Customer:

Kristall World, a Tyrol amusement park receives 250,000 visitors a year and on peak days up to 2000 visitors.

Challenge:

Kristall World wanted to create a plastic card system with bar code printing to help it manage and control circulation within the park. Other objectives were to use the system for entry and access control, promote on-site gift purchases and improve traffic flow.

Product:

Eltron's P300F printer. P300 Series printers come standard with Windows™ drivers and WindCard™ software. Their surprisingly small footprint and easy-loading, minimal maintenance design make desk-top operation simple and efficient. They print sharp, readable bar codes, graphics and text in less than five seconds. Optional features include magnetic stripe and Smart chip encoding.

All P Series on-demand plastic card printers offer sharp 300 dpi print resolution. Durable design features give you full color value or monochrome economy, and assure the portability necessary for on-demand personal identification card printing.

Use P300 printers to print

• Membership cards
• Visitor and employee badges
• Identification and access control cards
• Student identification cards

Result:

Through the use of two P300F printers, each visitor, upon paying the entry fee, is issued a card indicating date and time of entry. A unique daily bar code limits entries to once per day.

After validating actual entry to the grounds, the card allows access to all activities offered. This permits the park to control traffic to each activity with fewer personnel, and improves the visitors' ability to circulate freely and enjoy attractions with less restriction. By presenting the card, visitors can also obtain discounts and purchase merchandise at the park's shops. The system has reduced the use of cash within the park.