The Advanced Authentication-Proximity Card (AA-PROX) solution is a proximity card based user authentication software for imageRUNNER ADVANCE series. AA-PROX is designed to integrate with a wide variety of proximity card-based ID badge systems in use today. A simple wave of a card allows users to insantly log-in and access the system's functions according to their account permissions. Authentication also opens a world of personalization features to simplify each user's workflow, as well as track usage for enhanced cost control capabilities.