System Overview - Polaroid ID-3000 Repair Manual

Polaroid ID3000 Service Manual Description
SECTION 1 — ID-3000 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
ID-3000 System Overview
The Polaroid ID-3000 System (Figure 1-1) produces highly secure, color-portrait photo-
identification cards, and electronically stores text, portraits and other ID images for each
applicant. ID cards consist of several elements, and may include: information about the appli-
cant, his or her portrait, signature, fingerprints and card format elements.
There are presently two versions of the ID-3000 System, differing only in the output device
used to produce the photo ID card. The ID-3000F System has a CI-5000 Color Film Re-
corder which produces the ID card on Polaroid instant color film. The ID-3000T System has
a TX-1500 Color Thermal Printer which produces a full- color ID card on heat-sensitive
paper.
The system can operate as part of a network (LAN, WAN, Mainframe), linked to a host
computer, or it can function as a stand-alone system. The system electronically captures the
applicant's video portrait and signature and stores them in memory, along with text data about
the applicant and identification card formatting data. The data may be stored in either a host
computer or in a local disk drive in the System PC.
After information about the applicant has been stored, it can be rapidly retrieved and dis-
played on the system monitors, for verification, updating or adding missing information.
System software combines the applicant data and portrait with specific codes, colors or
designs, to produce a custom ID card.
The ID3000 System can be integrated with the CS500i Polaroid Color Scanner, Magstripe
Encoder, Bar Code Label Printers, and Still Video Camera systems.
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