| |
 |
Balance the Books
The demand for services placed upon Libraries is unique when compared to those rendered in the general consumer market. Libraries often operate on assigned budgets, with little room for discretionary expenses and the challenge is to find a simple way to consolidate and manage all of these services while employing an effective cost-recovery system.
That's where Equitrac can help. We offer affordable hardware and software to provide a complete solution for your facilities, whether you require straightforward, card-based vending, flexible account-based control, or even integration with campus-wide card systems. Equitrac's solutions have been designed for simple deployment and unmatched ease-of-use. Even if your policy does not allow for fee-based printing, we can help you control who is printing, how much they print and which printers they use.
We offer cost-effective hardware and software solutions for the secure release of printed documents, even as they are created, and the accurate billing to card-based payment systems.
Solution Workflow
Library environments often consist of a network group of workstations, print servers, printers, copiers, and microfiche machines, all of which work together to meet printing and copying requirements. Once patrons have located the information they were researching, they may want to print out a hardcopy of that information, and then pay for this service. Payments can be easily made via debit cards, using Equitrac's Pay-for-Print/Copy solutions, consisting of coin-operated devices or charge accounts.
Equitrac Solutions for the Library Industry
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Bill or coins
|
|
|
2.
User purchases debit card
|
|
|
3.
Debit card issued with value
|
|
|
4.
Equitrac Pay Station: Card inserted as payment method
|
|
|
5.
Release Station: User selects print job to release
|
|
|
6.
Release System: Job is released from print queue
|
|
|
7.
Job is printed
|
|
|
8.
Job completed
|
|
|
|
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
