Digital printing kiosks have become very popular with the increased use of digital cameras. Many businesses see the earning potential of offering a place for customers to print their own digital photos, and many companies are developing new printers and software for businesses to choose from. If you want to buy a digital photo printing kiosk, follow these steps.
Instructions
1. Choose the brand of kiosk that will best fit your needs and budget. Kodak is the most popular and well-known kiosk. The newer Kodak Picture Maker models offer double the image upload speed from memory cards, editing in seconds, faster printers and less down time. Sony offers four new Picture station kiosks that are faster in printing pictures and offer different sizes and creative software such as borders, text and scrapbook pages. Mitsubishi offers a self-service system that can be connected to a photofinishing lab that's already in place. Kiosk Information Systems is the largest kiosk provider in North America with 3,500 service and support technicians nationwide and provides Fast Foto kiosks in many locations. Fujifilm's Digital Photo center takes all digital media and can upload pictures to the Internet.
2. Figure out what kind of service and support you'll need. Many kiosks have to be restarted in the middle of downloading or editing pictures, especially if a customer is downloading a lot of pictures. Store clerks usually can't fix them. Choose a kiosk that has support and service professionals available at all times.
3. Find out what software is available. Many people who print digital pictures want to be able to remove red-eye, zoom in and improve contrast and color. Some customers want enlargements. Before purchasing a kiosk, you might want to take a survey to find out what features your customers would use the most.
4. Choose your product requirements, choose a kiosk model that fits your requirements and figure out how many you need.
5. Receive quotes from different companies. Make sure software, set up and a good service contract are included. You might want to ask other digital printing kiosk owners in your area what company they bought their kiosk from and find out if they're satisfied with the service they received.
