Optional Feature for User Account Credits
Print-Limit Pro uses the concept of PrintCards to provide a convenient way for organizations to issue credit to users. Using the card is optional and is not required for simple quota management or silent logging. PrintCards are most suitable in a high school or university environment.

How PrintCards Work

1. The network administrator prints a set of customized cards. Each card lists a value, an expiration date, and a unique ID.
2. When a user requires additional credit, they either purchase or are given a PrintCard. In a school environment, cards can be sold at the library, cafeteria/canteen, or even in the candy vending machine.
3. The user logs in to the organization's Print-Limit Pro web interface and enters the number on the card.
4. The user's account is automatically credited with the value listed on the card. The card then becomes inactive.

Over time, we have evaluated a number of payment technologies in conjunction with our education customers. These have included vending machines, smart cards, micro-payment systems, and manual processing. The PrintCard system has been by far the most successful and cost effective. PrintCards are also the defacto standard in other industries such as the mobile phone sector (used to handle pre-paid accounts). Users, particularly students, are familiar with the process.

Print-Limit Pro provides the software, a card creation wizard, and a security framework to implement a PrintCard payment system. Now for a quick tour...

Creating Cards with the PrintCard Wizard

• The PrintCard Wizard is a separate component installed with Print-Limit Pro
• The Wizard style interface guides you though the process of creating and using cards
• Integrates with Microsoft Word

Defining a Batch ID

• Each batch of cards is given unique batch ID
• Batch ID's can be used to track card sale location
• Use batch numbers to quickly track and cancel lost batches

Card Details

• Allocate a value, and set an expiration date
• Expiration dates ensure cards have a time limited life
• Create batches of different sizes ranging from 5 cards to 10,000

Design your own cards

• Use Microsoft Word to design a custom look
• Integrates in with Microsoft Word's mail-merge feature
• Include your own logo, usage instructions, and other details

Generate & Print

• The card wizard automatically creates a Word document ready for printing
• Cards defaults to a common "Business Card" size
• Need a professional look? Print to PDF and email to your local printing shop for professional printing onto card.

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Using the Cards

Entering a number

• Users log in to Print-Limit Pro’s web interface and enter the card number under the card section
• All activity is logged
• Integrate the Print-Limit Pro web tools interface into your organization's intranet site

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Track

• Import new batch of card numbers
• View the status of all cards
• See which cards are allocated, to who it was assigned
• Review the time and date of card use
• Delete or expire cards by number, date or batch ID

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Security

• Fraudulent card use attempts are detected, trapped and logged
• Highly Secure - guessing numbers is statistically impossible (With 1,000 cards in circulation, the chance of guessing a number is 1-in-10,000,000,000,000, or in non-mathematical terms, it would take over 300,000 years to guess a number if a person enters one number every second.)