Easy…Not!
in the equipment specification. Some printers, in an effort to cut costs, will use a cheaper grade of material, which can cause problems from excessive dust buildup (which affects the optics in themachines) to ticket
jams.The cheaper tickets may work for awhile, but, eventually, problems will come up and normally at themost inopportune time. Buying tickets is easy; knowing which tickets you need
for your parking systemismore challenging. Parking technol- ogy is evolving at an ever faster pace, and it is mandatory to make sure the proper ticket has been ordered. Magnetic stripe widths and oersteds vary; ticket lengths
and thicknesses vary by the millimeter; paper is coated, ther- mal, plain; tolerances are becoming increasingly tighter. These and many other factors greatly affect how the ticket transports through parking equipment and is read. Hand-issued tickets, though generally simpler, encom-
pass many important variables as well. Barcodes are often present.What type of barcode is it? How many parts? Key holes, ink color, paper color, paper weight – the list goes on. A good ticket works and a poor ticket does not! In the world of machine parking tickets, that line could not be
The cheaper tickets may work for awhile, but, eventually, problems will come up and normally at the most inopportune time.
truer. Beyond that, it comes down to print quality and num- bering quality. Accuracy in numbering is all important with machine
tickets and hand-issued tickets alike. Some things that differ- entiate the good from the poor are the quality and weight of the substrate; does the perforation tear with ease or difficult- ly? Does it tear too easily? If there is a keyhole, is it rein- forced? Is the print quality up to par? The quality of the tickets makes a difference to revenue
control in a couple of
areas.Most important, the accuracy of numbering comes into play here.Whether it’s a barcode or a man-readable number, it has to be accurate every time – no overages, no shorts; this is what it’s all
about.Accurate tickets help keep people honest, too! Additionally, the physical quality of the tickets matters.
Will they work?Will they jam?Will traffic back up, resulting in angry customers? Poor quality tickets have a trickle-down effect on revenue gain or loss. In a valet system, is the ticket number easily read? This will improve or slow your valet operation. Quality tickets and accurate numbering will
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