| Here are ten point of sale peripherals you should be | | | | payments were received by debit, Visa, Mastercard |
| using in your business: | | | | etc. for easier day-end procedures and more accurate |
| | | | payment tracking. |
| 1. Barcode Printer - A good quality barcode printer is a | | | | 6. Integrated Scale - Electronic scales can also be |
| must for quickly printing barcode labels to attack to | | | | used to interface with your POS software, |
| your inventory items, making them easier to scan and | | | | automatically sending the current weight of the item |
| track during receiving of inventory, during inventory | | | | being weighed to the POS software. This allows |
| counts and during checkout. | | | | quicker and more accurate sale of items by weight |
| 2. Till Barcode Scanner - Coupled with the barcode | | | | such as fruit, vegetables or other produce items. |
| printing abilities of the barcode label printer, you'll need a | | | | 7. Receipt Printer - A thermal receipt printer can |
| barcode scanner to be able to scan barcodes during | | | | automatically print a receipt for each customer at the |
| check out. | | | | end of a transaction with all the pertinent transaction |
| 3. Portable Inventory Barcode Scanner / Data | | | | information included in the receipt. |
| Collector - A portable mini-computer that is capable of | | | | 8. Touch Screen - Depending on the type of business |
| scanning inventory barcode labels, performing basic | | | | you are running, a touch screen coupled with a touch |
| data manipulation such as for example asking the user | | | | screen enabled POS software can be used to run the |
| for the quantity of items counted for the current | | | | point of sale terminal instead of using a keyboard and |
| scanned barcode, and storing the data within its | | | | mouse. This is especially a popular option for |
| memory banks until it is uploaded to your point of sale | | | | restaurants, grocery stores and increasingly most retail |
| software. | | | | stores. |
| 4. Electronic Cash Drawer - An electronic cash | | | | 9. Magnetic Card Reader - These types of card |
| drawer interfaces with your point of sale software | | | | readers can be used to scan magnetic cards such as |
| which sends a signal to the cash drawer to open only | | | | customer loyalty cards, gift cards or even employee |
| during transaction checkout times keeps your cash | | | | tracking cards. |
| more secure than using a cash box. | | | | 10. Pole Display - A pole display integrates with your |
| 5. Integrated Debit / Credit Payment Terminal - An | | | | point of sale software and allows the customer to see |
| integrated payment terminal will interface with your | | | | the total amount owing in the transaction as items are |
| POS software and help you keep track of which | | | | being scanned and once the total is calculated. |