SAM4s ER-900 series Operators Manual.pdf

Compulsory DrawerWith compulsory drawer enabled, the clerk cannot begin a new transaction until the drawer isclosed. This simple feature was designed to teach cashiers the habit of closing the cashdrawer after each transaction. You’ll reduce potential errors, theft and fraud that can takeplace when your cashier works out of an open drawer.Compulsory Number EntryConsecutive NumberThis option forces the operator to enter a reference number (using the #/NS key) before aPLU entry can be made or a transaction finalized with a Charge key. The number couldrepresent an SKU number that would be tracked manually, or other data such as a customercount.A sequential number is printed on each receipt issued. This is not a “customer count” as thisnumber is incremented for non-sales activity such as no-sales and reports. A count of revenuegenerating transactions (true customer count) is printed with the Net Sales total on thefinancial report.Currency ConversionUse the currency conversion function to convert and display the value of the transaction inforeign currency. Only cash tender is allowed after pressing the currency conversionfunction. Change is calculated and issued in home currency.Decimal MultiplicationDefault ProgramDepartmentElectronic JournalIf you sell weighed goods, yard goods, or any merchandise sold in fractions of a unit, thedecimal multiplication feature calculates each transaction quickly and accurately. Forexample, if your customer selects 4.75 pounds of an item sold at $1.59 per pound, you enter4.75 on the numeric keypad, press the X/TIME (multiplication) key, then enter the price perpound and press the appropriate PLU key.The original program installed in the ER-900 Series. The register has a default programwhich makes it operational after a memory clear. Nearly all option, rate, and status programsare set to zero as the default condition.Note: The ER-900 Series uses price look-ups (PLUs) to perform the function of traditionalcash register departments. PLUs may be registered directly on the keyboard (like traditionaldepartments) or indirectly by entering the item or PLU number and then pressing the PLUkey.The ER-920 and ER-925 do not provide a journal printer; the ER-940 and ER-945 provide atraditional journal printer. Today many systems, even expensive PC-based systems do notprint a traditional sales journal. For business records, a copy of daily financial summaries isusually all that is needed. Like some of the more expensive POS systems, the SAM4s ER-900 Series has the capability of storing a sales journal in memory. The electronic journal canbe reviewed and discarded, saved to an SD card or polled by a PC for archival. When ECRmemory reserved for electronic journal is full, current records are saved and old data is234 • Glossary SAM4s ER-900 Series Operator's & Programming Manual v.1.3