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Version 5.1!
We are proud to announce that version 5.1 is now available for download. Initially slated as a
minor software release, 5.1 has turned into a powerful update, with many new features and
fixes that we recommend installing to carry you through your busy holiday season.
Visit
www.lucidiom.com/support to download the update.
The full release notes are posted on the downloads page, but here are a few of the big changes
you will notice in version 5.1:
- New Copy Photo tool so a customer could order an 8x10 enlargement of a given photo in both color and B&W, for example.
- Create an Image CD of all photos or only the images selected for printing.
- Chip & pin payment processing for the UK.
- Print products per fulfillment has been increased from 10 to 25 (max) and creative products per fulfillment has been increased from 30 to 200 (max).
- Full translations for 18 languages.
- The base price for creative and gift products is now displayed for the customer to see while selecting the products.
- Photo books and calendars are now available in A4 and A5 sizes. All text (month and days names) on metric calendars is displayed and printed in the language of the customer.
- New Book Products: 12x12, 11x8½, 8½x11, 6x6, A4 and A5 are now available in both 20 and 40-page sizes in Black Linen, Red Linen, Blue Linen, White Linen, Black Leather and Brown Leather.
- The APM can now create and print the popular ZoomAlbum products.
- The PDF printer driver had been drastically improved to speed up printing to the EQ-9800 and Phaser 7760 printers.
Visit www.lucidiom.com/support to download the update.
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ZoomAlbum now part of Photo Folio in APM 5.1
APM version 5.1 (with the Photo Folio tier) can now create ZoomAlbum pages. Encourage your
customers to get the digital pictures out of their computers and cameras and into the world!
ZoomAlbums are mini photo albums that are easy for customers to create themselves on your
APM kiosk. Each album includes 12 pages in a 2½" square hardbound cover that your customers can personalize
through text and embellishments. ZoomAlbums are a new trend in digital photography
that make wonderful gifts and keepsakes and make sharing your pictures more fun than ever!
A perfect stocking stuffer for your customers and a great high-margin product for you...
suggested retail prices: 12-page colored cover album, $14.95; 12-page photo cover album, $19.95.
Contact Lucidiom Sales for pricing on ZoomAlbum paper and printer.
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4 New Fall & Holiday Marketing Kits
We have 4 new marketing kits
available for you to download and use in your store. Encourage
your customers to clean off those camera cards and get into your store to print!
The Holiday 07 Kit includes posters, ads, flyers and bag stuffers with creative photo
products highlighted as perfect gifts this season. Also recently posted in the
marketing kits section, you will find Luci/Folio posters, Luci Connect materials and a Photo Finale
web and desktop kit.
There are a bunch of kits posted and all the past kits are still usable.
Visit the site and browse the samples to see what
style and message might suit your store and help improve your business!
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Lucidiom at the PMA Division Meetings
The Lucidiom Team has traveled, and will be traveling, near and far to give marketing presentations
at the PMA division meetings this fall.
- PMA Dixie Division: June 1-3 (Kesley Anderson & Rachel Van Tassel)
- PMA New England Division: Sept 18 (David MacDonald)
- PMA North Central Division: Sept 21-22 (Peter McCoy)
- PMA Northern California Division: Sept 29-30 (David Bell)
- PMA Pacific Northwest Division: Oct 12-13 (David Bell)
- PMA South Central Division: Oct 19-20 (Peter McCoy)
Did you miss your division's meeting? Email
marketing@lucidiom.com
for your own copy of the "Three Es of Photo Retail Marketing" presentation.
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Meet Lucidiom
Omid Aminpour, Technical Support Representative
Omid (pronounced o-mead) is originally from San Diego, CA and
has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
He is 24 and his favorite show is Sports Center on ESPN...he always has to stay
up to date with his sports stories. His favorite sports teams include:
San Diego Chargers, San Diego Padres, and LA Lakers (with favorite athlete Kobe Bryant).
Soon, maybe he will grow to love some east coast teams!
Omid has been working with Lucidiom since we acquired Trevoli last December. He worked
for Trevoli for about a year, living in CA and just
recently made the big move from the west coast to work in Lucidiom's main office in
Northern Virginia. He is looking forward to learning about the DC area and to taking on
the adventure of living in a new place.
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Photo Finale Web & Luci Connect Schedule Downtime
We will be taking the Photo Finale & Luci Connect websites offline this Friday, October 12th,
from 2am to 7am (US Eastern Standard Time) for scheduled maintenance. This means customers will
not be able to place orders online, and your Lab 50 will not be able to receive orders during this
time. We apologize for the inconvenience. An email notification was sent out earlier this week
announcing the downtime. If you are a Photo Finale or Luci Connect customer an did not receive this
notice, please contact us to be added to that specific mailing list, which is used for those types of
announcements.
If you have any questions, please email Lucidiom Support:
support@lucidiom.com.
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