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Lucidiom kiosks power Ritz Camera 'Print Bars'

August 31, 2005

VIENNA, Va. and BELTSVILLE, Md. - Ritz Camera Centers and Lucidiom Inc. announced in a news release that Print Bars in Ritz Camera locations nationwide will be equipped with digital photo kiosks powered by Lucidiom, creator of the Automated Photo Machine (APM).

Ritz Camera Center's Print Bars, which the company introduced earlier this year, allow customers to sit comfortably at photo kiosks to select, edit and print their digital images from their media cards. Lucidiom APM systems have been introduced in Ritz Print Bars across the country and will be connected via the APM Network to allow Ritz to remotely track and manage order volume, order status and kiosk performance. And just in time for the upcoming holiday season, Lucidiom's APM software now incorporates its Creative Collections package, giving Ritz customers the chance to create unique greeting cards, scrapbook templates, magazine covers and more.

"Since announcing the Print Bar concept at the start of the year, we've received tremendous response from our stores and their customers," said Rich Tranchida, executive vice president of Ritz Camera Centers. "Customers love the comfort and convenience of being able to grab a seat and not feel rushed as they select what photos to print, how many to print and which to order as enlargements. With Lucidiom's APM technology, we have a system that is both quick and easy for our customers to use and that provides business insight into how our kiosks are performing."

"Lucidiom is thrilled to be working with the nation's largest retail photo chain," said Lucidiom president and chief technology officer Steve Giordano Jr. "As with many Lucidiom kiosk solutions, our APM software has been customized for Ritz in order to maintain the Ritz brand. Ritz is the name customers know and love and it's the one they'll recognize on the kiosk screen, but we're delighted to be the technological backbone of the Print Bar."