Most of us generally depend upon the internet cafes or office printers(which are usually considered as free resource) whenever we need to take printouts. But what if you are out of the office and you need to take a printout after 11:00 PM in the night or before 9:00 AM in the morning? You will find it very difficult and most of the times we will be waiting for the internet cafes to be opened. Exactly I got in to the same situation on that day in the morning when I realized I don’t have the hard copy of the documents which are mandatory for me to carry for the meeting. There was only one internet café in our area which generally opens at 10:30 AM and that option was close for me. Being optimistic and with the hope that I can find at least one internet center on my way, I headed towards the meeting but believe me I couldn’t find at least one internet café opened. But luckily  my small little brain worked smart and I took the printouts at one of my friends office which was on my way.

During this entire process I realized that

“Why should we only depend upon the internet cafes to take the printouts?” “Is there any alternative solution for this particular problem?”

“Why can’t we have a 24/7 printing facility centers?”

Then the ATM’s concept came on to my mind,why can’t we have ATP’s (Any Time Printing Machines) a place where we can go and take the printouts when ever and where ever we want. Until I faced the problem I never realized the importance of having this ATP’s but I am pretty much sure that most of you might have faced this kind of problem some or the other time and I feel that installing this ATP’s is one of the best solution to this problem. Most of them might consider this problem as a minor issue but I strongly feel that a problem is always a problem for which a solution is always required. I remember in the past when technology was not that advanced there were lot of cafes but in the current situation with the drastic changes in the technology, Icafé culture also reduced and now most of us go there only for printouts and quite often for scanning.

Converting an Idea in to reality takes lot of effort, research and proper team. Understanding this ground reality I have started this small survey.