WTB School Days Plus

[Tom T]

Looking for full service dongle for School Days Plus
impactphoto@shaw.ca

[Dennis_Vied]

If this is for the Japanese game, School Days, you may be on the wrong forum.

[DougAxford]

Dennis, School Days is a program used by school photographers. I've tried it and use something else instead but it is a legitimate post.

Canadians never fool around do they?

[Dennis_Vied]

Thanks, Doug. I did a Google search and that's the only thing I came up with that made sense. What does the photographer do with a dongle? I assume it connects with the camera. Must be the only photographic software that uses a dongle.

[Randy_Vestal]

Image Print also uses a USB dongle on the computer to unlock the features of the RIP....The demo disk of Image Print contains all the features of the full version of the RIP, but it prints "DEMO" or such on everything. When you license Image Print, you license it for a specific printer model and you license either the "Lite" or full featured version. All of this info is contained on the dongle, which enables the features you have paid for, disables the features you've not paid for and removes the "DEMO" from the prints.

This must be something similar.

[DougAxford]

ImageWare Systems School Days +

I use Express Digital Assembly Edition and like it a lot better when I did my tests. Even ED uses a dongle. At $5K each, that's how they protect their software. The dongle is usually made by Sentinal and can be a parallel port or USB. The software calls to the dongle every x seconds to make sure it's there. Yes, it can be cracked but if you're using software like this, you should be making enough money that it's well worth it.

Personally, I don't know of anyone who uses School Days but even ED AE used dongles go for a high price. Randy is correct. Software is free but is useless until you attach the dongle.

The difference with these programs is that you link the image to the database. It can easily spit out dozens of 8x10's a minute, each personalized with name and barcoded in alpha order by class, ready to package. Once the data is in, you can press 'go' and it will print the whole school unattended. Pretty neat.

[Dennis_Vied]

Thanks for the education.