Dear Worldwide Photofinishing Community,
Our industry is shifting quickly. Digital imaging is no longer simply about megapixels, prints or being able to email a picture. With the rapid advancements in digital imaging, consumers are finally realizing their full social and creative potential both online and off. Today, any consumer can be an author, editor and publisher.
And today, the photofinishing community no longer consists of a photo category or an independent photo lab, but rather social expression and personal publishing services that enable consumers to share, print and preserve their memories. Consumers increasingly will use the industry’s products and services to stay connected to friends and family, organize memories, tell stories and preserve memories.
As the industry evolves from photo to social expression, the most successful businesses will be those that embrace this evolution and acquire the tools to help their customers realize their full potential. Version 6.0 of the Lucidiom EQ platform has all the requisite tools and more. Lucidiom EQ consists of four pillars:
1. APM 6.0 – While APM 5.x entered the world of publishing, version 6.0 is a leap in technology that will allow photo finishers to act as the consumer’s personal publisher.
2. Lab 50 6.0 – Lab 50 is the ideal, open production tool. The key word is OPEN. Lucidiom does not require any new equipment purchase.
3. EQ-9850 printer – The EQ printer is the quintessential printer for the flexible production needs of the future. Unlike its competitors, this is not a business printer in the photo world, but a photo printer from the ground up. It can take paper any size from 4×6 to 12.9”x47”. It has a built in EFI 8.0 RIP and all the tools necessary to balance each drawer separately.
4. Photo Finale 6.0 – The next generation of Lucidiom’s award winning Photo Finale web based solutions will be released this summer. The industry’s first social picturing website, Photo Finale 6.0 will be a white-labeled online digital imaging Internet site enabling local storefront customers the ability to upload their digital or traditional photos into an Internet album for long-term storage and to view, order, share, edit and archive their images.
Since the founding of Lucidiom in 2001, our goals have remained the same: to provide the most innovative technology in self-assisted imaging, to provide vehicles to drive our customer’s profit and brand and to help consumers manage their memories through the very personal medium of photos. I’m proud to note Version 6.0 of the Lucidiom EQ platform achieves these goals.
Walt Disney was once asked when he would be done designing Disneyland and he responded, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” We feel the same about Lucidiom and the digital imaging business. The journey has begun; I invite you to join us.
Best Regards,
Steve Giordano, Jr.
