Echirolles, FRANCE, 21st September 2010
Designed for unattended retail locations, this rugged version of the highly praised Photobook Maker has a special anti-vandalism enclosure which complies with the European disability access requirement. It requires 6 square feet (0.55 sqm) of floor space. Using the touchscreen, and the proven easy-to-use design software that continues to thrill thousands of people everyday, Photobook Maker customers can make an attractive photo album, complete with the album title printed on the spine, in under five minutes.
The revolutionary KIS cold bonding process makes durable top quality photobooks that are unaffected by high humidity, large temperature swings or pollutants in the air. The DVD jacket sized (6x8-inch / 15x20cm) stain-resistant photobooks with a glossy finish can be created with up to 30 laminated pages containing 100 photos.
For additional profit-making opportunities, an additional small format dye sublimation printer be integrated into the Photobook Maker G2 to automatically make 4x6”/10x15cm prints and creative products (frames, greeting cards, calendars and more).
Limited staff support is needed for the Photobook Maker G2, since less than 3 minutes are needed to periodically renew the consumables kit containing, ink, glue and paper. Each glue kit is sufficient for printing 28 16-page photobooks. Remote diagnostics via GPRS allows cost-effective monitoring and control of a group of kiosks from a central location, and provides notification when supplies are running low.
A range of payment options (coin and bill acceptor, change giver and credit/debit card) enables a full vending mode operation. For “in-store” operation, customers can also receive a barcoded payment slip when the design is completed and pay at a nearby counter. A wireless barcode scanner then manually releases the photobook order for printing.