![]() I guess this also cut out the ability to shuffle off with your prints directly from the kiosk. The chap explained to me this was to prevent people "Spamming" the photo printers which are located in the processing lab behind the counter. It would have been nice to have been told I would require the intervention of staff before I started the whole "Self-Serve" process. So being the polite chap I am, I had to get to the back of the chuffing queue I then clicked the "Confirm" button and was prompted with a message to contact a member of staff to key in the print authorisation code before printing would commence. I found the interface easy to use and whipped through the selection and size choices. The queue for the usual photo service was massive and I was pleased to find that "Techno Fear" had left the kiosk free. About a year ago I visited the largest Boots store in Nottingham (the home of Boots) and used their own Boots-branded kiosk up there to print my photos off a CD full of. Interesting article about the Kodak kiosk. Boots at head office level have made the decision to disable this function and instead site the kiosks as close to the photo counter as possible.įunction disabled? Let's hope so, because here's what happens when it isn't: ![]() Payment - it is possible to activate a password so that staff have to enter a password before the consumer prints, thereby ensuring that the prints are paid for. And perhaps some form of Government regulator to enforce a "paying for stuff" policy? The regulators of this "Ofpol" could even wear catchy blue uniforms. I think there should be a crackdown on people taking goods and not paying. Someone should look into this shocking state of affairs. None of them are fastened down: you can just pick them up, put them in your pocket, and walk out without paying. I mean, you could just walk out without paying. All they gave me was a ticket saying how much the cheese was. On the subject of printing photos and walking away, I was shocked to discover that when I went into Sainsburys last week I was able to walk up to the deli counter, order cheese and noone asked me for money! Amazing. Of course, there's nothing stop stop you legging it without paying. Our man on the streets Simon Prentagast noted that you print out your snaps first, then flash the cash at the counter. We're obliged to Kodak for getting back to us to answer the questions raised by one reader's recent field test of the Kodak digital print booth as now enjoyed by Boots' customers across the UK.įirst, there's the matter of payment. ![]()
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