Webinar:

How the Right POS Solution Can Upgrade Your Customers’ Shopping or Dining Experience

Thursday, May 19th, 2:00 P.M. – 2:30 P.M. ET

Presented By:

John Mieli – Star Micronics

POS Solutions Can Elevate the Modern Customer Experience

Choosing the right POS application is critical to provide a modern customer experience. The solution has to offer the flexibility and reliability to ensure your business runs smoothly now and in the future.

The events from the past few years have brought changes and led to opportunities, including increased online ordering with most digital interactions happening in the cloud. Finding a POS solution based on your needs will allow you to thrive in this challenging, and at times unpredictable, environment. 

Watch the webinar to learn:

• Why complete POS systems and intuitive user experiences have become essential
• What steps to take to manage your devices from a single Cloud platform
• How a Star POS solution can work with different ordering systems and multiple channels

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With mobility solutions on the rise, there is no doubt that businesses of every kind are turning to mobile POS systems for the freedom of accepting payments virtually anywhere. From tablet‑enabled receipt printers to advanced all‑in-one systems, Epson provides an ideal mobile POS solution for nearly any business. Epson’s robust family of mobile POS products and services ensure your point‑of‑sale needs are covered as your business grows. Epson mPOS products are easy to set up, providing a wide range of connectivity options and broad OS support.

Ideal for businesses on the move, Epson mobile POS products feature a rugged, compact design with a long battery life, the convenience of printing high-quality receipts and barcodes directly from web browsers on tablets and mobile devices, and handheld, wireless printing technology. With the right mobile POS system, your business can have flexibility without sacrificing security. Download our infographic to help you choose the right mobile POS.

If you’ve determined your business is ready to transition to a mobile POS system, the next step is to figure out which one is right for you. Luckily, Epson has your back. Introducing the mSeries, Mobilink, and OmniLink POS solutions.

mSeries

With a cutting‑edge compact design, the mSeries receipt printers were engineered with mPOS in mind

• Compact, stylish industrial design complements modern tablets
• 2″ or 3″ receipt printing
• iOS, Android, Windows mobile and desktop PC‑compatible
• Flexible configuration: Top or front load
• Connectivity options include USB, Ethernet, NFC touch‑to‑print, and more

Mobilink

Lightweight and portable, these rugged battery-powered POS receipt printers help drive transactional efficiency

• Drop‑rated up to 6.5 feet
• 2″ or 3″ receipt printing
• OS, Android, Windows mobile and desktop PC‑compatible
• Models available with Auto Cutter & Peeler
• Connectivity options include Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth

OmniLink

Enhance any POS solution with intelligent OmniLink printer technology

• For traditional and custom POS applications
• Built-in processor supports the latest in POS
• Online-ordering ready with Server Direct Print
• USB POS peripheral device support
• OmniLink Merchant Services (OMS) support

Contact us today to learn more about Epson’s innovative mobile point-of-sale solutions.

Simplify and modernize your retail business with Citizen’s new CT-S751 receipt printer. This new and sleek ultra-fast point of sale receipt printer produces direct thermal prints at an outstanding 350mm/sec in 203 dpi. Engineered with modern design, premium functionality and seamless integration into mPOS systems makes it the ideal solution in retail and hospitality industries.

Compact in size with small footprint, available in black or white. The CT-S751 fits effortlessly into tight spaces and allows for tidy working areas. High speed transactions can reduce wait time. Reduced wait times to create happy customers, and Citizen’s CT-S751 is easy to use, right out of the box. Ideal for applications in hospitality, retail, kiosk, kitchen, and panel.

Features:

• Compact size and Energy Star® compliant
• Colors: Black or white
• Front paper exit
• Mobile POS ready
• Full and partial guillotine cutter
• Standard USB interface with Serial, Ethernet, Bluetooth, and WiFi options available

The MePOS Pro Point of Sale Terminal is multi-functional, integrable, customizable, flexible, and exactly the way you want it!

1. Multi- functional
With advanced designs, the tablet based Point of Sale terminal with an integrated printer can quickly convert to a kiosk or mobile POS instrument.

2. Integrable
The MePOS Connect Software Development Kit allow easy integration with leading point of sale software solutions.

3. Customizable
The compact and stylish design allow you to customize your terminal in solid colors or graphics to promote your brand and give you the option to refresh as often as  you like.

4. Flexible
The capability to just remove your tablet and payment device to create MePOS Mobile, that allows workers to engage with customers and process transactions anywhere.

With a great deal of transactions taken everyday, you need a system that can keep up with the rate of service and demands of customers. The MePOS Pro can improve all that from the sleek design, to battery life, and accessibility. This change will definitely make an impact and evolve with your business.

If you have any questions regarding the compatibility with your tablet and payment devices, interested in a demo or a quote, please contact our dedicated account managers and we will be able to help you find a solution.

