PiPO fastID Bedienungsanleitung
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Last change : March 2017
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Introduction
This is the user manual of the new fastID, the biometric ID and passport photo
system. This user guide helps you in everyday use. Please check
www.fastID.photo for the latest release information, videos and FAQ.
Please send your questions and comments to support@idstation.eu
Contents
1. Setting up your system
2. Getting started
3. Take a picture
4. The software will process the picture
5. Quality Check
6. Print
7. Save
8. Email
9. Taking passport of VISA photos for another country
10. Editing the background
Appendix A : load paper and ribbon
Appendix B : How to Read Card mode
Appendix C : How to Camfi
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1. Set up your system
fastID comes in one box, containing:
1. fastID printer
2. brown carton box containing the ID console, cables and accessories
3. Camfi controller [only if ordered]
The Camfi controller is an optional accessory. So you need to order it separately
along with the new fastID passport photo system. A Camfi controller is a WiFi
device that you connect to your camera. It will transfer any image you take
automatically to the fastID.
Setting up your fastID system is quite easy. Unpack everything from the carton
box and follow these simple steps:
Now switch on the ID console. If the software reports “Printer not on-line” and
shows a red exclamation mark on the “Print” button you may have forgotten one
of the above steps or you may have made not loaded the paper and ribbon
properly.
Step 1 : Take the printer, connect it to a power outlet and switch it ON
Step 2 : Load paper and ribbon according to the instructions (appendix A)
Step 3 : Put the ID console on top of the printer and connect it to a power outlet
Step 4 : Use the USB cable to connect the printer to the ID console
Step 5 : Insert the Card reader in an USB port on the right side of the ID console
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2. Getting started
Let’s assume you just finished setting up your system, so it’s up and running and the
printer has plenty of paper and ribbon and is on-line. Your new fastID system is ready
to start processing pictures.
Your ID console will look like this:
A short explanation of the buttons in the startup window:
Network status button. Click this button to see the status of connections
(internet and connection to Camfi) of your fastID. If you’re not
connected to internet you will get a red exclamation mark.
Home button. Click this button to clear the screen and clear the session.
Use this button to prevent the customer’s photo to remain on screen
while the system is idle.
Exit button. Click this button to exit the software and return to the
desktop. This feature may be password protected to prevent users from
leaving the software and entering Windows.
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Options button. Click this button to enter the Options menu.
The options menu has several functions. These are explained in
chapter 9 of this manual.
The Country button. This button show the name of the selected
country template. Every picture that you select will be
processed into a passport photo for that country. Click on this
button to select another country. This feature is very powerful.
Read chapter 10 for more information.
Read Card button. Click this button to start reading photos from
a memory card. First insert the SD card into the reader, then
click. The software will scan the card and show you the last
pictures first. These are explained in chapter 9 of this manual.
Wireless mode button. If you click this button the software will
try to connect to a Camfi controller. The red exclamation mark
appears if you’re not connected to a Camfi controller. The Camfi
controller has its own user manual.
The Open File button. Use this button to manually open a file.
The file may be on a card, in a camera, on an USB drive or in a
folder on the ID console. Also use this button to read a photo
from the archives.
Now before we start taking pictures let’s first check if all is Ok. We can do this by
opening a sample photo. Click on “Open File” and select one of the sample photos:
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The software will process the sample photo into a perfectly aligned passport photo for
“USA Passport”, the selected country template. After the automatic processing the
software will check if the passport photo complies to the requirements for a USA
passport photo. The results are shown as green or red boxes.
Now click on the Print button:
The (78) behind the Print indicates the
remaining number of prints. Probably
you will 300 as you’ve just loaded a
new ribbon and roll of paper into the
printer. Now after you’ve clicked on the
Print button the passport photos aren’t
printed immediately. You will first see
the Print Preview:
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The Print Preview window not only shows you a preview of what will be printed when
you hit the Print button, it also contains information about the printer and the options
you can select or deselect.
You may also select another Print template”. For now, just click Print and the passport
photos will be ready in about 10 seconds.
You have setup your new fastID and printed your first set of passport photos with it.
Now it’s time to start taking pictures.
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Chapter 2. Take a picture
In this manual we will not describe how you should adjust your camera and lighting in
order to make a high quality photo. We will focus on how to get the image from your
camera into the ID console.
fastID supports several ways of importing photos. In this manual we will describe only
two:
1. Read images from a card, the Read Card mode
2. Wireless mode using the Camfi controller
Read Card mode
This is an easy and very reliable way of taking pictures and reading them into the fastID
system. Make sure the SD card is in the camera though😊
Take a couple of pictures. Take out the SD card and insert it into the card reader. The
card reader is a simple USB card reader. If it get damaged somehow it’s easy and cheap
to replace. Now click on the Read Card button. The software will scan the card and will
show the last two pictures you’ve just taken. To see more browse forward and
backwards. Click on a preview to select it for processing.
There are a few things to consider:
-Image rotation : some take pictures in landscape, others in Portrait orientation. If
you need to manually rotate each image every time, you better change the settings
in the software.
-Image size : very large images take a lot longer to process
-Folder : the camera will save the pictures on the SD card in a particular folder. Will
the software always find the correct folder? What to do if the software reports it
cannot find the pictures?
-What happens if the card is full or damaged?
We will answer these questions in Appendix B.
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Wireless mode using the Camfi controller
To work wirelessly we have prepared your fastID to work with
the Camfi controller. This is the best solution for wireless picture
transfer. The Camfi controller is an option. You may decide to
order it along with your new fastID.
Appendix C contains a short setup manual for the CamFi
controller. Please follow these instructions to setup your camera properly.
If you are seeing a red exclamation mark on the “Wireless mode” button the fastID
console is not connected to the Camfi controller! Before you can start taking pictures
you need to resolve this. Follow the instructions in the Camfi manual or read Appendix
C.
Make sure your camera has a memory card inside, otherwise it won’t work! Now take a
couple of pictures and you will see them appear on the fastID console. Click on one of
them to start processing it.
There are a few things to consider when using the Camfi controller:
-The fastID console must have a WiFi connection to the Camfi controller. Otherwise
the images will not transmit. Clicking on the Wireless mode button will force fastID
to make that connection.
-The camera and Camfi controller must be connected (with a short USB cable)
otherwise the Camfi controller cannot access the images
-Image rotation and Image size
-What happens if the card inside the camera gets full?
These and other questions are answered in Appendix C.
If you are interested in the other options please refer to the www.fastid.photo website
and check out the various How to’s.
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Chapter 3. The software will process the picture
Once you have selected a picture the Photomatic software will process it for the
Country you selected. Please wait while the software automatically turns the picture
into a passport photo and subsequently runs a full check!
The biometric engine will automatically detect the face and eyes and will generate a
perfectly aligned passport photo. The result is shown with an “Overlay” on top of it that
will help you to check the face size and position.
Now the software will run a full quality test. It will check if the automatically generated
passport photo meets the official requirements for Image quality, Face size and
position and background color and uniformity. All these requirements are described by
the ICAO, sometimes with extra local requirements.
The results are shown as green or red squares. You can click on the buttons to
further inspect the results of the tests. If one of tests failed the square will be red
and you should click on the appropriate button to check….
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