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<p>With the growth of home-working in light of Covid-19 and expected changes to how people will operate on their return to the office, we're getting increasing requests from our partners for a touch-free printing solution for workers who are starting to go back into the workplace.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>We came up with a way to reduce the touchpoints required to print from devices, and hopefully save you some disinfecting!</p>
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<ul><li>It reduces the number of physical touches of devices</li><li>Keep prints secure - by keeping Print Release enabled</li><li>Reduce waste - no need to turn off Print Release to reduce the number of touches on devices</li></ul>
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<h3 class="has-text-align-left">How are you going to manage this?</h3>
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<ul><li>Increase the range at which your card reader releases the print. You can configure your card reader to accept cards from a longer distance.</li><li>Configure PaperCut to release prints when a user logs in (using card reader technology) so that users don't need to touch the screen of the device to release the print. Happy days!</li></ul>
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<p>Below is a quick video on how you can make use of PaperCut's <a href="https://www.papercut.com/discover/print-security/secure-print-release/">Print Release</a> and a card reader, we use <a href="/elatec-card-reader-authentication/">Elatec card readers</a>, to reduce the amount of contact that devices have from users, while still keeping your prints secure.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3 class="has-text-align-left">No time to watch the video?&nbsp;</h3>
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<p>Here's a step by step guide:</p>
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<ul><li>Log in to your PaperCut admin panel</li><li>Go to the Devices tab on the left-hand navigation</li><li>Click on the device you want to configure</li><li>Under the access methods section of the device configuration, enable the Swipe Card checkbox</li><li>Scroll down to the Print Release section, at the bottom you will find the option to "Automatically release jobs upon login," check this box</li><li>Apply the changes, and you're set!</li></ul>
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<h4 class="has-text-align-left">If you have any other concepts that would be useful for touch-free printing, then <a href="https://staging.selectec.com/contact/">let us know your ideas</a>! </h4>
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