A library is a public space where everyone is welcome and, in addition to borrowing books and other sources of information, today’s library is a modern meeting place where library visitors come together to learn or work. This creates the demand for more services, including printing. KUARIO offers the ideal self-service printing solution without management burden for these public environments.
The KUARIO public print solution consists of a KUARIO MFP Kiosk application that is installed on a multifunction printer. This changes the user interface of this multifunctional printer to a webshop where you can easily order and pay for prints, copies and scans.
The KUARIO MFP Kiosk is safe, offers ease of use and unburdens the library, from concierge, facility manager, IT manager, head of finance to the management. In addition to printing, KUARIO also offers financial relief because the financial user management is provided by KUARIO.
Visitors increasingly have smart devices such as smartphones or tablets with cameras that can scan QR codes. On the display of the multifunctional printer, the visitor can choose the function ‘guest printing’ and then a QR code is shown. The visitor scans this QR code with the camera of his smart device and is then guided to a print page where he can print any document or photo that is on his smartphone or any activated cloud account such as OneDrive and Google drive. Once the print job has been sent, it immediately appears on the display of the multifunction printer and can be adjusted if necessary. If the print order is satisfactory, it can be placed in the shopping cart and paid for.
When printing from a public computer as a guest visitor of the library, a message appears on the screen where the guest user can enter his name and a self-invented code. This secures the print job because the guest visitor is the only one who knows this combination. At the multifunctional printer, the guest visitor enters this combination of name and self-invented code. With this the guest user logs in and the print job appears on the display of the multifunction printer and can be adjusted if necessary. If the print order is satisfactory, it can be placed in the shopping cart and paid for. After payment, the print order will be printed.
Anyone can easily create a KUARIO account. This can be done via the free KUARIO mobile app or online at https://login.kuario.com. When printing from a public computer, a message appears on the screen where the KUARIO account user can log in with his KUARIO account or by scanning the QR code with the KUARIO mobile app on the smartphone. This secures the print job because it is linked to the KUARIO account user.
At the multifunction printer, the KUARIO account user logs in with his login data or by scanning the QR code with the KUARIO mobile app on the display of the multifunction printer. Once logged in, the print job appears on the display and can be adjusted if necessary. If the print order is satisfactory, it can be placed in the shopping cart and settled from the KUARIO account credit. After payment, the print order will be printed
The KUARIO Global Print Driver is a handy solution for visitors who want to print from a public computer in the library or from their own computer. It works as follows: print orders are placed in a queue via the KUARIO cloud and as soon as the visitor logs in (identification) at the multifunctional printer, the print order is placed in the shopping cart and after payment it will be printed. The visitor can register (identify) on any multifunctional printer because KUARIO print is a pull print solution where the print job follows the visitor.
The KUARIO Global Print Driver is available as a web installer and full installer for Windows, as a Mac client and as a Google Chrome extension.
As a KUARIO account user, you can download and use the free KUARIO mobile app to send a print job immediately. From the main screen of the KUARIO mobile app, swipe from right to left and 2 additional function buttons “Upload Print” and “Print orders” will appear. Via the button “Upload Print” you can print documents and photos that are on the smartphone or any activated cloud account such as OneDrive and Google drive. After the print order has been sent, it will appear under the button “Print orders” and you can still edit or delete it if necessary. You can send the print jobs anywhere at any time and decide later where you want to pick up the print job. At the multifunction printer, the KUARIO account user logs in with his login data or by scanning the QR code with the KUARIO mobile app on the display of the multifunction printer1. Once logged in, the print job appears on the display and can be adjusted if necessary. If the print order is satisfactory, it can be placed in the shopping cart and settled from the KUARIO account credit. After payment, the print order will be printed.
With the KUARIO MFP Kiosk application you can easily print, copy and scan without the intervention of a system administrator or cashier. The application is an embedded software application that is installed on a multifunction printer and adapts the user interface of this multifunction printer to a web store where you can easily order and pay for printing, copying and scanning services. The application communicates directly with the KUARIO cloud platform, where various services are offered, such as cloud printing, cloud scanning and payments
