Kodak Helps Retailers Increase Profits with Easy Yet Powerful New Solutions for Digital Printing Kiosks

Helping retailers of all sizes compete more effectively in the rapidly expanding digital printing market, Eastman Kodak Company today announced a new award-winning software platform for its innovative line of digital printing kiosks, along with powerful new features that help consumers to print more while driving improved retailer efficiency. As the definitive leader in retail photo kiosks, Kodak has more than 80,000 units installed at retail locations worldwide which provide self-service lab quality prints in seconds to millions of consumers.

“Kodak is dedicated to helping its retail partners take advantage of the booming digital printing market by offering innovative, intelligent yet easy to apply and use retail printing options,” said Nicki Zongrone, General Manager, Worldwide Kiosk Systems and Services, and Vice President, Consumer Digital Imaging group, Eastman Kodak Company. “The advancements announced today work on new and most existing kiosk models, which shows our level of commitment to retailers by helping them drive improved efficiency and profitability from their fleets, while delivering more fun and easy to use solutions to consumers that generate more business.”

New KODAK Picture Kiosk G4 Software, V1.1 brings to the table a host of features specifically designed to maximize the return on hardware investment for retailers and elevate the consumer experience. Opening additional revenue streams beyond the typical 4×6-inch print, KODAK Picture Kiosk G4 Software, V1.1 now provides functionality to create photographic specialty products such as greeting cards, calendars and collages instantly from the kiosk without any additional hardware expense. In addition a new “shopping cart” feature with an intuitive up-sell mechanism allows retailers to customize the consumer buying experience and drive incremental sales of enhanced prints and enlargements - all delivered easily and printed in seconds for the consumer.

With its new streamlined user interface, the new KODAK Picture Kiosk G4 Software, V1.1 significantly simplifies the consumer experience, shortening the ordering process and increasing customer satisfaction. This software also delivers significantly increased system performance, with processing speed increases of up to 50% over previous platforms, allowing for a greater volume of orders, less waiting between screens and therefore less consumer queuing. Earlier this month, KODAK Picture Kiosk G4 Software, V1.1 was recognized with the inaugural CeBIT Usability Award 2006. Awarded to only one product each year, this prestigious honor is given to the most usable and user-friendly product, and emphasizes intuitive navigation that is geared to its target audience.

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