1. A system for converting fingerprint cards into electronic files, in which each of said cards has at least biographical information and fingerprints of different types of fingers of a subject, said system comprising: a computer system; and a printer in communication with said computer system, wherein said computer system operates in accordance with a program for inputting the biographical information from each of the cards and encoding said biographical information into a machine readable code which is printed by said printer on a label for affixing to the card.