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ICE – TransAct debuting Epicentral version 3.8 and Epicentral System Edition
By Phil - 3 February 2017
TransAct Technologies will be showing the all-new Epic Edge, as well as two new versions of the Company’s revolutionary Epicentral promotion and bonusing system: the latest full feature Epicentral version 3.8 and Epicentral System Edition.
Bart Shuldman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TransAct Technologies, said: “We are bringing to London our innovative new full-feature version of Epicentral, version 3.8, which introduces new capabilities and features that will allow customers to benefit from increased system performance over time. Furthermore, the new Epicentral SE version provides customers with the means to turn the existing electronic bonuses and promotions made possible by their slot management system into customized, printed coupons while the player is at the slot machine.”
The next-generation Epic Edge casino and gaming ticket printer builds on the proven performance of the industry-leading Epic 950 and brings to casinos a host of advances that will further extend TransAct’s industry leadership. The Epic Edge is the first ticket-in/ticket out (TITO) printer to offer 300 dpi print resolution, a 50% improvement over current printers, which allows for razor sharp barcodes that help to improve bill validator acceptance and reduce attendant calls while allowing for clearer text and more attractive coupon artwork which enhance Epicentral implementations. It also introduces an adjustable ticket bucket that will allow casino and gaming operators to use smaller tickets to save money and reduce paper usage in concert with ecologic and environmental programs being implemented by casinos. In addition, as a drop-in replacement for the Epic 950, casino operators can run both the Epic Edge and Epic 950 side-by-side.
“We are the clear technical, feature and performance leader in the global casino and gaming printer market and our new Epic Edge will allow us to extend our market leadership,” added Mr. Shuldman. “By introducing a new printer with industry-first high-resolution print capabilities, TransAct can deliver higher quality printed tickets and bar codes which will help our operator customers directly enhance their operations by improving bill validator performance and enhancing their Epicentral system implementations by offering better coupon and promotion design. Our new Epic Edge is built on the foundation of the proven reliability of the Epic 950 and, as our flagship gaming device printer, takes our industry leadership to a whole new level. We are confident that casino operators will come to appreciate the capabilities of the Epic Edge and seek to bring its high performance to their casino floors.”
Epicentral v3.8 has been enhanced with a host of innovative capabilities, Epicentral v3.8 allows operators to run multiple promotions at the same time, create games within games, offer multi-user/multi-site promotions, run different promotions on different slot game banks, segment players by tier and promote to different levels of uncarded players. Epicentral v3.8 also features for the first time the ability to redeem, print or reprint bonuses at multiple locations as well as an enhanced user interface and more reporting options.
Epicentral SE meanwhile is a unique new systems version of TransAct’s promotion and bonusing system, Epicentral SE will allow operators to use the existing bonusing capabilities found in their slot management systems to offer bonuses to players as a printed coupon by leveraging the Print Manager and Design Center modules of Epicentral. Epicentral SE also provides for an upgrade path to a full Epicentral implementation should an operator seek to expand their promotion and bonusing options beyond what their existing slot management system offers.
