AccuPrint is a specialized fingerprint image-printing library designed for systems integrators, AFIS vendors, livescan vendors, and law enforcement agencies that must generate high-quality printouts of digitized fingerprint images.  As a software-based fingerprint image printing method, AccuPrint provides an affordable printing solution that has been designed to work with off-the-shelf laser printers. AccuPrint can print a single fingerprint image or palm image, or an entire agency specific ten-print card with text and graphics.  When used with certain 1200 dpi laser printers AccuPrint is certified by the FBI as being fully compliant with the “IAFIS Appendix F Printer Specifications” as defined by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division.

AccuPrint as a Stand-Alone Library
As a stand-alone library, AccuPrint accepts uncompressed fingerprint images as TIF, BMP, or raw image files. It processes each image separately and generates a new, high-quality, image suitable for printing.

Generating Ten-Print Card Graphics
In many applications the ability to print agency specific ten-print cards and graphics is a requirement. AccuPrint includes the ability to fully print agency-specific ten-print and/or palm-print cards through two methods.

1. Text Based Layout Files:
These files use a simple suite of line and text drawing commands to draw every line text segment used on the card. The files also allow the use of graphical images and icons.

2. Scanned Image of a Blank Card:
A scanned, blank, original ten-print card that is saved as a TIF or JPEG image file can also be used by AccuPrint to regenerate ten-print card graphics. This method is particularly useful for cards with complicated graphics, fonts, or character sets.

Printing of Palmprint Images
AccuPrint supports the printing of all palm images (full palm with fingers, partial palm and writer’s palm). AccuPrint also supports the rotation of the palm images, which may be required to match the way in which the palm image should be placed on the card.

Bar Code Printing
Frequently a ten-print card must include a bar code that was stored in the digital form of the card, typically in a type 2 field of the NIST record. AccuPrint can generate valid bar codes that comply with the code 39 format, the code 128 format and the PDF 417 (two dimensional format).

The print preview of the AccuPrint “PrintCard” utility showing a palm-print card.  When used with NISTPack, the palm image is extracted out of the type 15 record, decompressed, and printed by the AccuPrint engine.

Java Script-based Logic
The AccuPrint layout file uses Java Script to enable a developer to add simple logic to the printing process. In some cases, the printed form of demographic text must be formatted differently than how it is stored digitally in the NIST file. Examples of this include:

• Dates (month, day, year) that must be rearranged
• Insertion of hyphens or slashes between data
• Puts check marks in check boxes based on the contents of a demographic data field 

AccuPrint with NISTPack: A Full NIST File to Printed Card Solution

When AccuPrint is used with NISTPack, it provides an elegant solution that generates a printed ten-print card from the contents of an ANSI/NIST compliant transaction file or an FBI EFTS file. NISTPack parses the NIST file, WSQ decompresses the fingerprint and palm images, and JPEG decompresses mug shot or scar/mark/tattoo images.

AccuPrint receives the image and text data from NISTPack and prints each fingerprint image to a specified location on an 8x8 card or to standard paper stock. It prints the card graphics and prints demographic data from the type 1, type 2 and type 10 records into user specified locations on the ten-print card.

Benefits of AccuPrint

• Designed specifically for grayscale fingerprint images
• Dramatically improves the native printing capability of MS Windows or Unix
• Low-cost solution supports Windows, UNIX, and off-the-shelf printers
• Includes documentation and example programs for ease of use
• Meets the FBI Image Quality Specification (IQS) for printers:
  - Original images scanned at 500 ppi
  - Specific makes and models of 1200 dpi laser printers supporte

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