A 
system and method for converting 
fingerprint cards into electronic files is provided having a computer 
system for inputting biographical information from each of the cards into memory of, or accessible by, the computer, and encoding the biographical information into a 
barcode which is printed by a printer on a 
label for affixing to the card. A 
scanner is operated for scanning each of the cards having the affixed 
label associated with the card. For each scanned image of a card, the computer 
system or another computer system 
decodes the biographical information from the 
barcode in the scanned image, segments 
fingerprint images of the fingerprints of different types of fingers at locations in the scanned image, and stores at least the decoded biographical information and the 
fingerprint images in an electronic fingerprint file for the card and / or a 
record in a 
database.