Zero hardware, zero cost
No kiosk machine to buy. Instana turns the printer you already own into a self-service smart kiosk — nothing to install, no capital cost.
Zero-touch auto printing
A paid order prints automatically on your machine. No staff time spent collecting files, setting options or handling payments.
Only paid jobs print
Every job is paid online before it reaches your printer, so there is no chasing payments and no wasted paper or toner.
How Instana works
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Connect your printer
Enrol your existing printer with QuillPrint — no new hardware, no kiosk machine.
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Customers order online
Nearby customers upload files, choose options and pay through QuillPrint.
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Instana auto-prints
Paid jobs flow straight to your printer and print with no human touch. You just hand over the output.
A print kiosk — without the kiosk hardware
Self-service printing kiosks work, but the machines cost lakhs to buy, install and maintain. Instana takes the opposite approach: instead of adding hardware, it software- enables the printers already sitting in print shops, xerox centres, colleges and offices. The result is the same self-service, pay-and-collect experience customers expect from a kiosk — with none of the capital cost.
With Instana, a customer uploads a file to QuillPrint, chooses their options and pays online. The moment payment clears, the job flows straight to your printer and prints automatically — zero-touch, no staff needed to receive the file, set the print options or collect the money. You simply hand over the finished output. It is unattended, automated printing that turns idle printer time into paid orders, and it scales across every machine you connect.
Unattended & 24-7 capable
Because jobs auto-print, your printer can serve orders without someone manning the counter.
New revenue from idle printers
Earn from a printer you already own — every paid job is pure added utilisation.
No payment hassle
Customers pay online before printing. No cash handling, no unpaid jobs.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- What is Instana?
- Instana is QuillPrint’s zero-touch auto-printing feature. It turns any existing printer into a self-service smart kiosk: a paid order flows straight to the machine and prints automatically, with no staff handling the file, settings or payment.
- Do I need to buy a printing kiosk machine?
- No. That is the whole point — Instana replaces the need for a dedicated self-service printing kiosk. Instead of spending lakhs on kiosk hardware, you use the printer already in your shop, at zero hardware cost.
- How is this different from a self-service printing kiosk?
- Traditional print kiosks are expensive machines you install and maintain. Instana is software: it makes your existing printer behave like a smart kiosk — customers order and pay online, jobs auto-print, and you keep the earnings without buying hardware or staffing a counter.
- Who is this for?
- Print shops, xerox centres, colleges, hostels, co-working spaces and offices that want unattended, self-service printing revenue from a printer they already own — without kiosk hardware or extra staff.