The latest BadgeMaker release expands printer and encoding support while improving performance, compatibility and reliability.
BadgeMaker 2.12 is now available. This release introduces support for additional card printers, a label printer, new smart card encoding options and several improvements to existing printing, database and encoding workflows.
Expanded printer support
BadgeMaker 2.12 adds support for the IDP Smart-81 card printer and introduces SLE encoding support for the IDP SOLID-510.
The release also adds support for printing foldable labels with the Epson ColorWorks C4000e. This makes it possible to design and print the front and back of foldable event badge labels (Expobadge labels).
Printing reliability and performance have also been improved:
- Faster printing for Zebra printers when no encoding is required
- Improved print-job status checking for the Magicard Rio Pro
- Corrected 600-dpi printing with the Zebra ZXP Series 9
- Restored required components for Dascom printer support
New encoding capabilities
BadgeMaker 2.12 introduces several new encoding options:
- Support for NTag encoding using Elatec TWN4 readers
- Support for NDEF TLV blocks
- SLE encoding support for IDP SOLID-510 printers
- An additional error-handling setting for dynamic data encoding
The firmware version check for Elatec TWN4 readers has also been improved, and an issue affecting the detection of certain single-slot Omnikey contactless readers has been resolved.
Additional improvements
Several reliability and compatibility improvements are included in this release:
- Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes now automatically receive a leading zero when an uneven number of digits is entered
- Improvements to Oracle database connectivity
- Improved compatibility with Microsoft Access databases and the Microsoft Office 365 Runtime
- Prevention of duplicate record IDs in external tables without a uniqueness constraint
- Correct loading of bitfield content from CCI files
Update to BadgeMaker 2.12
We recommend updating to BadgeMaker 2.12 to benefit from the latest printer support, encoding capabilities and reliability improvements.
BADGEMAKER RELEASE NOTES VERSION 2.12:
Features
- Added a card size preset for ExpoBadge 260 labels in BadgeMaker Design.
- Added SLE encoding support for IDP Solid 510 printers.Added support for printing foldable labels with Epson ColorWorks C4000e label printers.
- Added support for NDEF TLV blocks.
- Added an extra error handling setting for dynamic data encoding.
- Added support for IDP Smart-81 printers.
- Added support for NTag encoding with Elatec TWN4 card readers.
🔹 Improvements in 2.12
- Improved Interleaved 2of5 barcodes: a 0 is now automatically prepended if the number of digits is uneven in BadgeMaker Design.
- Improved Elatec TWN4 firmware version check.
🔹 Improvements in 2.11.23
- Improved reliability of print job status checking for Magicard Rio Pro printers.
- Fixed that some files required for Dascom printing were missing.
- Fixed that certain single-slot Omnikey card readers were no longer detected as contactless readers.
🔹 Improvements in 2.11.21
- Fixed that images were cut off when printing with a 600-dpi ZXP9 printer.
- Fixed that bitfield content in CCI files wasn’t loaded correctly.
🔹 Improvements in 2.11.20
- Improved Interleaved 2of5 barcodes: a 0 is now automatically prepended if the number of digits is uneven.
- Improved printing throughput for Zebra printers for print jobs without encoding.
- Potential fix for an Oracle database connection problem.
- Fixed a crash and several errors when trying to open an MS Access database in combination with the Microsoft Office 365 Runtime.
- Fixed that it was possible to add records with duplicate IDs in external tables, if their ID column didn’t have a uniqueness constraint.