Evolis cardPresso Card Designer Software User Guide

This guide covers the features and capabilities of Evolis cardPresso software for professional badge design, personalization, and encoding.


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Brand
Evolis
Document type
User Manual
Language
English
Pages
2
File format
PDF
File size
470 KB
Published
26 October, 2026
Updated
26 October, 2026
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About this manual

cardPresso is a user-friendly card designer software delivered with Evolis Zenius, Primacy, and Quantum card printers. It provides advanced features for professional card design, including graphic design tools, personalization, magnetic, contact, and contactless chip encoding, and support for multiple databases.

The software is available in 6 editions ranging from XXS Lite to XXL, each offering progressively more advanced capabilities such as database connections, face recognition, RFID encoding, and web print servers. It supports various operating systems including Windows XP through Windows 8 and Mac OS X.

What's inside

  • Features
  • Editions (XXS to XXL)
  • System Requirements
  • Tools & Image
  • User Interface
  • Database Sources
  • Encoding
  • Print Options

Specifications

Minimum ProcessorIntel Pentium 800MHz
Minimum RAM512MB
Hard Disk Space500MB free space
Monitor Resolution1024x768

Frequently asked questions

Which Evolis printers are compatible with cardPresso?

cardPresso works with Zenius, Primacy and Quantum card printers.

What database formats does cardPresso support?

It supports MS Access, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT, SQLite, and ODBC connections.

Does cardPresso offer free updates?

Yes, minor version updates are available at no charge.

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