PRESTO COMMUNITY MAILBOX

A MULTI-USER SERVICE FOR THE PRESTO PRINTING MAILBOX

Bring the family connection that Presto provides to community living settings. Moving from one’s own home to an assisted living facility can be a difficult transition. Presto can help ease the difficulty by providing an simple way for family members and friends to send emailed messages, notes of encouragement and photos.

If providing Presto to each resident is not practical, the Presto Community Mailbox is an excellent alternative. With the Community Mailbox, up to six residents can share one Printing Mailbox. Each will get a personalized, spam-free email address allowing them to receive unlimited email and photos.

With Presto, emailed messages and photos are printed out automatically, with the name of the recipient on the top for easy identification. The residents don’t need a computer or Internet connection, saving significant cost and staff time.

• No spam or junk mail.
• No checking for email - messages are retrieved/printed automatically
• Email is transformed into beautifully formatted, full-color e-letters
• Attach digital photos and/or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) documents
• Sender’s name and phone number are printed on top of e-letters
• Send from any email program, webmail, smartphone and many cell phones* (*depends on carrier & plan)
• Includes free articles, puzzles and games available from major publishers and authors
• More than 30 colorful templates turn your email into greeting cards, calendars, and e-letters

Help relieve family stress: Many children live far away from their aging parents, which can cause stress and guilt. With Presto, they can keep in touch in a way that is convenient for both them and their parents. Whether they send pictures, jokes, or just a note to let them know they’re loved, Presto helps bring parents into the electronic family loop.

Presto is an economical solution: The Community Mailbox package includes the Presto Printing Mailbox with lifetime warranty, Presto service for up to six residents, an online account management portal, and business-class customer service.

BENEFITS

• Automatically delivers email, photos & documents to people who don’t use a computer
• Completely automatic: senders & receivers don’t need to learn anything new
• Transforms emailed messages into beautiful, easy-to-read e-letters with color photos and other attachments automatically formatted
• No incoming calls: Presto Mail is retrieved and printed up to five times a day
• Web management portal provides easy tools to schedule messages, reminders and to-do lists for future or recurring delivery; monitoring of connection, ink level, paper, incoming mail and mail delivery.

Benefits for Seniors:

• Increased communication from friends and family
• Less loneliness and depression
• Printed reminders to help those with memory issues

Benefits for Residential Facilities:

• Differentiation from competition who doesn’t provide email
• Improved well-being can extend clients stay

TESTIMONIALS

“It’s great for her and a great tool for enhancing communication. My other siblings live close to her, but even they get too busy with their work and social lives to visit. This is the next best thing to visiting. We love it.”
Kimberly C., Idaho

“I’m sure that the spirit and happiness of a senior person is lifted significantly as a result of their experiences with Presto. It happened to my Mom!”
Tim M. California

“My brother and I bought the HP Printing Mailbox as a gift for my Mom's 90th birthday. She felt she was too old to learn to use a computer for e-mail. Now we can send her notes, pictures, greetings, etc by e-mail from our computers and, at the times I assigned, her mail downloads through her phone line with nothing for her to do on her end. Her "magic machine" has attracted considerable interest from other residents in her assisted living facility.”
A.R., North Carolina

• Specially designed & manufactured by HP for seniors
• Accepts 50 sheets of plain 8-1/2" x 11" paper
• Uses standard tri-color ink cartridge: HP97 or HP95, available anywhere ink is sold.
• Comes with an HP 95 ink cartridge and about 20 sheets of paper to get you started right out of the box
• One year hardware warranty

Presto Mail Subscription: The Community Mailbox package includes a subscription to the Presto Mail service for up to six users.

Presto Newsstand: Presto Newsstand was created in large part to provide the ability for "approved senders" to increase their participation in the overall solution of keeping their senior loved ones happy, engaged, and socially connected to the rest of the family. Categories initially available on the Presto Newsstand include comics, vintage comics, puzzles & games, and news. Future offerings will include financial, health, and special interest articles and columns of all types. Gift subscriptions start at $9.99 per year and vary depending on frequency and title.

Note: The Presto Printing Mailbox does not work with VOIP (digital) phone lines. Ask the phone company whether a standard fax machine can be put on the line. If it can, then a Presto Printing Mailbox can be used with no problems. If not, ask if they can convert the digital line to analog right outside the home. Tell them it’s for a fax machine. This is a viable solution.

BECOME A PRESTO DEALER

Economic conditions are forcing businesses to look for new innovative ways to help them grow. The aging of America’s baby boomers and their parents are providing a huge opportunity to deliver home health tech solutions to help seniors age-in-place and to enable their adult children to more effectively help them from a distance. The Presto solution addresses the 58% of Americans age 65+ who don’t use a computer. Presto is an easy-to-install solution that will help your business grow into the home health tech market.

Home Controls offers a special Presto dealer program for resellers or installers. To sign up, request a Presto Dealer Packet here.