When using the Indeed Certificate Manager with smart card printer (Enable card printer support option of the smart card usage policy), it is possible to perform bulk issue of smart cards. In this case the operator defines a group of users, to whom the cards are to be issued, places the required number of cards to printer source tray and starts the bulk issue process.
The card bulk issue mode has the following features and limitations:
- There is no function of optional certificate selection. Only mandatory ones are issued. Optional certificates, if required, can be issued individually for each user, either via user card or via Self-Service.
- There is no function of smart card name setting. The name is either empty or formed according to the rules of smart card usage policy.
- Bulk issue stops upon any error. To continue, you must either eliminate the error, or remove the user in question from the list and re-start the bulk issue.
- Clicking the Cancel button during the bulk issue results in that the card already loaded to the printer is issued, but issue of the next one is not started.
- The bulk issue can be performed either with or without printout on cards.
The workstation the printing is initiated from must have the following components installed/set up:
- EDISecure XID8100/8300 printer driver
- Set up connection to printer in the EDI Secure Connect utility
- Printer support component IndeedCM.EdiSecure.Middleware
- XID8300 printer connected via USB
EDISecure XID8100/8300 printer driver and the EDI Secure Connect utility are supplied by the manufacturer along with printer.
IndeedCM.EdiSecure.Middleware is supplied within the Indeed CM installation package.
To perform bulk issue of cards, proceed as follows:
- Switch to the service page https://<Indeed CM server address>/icm/bulkissue
- Perform user search (for instance, by location). The search results are displayed in the table to the left.
- Mark the users, who the smart cards are to be issued to, and click
button. - Click Issue. The name would be set up automatically.
- Click Issue.
Smart card issue progress for each user is displayed in the lower part of the screen. Card issue can be suspended by clicking the Pause button, or cancelled by clicking the Cancel button.
Upon error, the username, at which the error occured, is highlighted in red, and the lower part of the screen displays the error text.
After the error is eliminated, the card issuance can be repeated by clicking the corresponding button. To ignore the error and continue with the bulk issue process, click Skip. To cancel the bulk issue process for all users, click Cancel.