Buying Guide for Cash Drawers
A cash drawer is an essential part of the Point of Sale System. These find wide application for storing currency notes, coins, papers and credit cards. You can buy them as ‘stand-alone’ separate units or as attached to the cash registers. You can operate the stand-alone independent drawers with key and lock after attaching them to the ‘receipt printers’.
A wide range of cash drawers are available in the market and you should choose one based on several factors:-
o Types: There are various types of cash drawers available such as the light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty drawers. If you are looking for heavy-duty drawers, the Vpos or the Posiflex cash drawers are the best. The standard drawers are good for handling light to medium traffic. They are designed to withstand about 300,000 transactions. You can consider buying Nexa CB910, which is constructed from metal and is equipped with metal-note clips, media slots, as well as three position locks. These drawers have a warranty of two years.
o Fair Price: Considering the price of the drawer is essential before investing in them. The price depends on a multitude of factors that includes aesthetics, design quality and security requirements. Depending on your business need you should buy a drawer.
o Counter Space: Considering space is essential while investing in the drawers. Before purchasing the drawer you have to assess whether to place it above or below the counter. You need to determine the counter space needed for drawer installation along with the ejection distance.
o Interface: The drawers are available with various kinds of interfaces such as serially driven, manually driven or printer-driven. You need to plug the ‘printer-driven’ drawers into receipt printers and it then indicates when the drawers must open. The ‘serial-driven’ drawers connect directly to Point of Sale System. The ‘manually-driven’ drawers need an operator to manually open and close it.
o Compatibility: Before purchasing a cash drawer you must be assured that it is compatible with the POS system. Except for the ‘stand-alone’ independent cash drawers, the computer is needed for driving the drawers through a USB interface. When you buy a drawer ensure whether it requires a receipt printer or computer and make sure the ‘components’ have the required accommodating elements.
Cash drawers are essential for boosting your business performance. Hence you should take into account all the above-mentioned factors before investing in them.
For more information, call us now @ 1300590094
A wide range of cash drawers are available in the market and you should choose one based on several factors:-
o Fair Price: Considering the price of the drawer is essential before investing in them. The price depends on a multitude of factors that includes aesthetics, design quality and security requirements. Depending on your business need you should buy a drawer.
o Counter Space: Considering space is essential while investing in the drawers. Before purchasing the drawer you have to assess whether to place it above or below the counter. You need to determine the counter space needed for drawer installation along with the ejection distance.
o Interface: The drawers are available with various kinds of interfaces such as serially driven, manually driven or printer-driven. You need to plug the ‘printer-driven’ drawers into receipt printers and it then indicates when the drawers must open. The ‘serial-driven’ drawers connect directly to Point of Sale System. The ‘manually-driven’ drawers need an operator to manually open and close it.
o Compatibility: Before purchasing a cash drawer you must be assured that it is compatible with the POS system. Except for the ‘stand-alone’ independent cash drawers, the computer is needed for driving the drawers through a USB interface. When you buy a drawer ensure whether it requires a receipt printer or computer and make sure the ‘components’ have the required accommodating elements.
Cash drawers are essential for boosting your business performance. Hence you should take into account all the above-mentioned factors before investing in them.
For more information, call us now @ 1300590094
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