Business and print equipment provider Kopikat has implemented a sustainable and cost saving print system for the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB). designed to help the campus move to cashless print management system.
ITB currently has 3,000 full time students, 90 academic staff, and 85 administration and management staff.
Due to concerns about holding cash on campus, ITB tendered for an integrated software solution to manage its print system and replace the old printing cards, with a new Web-based payment system using smart cards. Kopikat won the tender and provided a Ricoh Equitrac office print management and cost recovery solution. This will facilitate the use of smart cards for the student population, in addition to helping the college meet sustainability objectives and reduce the costs associated with printing.
The new solution enables students to log-on to an online payment service where they can top up their smart cards using a credit or debit card. Students simply charge their print jobs to the smart card, removing the need for any cash to be held by the college for printing.
The new solution is also helping the college reduce its carbon footprint, through reduced volumes of unwanted or unclaimed prints.
By using the Ricoh Equitrac system, students are also saving money as they are more aware of their printing usage and costs. Instead of printing entire documents, they are now only printing the sections they need which has an additional knock-on effect on environmental waste.
Dave Curran, IT manager at IT Blanchardstown, said: "Since implementing the new system, we have seen immediate benefits through reduced cost of printing and a more streamlined management of our entire print network. Kopikat has proven itself to be an incredible partner and has provided us with excellent service.
"We are so pleased with the success of the new cashless print system that we are looking to extend the smart cards to include other services such estate management, the canteen, shop, and potentially time and attendance."
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Pictured: Fiona Harrison, sales manager, Kopikat and Dave Curran, IT manager, IT Blanchardstown
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