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PNI upgrades photo kiosks

January 31, 2012

PNI Digital Media, a provider of online and in-store digital media solutions for retailers, announced an upgrade to its PNI Connected Kiosk software, allowing photo retailers to offer their consumers the ability to create, customize and order a wide range of photo gifts including photo prints, enlargements, photo books, photo calendars and cards from in-store photo kiosks

Consumers can use their own photos from their digital cameras, mobile phones, tablet devices and also from their Facebook photo albums by logging in with Facebook directly from a PNI connected kiosk, according to a company press release.

"With over 8,000 installations worldwide, PNI Connected Kiosk software is relied upon by many leading retailers to generate orders within their store environments," Kyle Hall, CEO of PNI Digital Media, said in the release. "The latest update adds many new features to an already robust solution."

The new version of PNI Connected Kiosk enables retailers to drive results across their category, Hall said. Highlights include:

• Compatibility with nearly all photo kiosk hardware in the market today.
• Easy installation on both new and legacy kiosk systems.
• Reporting tools.
• PNI LiveControl, which tracks product sales and promotions nationally, by region, by city, by store or by kiosk in real time.
• Enhanced merchandising features.
• Visual Product Creator.
• Cross-selling features.
• Improved passport photo print wizard.
• New drag-and-drop layout.
• Photo layouts that span edge-to-edge on both sides of a bi-fold photo book
• Image effects including transparency, sepia, black and white and dynamic zoom.

Read more about photo kiosks.