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Jill Mobley
Film Handler

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From: Kennett, MO, usa
Registered: Jun 2013


 - posted 03-29-2014 02:07 PM      Profile for Jill Mobley   Author's Homepage   Email Jill Mobley   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I am looking for instructions to learn how to operate my Automaticket. Any assistance would be greatly appr
eciated!

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Steve Moore
Expert Film Handler

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From: Leeds, West Yorks, UK
Registered: Apr 2008


 - posted 03-29-2014 02:43 PM      Profile for Steve Moore   Email Steve Moore   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Are we talking about the old manual push button ticket machine; as in thread up, push button, ticket pops out?

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Jill Mobley
Film Handler

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From: Kennett, MO, usa
Registered: Jun 2013


 - posted 03-29-2014 03:19 PM      Profile for Jill Mobley   Author's Homepage   Email Jill Mobley   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Yes - that sounds like an accurate description of this machine.

Jill

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Manny Knowles
"What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???"

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From: Bloomington, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2002


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Have you already searched in the Equipment Manual Warehouse, here on Film-Tech?

Click the "Warehouse" link near the top of this page.

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Jill Mobley
Film Handler

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From: Kennett, MO, usa
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Manny - that was a huge help. I found the manual in the Warehouse. It will be interesting to see if I can get this thing working.

Thank you, again.

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Steve Moore
Expert Film Handler

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From: Leeds, West Yorks, UK
Registered: Apr 2008


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I never knew they made electric powered versions, until I looked in the warehouse section; all the cinema I have seen them installed in and still working in the UK are manual mechanical ones - push down a large lever and clunk click - ticket pops up!

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Jill Mobley
Film Handler

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From: Kennett, MO, usa
Registered: Jun 2013


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I found tickets by searching for "machine tickets"

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Philip Jones
Film Handler

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From: England
Registered: Dec 2011


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We have an electric one and a manual one still in use every day [Smile]

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James Westbrook
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa
Registered: Mar 2006


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Those things were built like tanks. Teenagers had a hard time screwing them up.

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Leo Enticknap
Film God

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From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000


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Having just Googled, I've found five suppliers in the US alone that still sell ticket stock for them. This suggests that there must be a fair few still in regular use.

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Tony Ratcliff
Expert Film Handler

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From: Madison, IN, USA
Registered: Mar 2002


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Still using the Automaticket at my theatre. I get tickets from Premier printing in Cincinnati. There is just something special about the sound of the ticket rolling out of that thing!

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Edward Havens
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Los Angeles, CA
Registered: Mar 2008


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I showed some of my staff a picture of an Automaticket machine recently. They laughed at its quaintness.

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Leo Enticknap
Film God

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From: Loma Linda, CA
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If you don't offer individual seat reservations, the Automaticket concept still works perfectly well, as far as I can see. If you take an online or phone booking for a specific show, then once the card payment is confirmed, just punch out the Automatickets and put them to one side in an envelope for collection by the customer on arrival.

I suppose it doesn't offer the seriously snazzy option of enabling the customer to wave a QR code on their smartphone at the usher to scan upon entering the auditorium, but that would forego the attraction of a proper, paper ticket - especially a customized one, with the theater's name or logo on it.

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