it the program runs in demo mode.
Cannot find your code, or not sure which version you are on? Tell us and we will sort it out.
Not sure which software fits?
We have matched organizations with the right ID software since 1984.
Tell us what you print, where your data lives and how many stations you run. We will point you to the right program and set it up.