Article: You can print fingerprint cards from free online images. Try this one used by the FBI and other US agencies. Position the card on a special stand, or just weigh it down with a heavy object to stop it sliding. If you are taking fingerprints for an official purpose, you may need to find a fingerprint card you are authorized to use. Even if your agency is authorized to use the card linked above, it should order it using these instructions on the FBI website. Have the subject wash and dry his hands to remove dirt that may obscure the fingerprints. Check the hands for lint from the towel, and ask him to brush it off if present. If soap and water are not available, rubbing alcohol is the second best option. Have the subject sign the card before washing his hands. Use blue or black ink. The subject does not fill out his own fingerprint card. You, the person tasked with taking the fingerprint, will do it for him. Hold the base of the subjects thumb, tucking unused fingers under your hand. With your other hand, hold the subject's finger just below the nail tip, and at the third joint. Keep the wrist level with the hand. If possible, move the fingerprint station to a height level with the subject's arm. Ask the subject to look away if they seem to be "helping;" the fingerprint will be more clear if only you are controlling the hand.
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Set up the fingerprint card. Clean hands. Grasp the subject's hand.