Friday, May 02, 2008

Cash Register Keyboard Covers

Protect your Cash Register with a keyboard cover to avoid costly repairs in case of a spill. Or if you Cash Register is a restaurant style machine with a flat keyboard you can often times replace the rubber overlay when it becomes worn or discolored. Here are a couple links for Keyboard Covers

For SAM4s and Samsung Cash Register Keyboard Covers

For Sharp Cash Register Keyboard Covers

Keyboard Covers For Samsung Cash Registers

Sharp Cash Register Keyboard Covers

Cash Register With Free Software

There are several Commercial Cash Registers available with Free Polling and Programming software. What is Polling and Programming Software you ask? Well Polling means that you can take reports from your cash register on your computer. So you Poll it! Programming is just what it sounds like, you can program the cash register with the software on your computer.

More often then not it is more trouble then it is worth to connect and use UNLESS you have lots of PLU's or UPC to program into the machine. In that case the software can save you hours of time programming. And one of the packgages allows you to import items which again can save you hours and hours!

Check out the following cash Registers that Integrate to a PC for Free

SAM4s ER-265 Cash Register with FREE Software

SAM4s ER-285 Cash Register with FREE Software

SAM4s ER-390 Cash Register with FREE Software

Sharp ER-A242 Cash Register With Free Software

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Sharp UP-700 Cash Register

The Sharp UP-700 is a powerful cash register. The UP-700 is a restaurant cash register. The machines uses one touch buttons, window buttons, and forced choice items. Opertates like a touch screen except you choose the item by # rather then touch it on the screen.

The UP-700 has many options. Like Integrated Credit Card, Kitchen Printer, Coin Changer, PC Interface, Kitchen Video, Scale, DVR, and maybe more!

Cash Register Supplies

The CRG's have many popular ink ribbons and paper available. Some are very hard to find like The IR-90/91 Ink Roller and the ERC-18 Ink Ribbon. Other items include the hard to find 44mm Thermal Cash Register Paper

Cash Register with Integrated Credit Card

Many cash registers can Integrate Credit Card Payments with the use of a Datacap Product like the Twin Tran or the 162SL. We like to use the SAM4s or Sharp Cash Register when Interfacing to Credit Card. Most of the SAM4s and Sharp Cash Register Line Up can have Integrated Credit Card Payments.

One company offers the hardware at little to no cost when you process through them. And they offer a Free Gift Card program as well.

SAM4s ER-650 Cash Register

I really like the SAM4s ER-650 Cash Register and ER-650R Cash Register. The ER-650 is designed for restaurants the ER-650R for retail stores.

You will not find an easier cash register to program then the ER-650 or ER-650R register. The reason is the LCD display that makes programming and reporting on this machine menu driven. I have programmed this machine many times without opening a book. Just turn the key and follow the directions!

Lots of options also make this a popular machine. The ER-650 or ER-650R can have Barcode Scanning, Integrated Credit Card, Scale, PC Interface, Coin Changer, Kitchen Printer, Kitchen Video, and DVR interface. However this machine only comes with 2 serial ports and none can be added. So keep that in mind when looking at options.

A couple knocks on this model is that they can not share a kitchen printer, or credit card interface. So if you have three machines in your store and need Itegrated Credit Card you can indeed do that but you need three Datacaps (1 per machine) as with larger SAM4s registers can share 1 Datacap.

By the way the SAM4s ER-650 and ER-650R is the same as the Samsung ER-650 and ER-650R. Samung never made the machines just sold them. They were always made by SAM4s who now market directly.

Sharp ER-A320 Register

The Sharp ER-A320 is one of the best selling and best performing cash registers I have seen in years. Very heavy duty with a Drum Impact Printer, and a metal cash drawer (plastic insert). They are a tank. So if you want a bond printer and don't care about alpha print and can live with under 15 departments the Sharp ER-A320 Cashregister is a great machine.