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How does it work? |
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Typical Scenario |
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Hotel provides a desktop computer with Windows 2000/XP Home/Pro/Media center edition available at the front-desk/business center |
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Hotel provides a Printer (any LaserJet / DeskJet printer with good output of number of pages per minute) which is attached to the Desktop PC |
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Print Job Manager software is installed, Setup and Configured on Desktop PC |
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Desktop PC and Printer are configured and fine tuned to use the Print Job Manager |
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Guests using High Speed Internet Access connection via Wired/Wireless in the hotel can add the Print Job Manager to their Computer |
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Guests can print documents or pages from Internet directly to the Print Job Manager |
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Hotel Staff can Track, Control and Manage the Print Job Manager |
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Features/Functions |
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Tracking |
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Ability to show the number of pages submitted for printing by Guest |
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Ability to track printing job submitted to a specific printer |
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Ability to track print jobs submitted to any printer connected to a Print Job PC |
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Ability to track the Guest submitting print jobs to the printer by Guest's Workstation ID |
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Control |
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Hotel Staff's ability to Pause the printing job submitted by Guest from anywhere with in the Hotel/Motel High Speed Internet Access Network via Wired or Wireless connection |
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Hotel staff can authorize the print job, after validating Guest's identity and price acceptance. |
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Hotel staff can Cancel a print job, if Guest deny to pay for the service |
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Hotel Staff can either Delete or leave a print job submitted to a printer |
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Hotel Staff can setup the amount charged per page |
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Transparent |
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Guests can seamlessly add Print Job Server Printer to their local computer (no special software CD to be supplied to the Guest. The print job server configures user computer automatically) |
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Guests can see the Print Job Server Printer on their local computer. |
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Guests can submit a print job to the Print Job Manager by printing any document (word, excel, pdf, notepad, wordpad, adobe, visio, powerpoint, etc..) from their local computer or can submit a print job directly from Internet pages (great for printing driving directions from Mapquest, Yahoo, etc..). |
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Reports |
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Hotel staff can print report on print jobs submitted by guest. |
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Hotel staff can print revenue generated by print jobs for a specific period of time. |
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Hardware/Software Minimum Requirements |
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Pentium 800Mhz or higher CPU |
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Memory 256 MB or higher |
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50 MB hard disk space |
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Windows 2000/XP Home/XP Pro/ XP Media Center Editions |
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Microsoft Access |