First Photo Kiosk, recomendations please

[bacon]

Hi.. i just came accross this forum.. hope you guys can help.

I'm looking for a self service, custom, photo kiosk, that accepts cash and credit cards.

I've been in contact with a couple of manufacturers, and, at the moment it's a choice between this all in one, Mitsubishi one

http://www.imotek.com/productdetails.asp?category_new=Photographic+Products&manufacturer=%25&ID=235

and also a chinese company, that can build something similar... but has no software.

The Mitsubishi one is pretty expensive, over $1000, while the custom built one is around $4500.

Can anyone recommend a kiosk... and, if i go for the one with out the software... how easy would it be to get the open source xKiosk 2 software to run on it?

thanks for any help... hope i've been clear

[aussiecameras]

Excellent post, but I would love to see an idea of what sort of volume you are expecting to do and at what sort of price and what sort of costs you think you might have.

[bacon]

cheers. by the way, the Mitsubishi one's $10000 not $1000.

as for costs... from another forum, i believe each print should cost you between 10c and 15c... so, of course the choice of paper and printer/ink is very important.

as for volume i expect to do... i've no idea... the plan is to have a prototype up and running and see how it goes... just one of those, won't really know til i try things.

i got a quote back off the chinese crowed, just under $4000, which would be ideal.. but doesn't come with software, like the Mitsubishi one... so just wondering if anyone has experience on the software end?

[Colopt]

The x-kiosk open source software is very basic, not up to the task of a stand alone kiosk that you are considering. You will have to pay for software, which will probably be the most expensive item.