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What is the IP rating of terminals? 2008-02-12 00:52:42 When a point of sales terminal vendor sales tells you that a POS terminal has an IP43 or IP54 rating, do you really understand what this rating represents? Or are you confused about the meanings of IP43, IP54 or IP65? Allow me to clarify the terms of IP numbers in...
Metrologic MS7820: New Vertical Mini-slot Scanner 2007-09-28 04:38:46 Metrologic Instruments released a newvertical mini-slot scanner, the MS2400 Solaris. The Solaris is very suitable for scanning high-density codes (five mil) or poor quality barcodes. The device fits easily into any existing enclosure found in small-item, high-volume retail environments. It is designed for a variety of retail environments, including... Read more:Scanner
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Citizen launches two-colour POS printer 2007-09-17 08:35:42 Citizen Systems America launches a new high-speed POS printer, the CT-S310. The new two.colour printer features 150 millimetres per second print speed, standard dual interface (USB + serial, parallel or ethernet) and it can be positioned horizontally, vertically, or even wall mounted for extra versatility. Other features include drop-in paper... Read more:Citizen
A new home 2007-09-04 07:19:08 As of today, the Wizard of POS has its own domain, and is no longer considered to be the little brother of Brain Tags. So please update your bookmarks to pos-wizard.com. If my wizardry works alright, all visitors to the old address will automagically be forwarded to the right page...
Redesigning 2007-09-01 12:53:24 The coming days I will be redesigning this weblog in order to make better use of the features offered by the Movable Type 4.0 platform. I will do the redesign on the live site, so expect to note some differences in the coming days. Thanks for your patience.......
MerchantOS 2007-08-24 01:32:16 MerchantOS is a web-based Point of Sale solution which I found after one of their people left a comment on this blog. Today I finally had time to have a look at it, and as it is web-based they have a far easier job than other manufacturers offering a demo...
I hate my Point of Sale 2007-08-22 01:54:24 This viral video was created by halo, manufacturer of a web based Point of Sale system. Though I doubt you can solve hardware related problems with a web-based solution, the video is funny enough. Besides that, they offer $10.000 for additional videos of people destroying their POS systems....
Customer loyalty 2007-07-30 05:56:00 How loyal are your customers? Are they coming back because the way you treat them? Or Just because you offer cheap prices? Some retailers go beyond the call of duty to make customers feel more than welcome in their stores. Some make them feel like guests. Furthermore, they may be... Read more:Customer
NY Times on the rise of OpenTable 2007-06-20 02:52:35 It has been a while ago since I last touched the theme of Restaurant reservation systems. New York Times
runs a story about the success of OpenTable, which wasn't exactly an overnight success. The thing that pushed OpenTable over the edge toward acceptance wasn't so much the public-facing business —let...
Web-based Point of Sale 2007-06-13 12:42:22 For years several manufacturers have tried to sell web-based POS systems, but until now with limited success. The benefits of a web-based solution are clear: lower maintenance costs, easy to upgrade and above all accessible from anywhere. But the downside of a internet based solution is equally clear: What happens...