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Discover more about Image2Print: Design Goals Retailer Advantages Results for Retailers Consumer Advantages Technical Requirements View Brochure (PDF) Image2Print Turns Pixels into Profits by Creating: Standard Options Prints Print Packages CDs Greeting Cards Calendars Passports Enhanced Options Large Format Prints Image2Frame Albums Novelty Packages Absolutely vital to Image2Print's success is Beaufort's digital processing engine: Process Control. Process Control is the backbone of our software products. It allows the input of digital orders to be processed in the background while the output is being created so that nothing interferes with the next incoming order.

Market researchers predict digital imaging photo kiosks will be a major growth area of the business during the next five years. Image2Print will ensure Beaufort customers are ready to meet that growth. Image2Print is a robust consumer imaging software engine designed to drive the latest generation of digital photo kiosks.

Image2Print is a touch screen, PC-based digital kiosk application that enables end-customers to create an array of quality photo products simply by following the steps on the screen. Its customizable software is the heart of our customer-focused approach. With our ability to easily adapt branding, splash screens, colors, languages, and product offerings, Beaufort engineers can tailor Image2Print to fit any market niche. As Beaufort's core application, Image2Print's standard offering provides customers with a full suite of powerful imaging processing tools. The robust software can prove even more powerful with the addition of several options from Image2Print's enhanced selection packaging.

Image2Print is our flagship product. It's fast and it's easy and it's been designed to turn pixels into profits.

Design Goals

Image2Print quickly loads images from an input device and with a touch of the screen, lets the user edit images to create a very wide range of print products. Image2Print is designed to deliver. Its development design goals are simple, but powerful:

Speed

Image2Print maximizes the speed and efficiency of the consumer's overall transaction and speed of image processing. Image2Print works hard to get more from customer hardware and is the fastest software on the market for processing images.

Reliability

Image2 Print is designed to manage heavy workloads in demanding environments. Because product uptime is maximized with unique Windows™ messaging and management, diagnostics and both local and remote management capability, Image2Print can be counted on to be running when the customer needs it the most.

Quality

Image production in an accurate manner is key to overall customer satisfaction. Image2Print produces outputs with clear, bright images and manages aspect ratios to ensure unexpected crops and other print errors don't result in product returns or print wastage.

Flexibility

Image2Print is capable of supporting the most demanding marketing needs. Its easy customer branding, various software workflows and backgrounds, endless product offerings, local and remote price and product offering management and an easy splash screen guarantee it.

Retailer Advantages

Superior architectural approach

Generating profits for the retailer is the ultimate design goal. Image2Print can integrate with online management tools as well as other on-line photo networking applications to lead to success.

Advanced flexibility

Take advantage of the global market with Image2Print's multi-language support or investigate its multiple GUI styles and dual workflow functions.

Inherent management and reporting tools

Image2Print offers GUI remote management support, it can: report customer uses, offer a password protected management function, and provide the retailer with three levels of maintenance.

Faster speed

Image2Print is a multithreaded software where efficient workflows are designed to minimize customer interaction and generate higher revenue orders.

Powerful Transaction Approval Option

Image2Print provides secure loyalty, store value and credit card transactions and guaranteed password protection.

Private branding

Generate a unique look for the kiosk interface. Image2Print can modify and dynamically generate all backgrounds, buttons and elements of the digital imaging workflow to reflect the retailers' image and branding requirements.

Flexible workflow options

Take advantage of Image2Print's two standard workflow options: Express Prints and Deluxe Prints. Express Prints funnels kiosk users to a fast, convenient transaction, emphasizing volume transaction for the retailer, while Deluxe Prints is an enhanced workflow focusing on specialty options that drive value-added transactions for the retailer.

Printer pooling

Multiple printers can be pooled with print orders allocated by either full print order, or by individual image, to increase overall work throughput.

Custom implementation services

Digital images aren't restricted to digital prints. Our Image2Print software can be customized to work with many different products. Our customers define their product offering suites based on their profit margins, Image2Print just makes it happen.

Open systems design

Image2Print is a software application that supports and optimizes the performance of all supported input and output devices as well as LAN and Internet connections.

Results for Retailers

Investment protection

Image2Print's modular open systems design means it's possible to connect new high-performance devices without risking the current software investment.

Increased store traffic

Attracting customers in to the retail store boasting the convenience of an in-store digital kiosk that is fun and easy to use boosts foot traffic.

Customer retention

An intuitive, interactive easy to use kiosk that provides "one-stop shop" design for digital imaging needs and offers a slick and convenient alternative to the expensive, messy and time consuming home printing option.

Consumer Advantages

With Beaufort's Image2Print, kiosk users rely on our:

Fast and simple process

Straight-forward steps with online help feature guarantees success for even the most non-technical consumer.

Easy to use editing tools

Functions such as crop, zoom, rotate, red-eye reduction and one-touch auto image correction make basic editing foolproof.

Resolution detection

Image2Print ensures the best looking product possible by warning users when image resolution is sub-optimal.

Internet connectivity

Image2Print can store digital images online, complete with email notification, making it easy to share images with friends and family. Special orders can even be sent to a central print facility for processing, resulting in lower prices and a larger product portfolio.

CD storage

Consumers can easily burn images to a CD and watch their pictures as an automatic slideshow without installing any software to their hard drive.

Print products

Print sets, index pages, greeting cards, custom packages, including large format (poster) sizes can all be printed in color, black and white or even sepia. Printing the images to mugs, t-shirts, mouse pads or other novelty items is simple for Image2Print.

Image2Print Technical Specifications

Image2Print supports the following printers:

. Any Windows™ based printer
. All leading manufacturers' mini-labs
. Custom OEM printers
. Central labs

Inputs supported:

. All popular digital media and file types
. Scanners
. Web download
. Camera phone via Bluetooth and IRDA

Kiosk created products:

Full range of retailer created and managed templates:
. CD burning with VCD and video
. Print packages
. Passports
. Thermal imprinting (t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, coasters)
. Calendars (month or year-at-a-glance)
. Photo collages
. Posters with stock images or with custom images

Companion Products:

. ImageViewer 4.1 with VCD and video support

View our PDF brochure to learn even more about our robust Image2Print software.