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A Run-Through on Label Printers

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L abel printers differ from the ordinary printers as they require special feeding mechanisms for handling fanfold stock, rolled stock etc. They find wide applications such as for retail price marking, supply chain management, for laboratory and blood specimen marking and management of fixed assets. Mechanism of Printing Involved in a Label Printer Impact, laser, and thermal printing mechanisms are used in the label printers. Based on the printing mechanism the label printers are of the following types: o    Direct Thermal Label Printers: The direct thermal label printers make use of heat-sensitive paper. The ‘direct thermal labels’ are short-lived and fade over a period of 6 months to 1 year when exposed to direct sunlight, chemical vapor, and heat. The ‘direct thermal labels’ are used as the shipping labels.’ o    Thermal Transfer Label Printers: The thermal transfer label printers make use of heat for transferring the ink from the ribbon onto l...

Buying Guide for Cash Drawers

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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 warr...

Benefits of having a Cash Drawer at the Retail store

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Businesses these days invest in a lot of items for protecting the assets of the company and to ensure that the financial reporting is absolutely accurate. Cash is the most liquid component that the company owns and it needs the most control. This is where cash drawers come into the scene. Cash drawers are one of the most important components of POS system. Almost every retail sector these days has a cash drawer to manage their cash transactions. There are many benefits to having a cash drawer: The Cash Is Managed Properly Cash management knows the level of cash that an organization holds. Companies, who engage in a direct transaction with customers like in retail shops, collect the cash from customers and maintain the cash on hand with the help of cash drawers. Having a cash drawer gives protection to onsite cash. The cashier in charge at that time will keep all the cash collected in the cash drawer. There will be a record of the amount of transaction that has been done daily. ...

Vital Role Of Thermal Receipt Printers in Business

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Thermal Receipt printers Thermal printing has gained hugged popularity especially in the case of retail businesses. This process of printing basically uses heat for printing the image on a paper. The POS or point of sale experience of the customers gets enhanced a lot with the use of thermal receipt printers. They are much more efficient as compared to the traditional printing machines and are also quite cost-effective. Several grocery stores and retail outlets rely on these useful machines for printing purposes. Thermal receipt printers help in several functions of businesses starting from the printing of shipping levels, receipts, ID badges, price tags, etc. Listed below are some of the essential advantages which your business can reap using this latest technology. • Increased Speed Of Printing: The speed of printing is simply excellent in case of thermal printers as compared to any other variety of printer machine. The images printed on the paper dry out instantly and...

Exploring the world of Labels

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When we are focusing on automation of business and setting up an efficient and effective point of sale (POS), our key considerations hover upon aspects such as making our retail counter more adept for handling exceedingly high number of line items and larger number customers quickly with ease and, that too, without any discrepancies in their invoices. Label printers are typically used to print the labels which can be glued to the products or precisely the Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) so that their relevant information can be quickly mapped and identified. The labels that are being from these label printers are typically card stock, self-adhesive labels, and some other stuff. What makes them different from a regular printer? The primary difference between regular printers and label printers is that the regular printer gives output on a sheet of paper whereas the label printers utilize a special feed mechanism which gives them the ability to tear sheets. For the purpose, these lab...

Cash Drawers and its use in businesses

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VPOS Cash drawer Every business selling a product or a service or any merchandise transact cash and as such requires cash drawers. It is really frustrating to stand in a line for a long time and wait for the transaction to be completed. Every person expects this process to get completed at a fast pace so that he or she can move on to the next work. If you want your customers to be served in the least possible time, look for a high-performance and quality cash drawer. A cash drawer comes with effective drawers to hold cash in different denominations. This way, not much time is spent on looking for a suitable change and everything stays well-sorted. This way, customers are also content and satisfied as they do not have to waste time unnecessarily.  What to look for in a cash drawer? When looking for a cash drawer for purchase, the most important thing that one needs to look for is the safety and security features of the product. It must be made up of a durable material and hav...

Cash Drawers – One of the major components of Point of Sale System

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When we visit a shop or a departmental store, we reach the point of sale after completing our shopping. It is this place where we pay for the products or services purchased by us to the retailer or the company. The retail pos comprises of a cash register which can be in the form of a monitor, computer, receipt printer, cash drawer, a barcode scanner and customer display and in some systems, a credit/debit card reader can also be found. Cash Drawers Cash Drawer is basically one of the major components on any point of sale system. It comes with distinct compartments where bills and coins in different denominations can be kept in a systematic and organized manner. You can also store receipts of the credit card, money and other papers in a proper and protected manner. It can be terminal or printer driven. In this system, the hardware piece gets a signal from the receipt printer or computer and opens only when a command is given. There can be one or more drawers attached to a workst...