MS Fingerprint Reader

Mod_Man_1 · 22-October-07, 09:16 AM

Ok, Here is the deal, A friend of mine runs a Non-profit group that provides free ID cards for children. He has upgraded the ID software to Asure ID Express and he wants to add a fingerprint to the ID, but the software maker wants $800 for a print reader.

My question is - can anyone find a way to adapt the $30 MS fingerprint reader to work as a scanner that we can use to input a fingerprint to the ID software.

Thanks

Wafflesomd · 22-October-07, 01:46 PM

I would venture the guess no.

Maybe you can just, take an ink print of their fingers, and scan those on a regular scanner.

thedemonxanth · 22-October-07, 02:05 PM

Fingerprint readers store your print data as an image, there are various pieces of software out there to dump these images. I'll look around a bit. I found some info when I was trying to get the scanner on my laptop to work under linux. There is an SDK here You might want to poke around on sourceforge. I'm about 100% sure it can be done.

EDIT.

You will have to do some reading but i found this and this.

Mod_Man_1 · 23-October-07, 09:23 AM

thanks, you have given me some new ways to look for what I need. I will begin to look and see, but any help I can get from PCApex great members would be so helpful!!

SexyPants · 23-October-07, 10:06 AM

xanth pretty much already said it, but my laptop's fingerprint reader (why does it have a fingerprint reader?) doesn't really work in linux. However, from what I've read it recognizes it and if you find the right spot you'll find a ton of image files. No idea about the details though, so this is a pretty worthless post

22-October-07, 09:16 AM		#1 (permalink)
Mod_Man_1 Apex Advanced Techie	MS Fingerprint Reader Ok, Here is the deal, A friend of mine runs a Non-profit group that provides free ID cards for children. He has upgraded the ID software to Asure ID Express and he wants to add a fingerprint to the ID, but the software maker wants $800 for a print reader. My question is - can anyone find a way to adapt the $30 MS fingerprint reader to work as a scanner that we can use to input a fingerprint to the ID software. Thanks

22-October-07, 01:46 PM		#2 (permalink)
Wafflesomd Banned	Re: MS Fingerprint Reader I would venture the guess no. Maybe you can just, take an ink print of their fingers, and scan those on a regular scanner.

22-October-07, 02:05 PM		#3 (permalink)
thedemonxanth Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	Re: MS Fingerprint Reader Fingerprint readers store your print data as an image, there are various pieces of software out there to dump these images. I'll look around a bit. I found some info when I was trying to get the scanner on my laptop to work under linux. There is an SDK here You might want to poke around on sourceforge. I'm about 100% sure it can be done. EDIT. You will have to do some reading but i found this and this.

23-October-07, 09:23 AM		#4 (permalink)
Mod_Man_1 Apex Advanced Techie	Re: MS Fingerprint Reader thanks, you have given me some new ways to look for what I need. I will begin to look and see, but any help I can get from PCApex great members would be so helpful!!

23-October-07, 10:06 AM		#5 (permalink)
SexyPants 5-Hoe-1 Jeans	Re: MS Fingerprint Reader xanth pretty much already said it, but my laptop's fingerprint reader (why does it have a fingerprint reader?) doesn't really work in linux. However, from what I've read it recognizes it and if you find the right spot you'll find a ton of image files. No idea about the details though, so this is a pretty worthless post

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