Star has announced a new series of peripherals for their comprehensive mPOP system. Star’s mPOP now supports an optional scale, 2D barcode scanner, customer display, and external cash drawer. With these added peripherals, retailers and restaurateurs can now transform their mPOP into a complete point of sale hub to accept more versatile transactions in higher volume.

Star has integrated support for three Detecto APS scales. The APS scales supported are offered for varied use cases. The APS10 (max. 15 kg) is ideal for candy shops, delis, frozen yogurt shops, etc., where the APS20 (max. 15 kg) is better for larger items like bags of fruit and vegetables at a farmer’s market or grocery store. The APS12 (max. 160 oz.) is best in similar environments as the APS10, or any other location than prefers to measure in ounces.

Star has integrated a 2D barcode scanner for the mPOP. Now, users have the option of choosing between the Star 1D scanner and the new 2D scanner. The 2D barcode reader will be beneficial to accept coupons in the form of QR code, or access item information. In addition to 2D barcode scanner support, Star has designed a two-line, blue backlit customer display with up to 20 characters per line. With this support, the retailer can not only show the customer their transaction price, but they can also add advertising messages for when the mPOP is not being used.

Lastly, Star added a cash drawer connection port (DK port) to the mPOP to support an extra cash drawer. This is ideal for users who need a point of sale system with a small footprint, but still have a higher cash flow, such as a bar or deli.

Are you ready for the new face of mPOS?

While the competition keeps pace in technology, Star Micronics delivers ground breaking innovation to the POS industry. Star’s latest innovation in is specifically designed for mPOS applications.

The mPOP epitomizes the convergence of technology, integrating every aspect of a traditional POS system into one ergonomic all-inclusive peripheral. Sleek and modern, its compact design includes a printer, cash drawer, barcode scanner, and device stand. Simply add your preferred tablet or mobile device to create a full multi-functional POS system. Additionally, its flexible, device agnostic capabilities enable it to be available for all major mobile operating systems—Android, Windows, and iOS.

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With the wide range of options for a Point of Sale System these days it can be a bit daunting to figure out which type will meet all your needs. Especially with the adoption of tablets and mobile devices as substitutes for a traditional computer, sometimes price may not be the driving factor in your decision.

Making sure you can process all the types of payments your customers will use, integration to other software systems, and transaction security are some of the key concerns when figuring out what type of system will work for your business. This infographic is a great primer and comparison of mobile vs traditional POS Systems to get you started on your decision. As any questions come up, feel free to contact one of our POS specialists at Barcodes, Inc for further assistance.

Elo, a world leader in touchscreen and digital signage, is now partnering with a world leader in retail software solutions, Retail Pro! This partnership will bring two innovative and customer service focus companies to the forefront of the retail world.

Retail Pro’s robust POS software is installed in over 53,000 locations in 97 countries. They deliver local, accessible and professional support to any size organization and make it easy to grow your business. The same is true for Elo with over 20 million installations and 40 plus years’ experience they have seen it all! Solutions range from 10” mobile displays to 70” digital signage displays and many in between.

When pared together, Retail Pro software and Elo hardware are a powerful, customer-centric, and flexible Point-of -Sale solution to help you create an engaging customer experience and boost your bottom line.

Contact one of our POS specialists to learn how Elo and Retail Pro can improve retail efficiency for you.

With the introduction of tablets there has been a very common trend to utilize them for Point-of-Sale systems. Compared to the traditional PC based systems, a tablet centered system did help bring down costs while saving counter space. For many small and new businesses this trend was the ideal solution.

Tablets and subscription based POS software helped keep costs down but the new challenge that had to be faced was integrating additional hardware like receipt printers, credit card readers, and cash drawers. Depending on what tablet and software you are using the options for  supported additional hardware is quite limited. This is where  the new Elo PayPoint system provides the same feel, functionality, and cost of a tablet based system with complete hardware integration.

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Managing any POS system without a proper credit card reader (MSR) is inconceivable in today’s retail spaces. Authorize.net’s Virtual Point of Sale (VPOS) is one of the leading POS applications today and like any software, is compatible with a specific set of card readers to ensure data is safely encrypted and processed.

The following is a list of current Virtual Point of Sale (VPOS) supported card readers that will keep transactions quick and secure.

• MagTek Dynamag  21073075 configured to security level 2
• MagTek SureSwipe 21040146
• MagTek MiniUSB 21040102
• MagTek SureSwipe 21040146
• MagTek SureSwipe 21040140
• IDTech MiniMag II  IDMB-335133BM
• IDTech MiniMag II  IDMB-335133MPreview
• IDTech MiniMagDUO  IDMB-355133BM
• IDTech MiniMagDUO  IDMB-355133M

For assistance finding the right POS hardware for your business needs, contact us at Barcodes Inc.