Answers.Body: <p>The other option to print Membercard is using  an extension developed by Webaccess Global which generates card in pdf format.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/kurund/com.webaccessglobal.membershipcard" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/kurund/com.webaccessglobal.membershipcard</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I have a client that uses CardExchange Producer to print their membership cards using real-time CiviCRM data.</p>
  
  <p>Note that compatible systems will most likely want to connect to your database via a MySQL connection - and since CiviCRM is most often hosted on a web server outside the office, that presents a technical challenge.  You should be prepared to do some sort of VPN or tunneling between your web server and CiviCRM for real-time connections.  My client uses Windows, so I configured <a href="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Plink</a> to connect to the server with an SSH tunnel.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks Jon. I'll let our DBA figure out the connection issues :)
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Body: <p>Can anybody recommend a membership card printing system which will enable printing of standard credit card sized plastic membership cards which will draw data from CiviCRM and add a photo to the card using a camera, in real time. The photo may optionally be then stored in CiviCRM if we so choose.</p>
  
Tags: <civimember><printing>
Title: Card Printing Systems compatible with CiviCRM
ThreadText: # Card Printing Systems compatible with CiviCRM
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-30)
  
  Can anybody recommend a membership card printing system which will enable printing of standard credit card sized plastic membership cards which will draw data from CiviCRM and add a photo to the card using a camera, in real time. The photo may optionally be then stored in CiviCRM if we so choose.
  
  **Tags:** civimember, printing
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-30. Score: 3
  
  The other option to print Membercard is using an extension developed by Webaccess Global which generates card in pdf format.
  
  <https://github.com/kurund/com.webaccessglobal.membershipcard>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-30. Score: 3
  
  I have a client that uses CardExchange Producer to print their membership cards using real-time CiviCRM data.
  
  Note that compatible systems will most likely want to connect to your database via a MySQL connection - and since CiviCRM is most often hosted on a web server outside the office, that presents a technical challenge. You should be prepared to do some sort of VPN or tunneling between your web server and CiviCRM for real-time connections. My client uses Windows, so I configured [Plink](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html) to connect to the server with an SSH tunnel.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks Jon. I'll let our DBA figure out the connection issues :)  
  
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