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Point of sale is the place where a retail transaction is completed. It is the point at which a customer makes a payment to the merchant in exchange for goods or services.

Point of sale is the place where a retail transaction is completed. It is the point at which a customer makes a payment to the merchant in exchange for goods or services.

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How to print from the Thermal Printer in Android?

I am working on an application for an Android device that will have a built in line printer. I have to interact with this printer and use it to print the details on receipt and then with cutter cut that receipt automatically. I have seen some ESC…
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Up-Sync and Down-Sync in Android?

I am working on a Point of Sale application that needs to be very good syncing mechanism. We have Magento Database.The android device have SQLite local Db. Now we need to sync in the following way: Local ------Sync To---------------> Server (Up…
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POS UI design & development: what should be included & avoided?

I'm having to design & develop UI for a Point of Sale (POS) system. There are obvious features that need to be included, like product selection & quantity, payment method, tender amount, user login (as many users will use one terminal), etc. My…
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Start program on a second monitor?

Is there a way to specify which monitor a application appears on in Delphi or C++Builder? I am developing a simple program for a customer, which displays kitchen orders on a secondary monitor, generated by a hospitality system. Currently they…
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Point of Sale and Inventory database schema

I’m trying to create a basic Point of Sale and Inventory management system. Some things to take into account: The products are always the same (same ID) through the whole system, but inventory (available units for sale per product) is unique per…
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Integrating POS application with VeriFone terminal

Currently I'm working in a team creating a custom POS solution. We came to a point were we'd like to integrate with a IC/Credit Card terminal (like VeriFone which we have, i.e. Vx510). I think the simplest mode is to allow Cashier to manually enter…
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Best Practice for Writing a POS System

I'm putting together a basic Point of Sale (POS) system in C# that needs to print to a receipt printer and open a cash drawer. Do I have to use the Microsoft Point of Service SDK? I've been playing around with printing to my Samsung printer using…
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How to print from web application to receipt printer?

I was asked by my client to print receipts on an Epson TM U220 (http://pos.epson.com/products/TM-U220.htm) from my web application. I have no idea how to do that. Are there any java applets or something else that I can use for printing? Should i use…
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Billing aliens via POS printer and image print

I am trying to create a prototype to print bitmap data for a text file to my LAN enabled epson pos printer TM-T88V. While I have no problems to send text and text formatting instructions, I dont understand, what I have to do, to make my printer…
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Dynamic paper height with .NET PrintDocument

I ran into a problem with sizing pages on a thermal printer. I have started from this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27165167/1030464 and now I have the code I pasted below. This works nicely, however altough I calculate and set the size of the…
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Can I program an ingenico/verifone terminal to do whatever I want?

Ideally, I would connect an Ingenico/VeriFone terminal to the net via an Ethernet cable, the terminal will exclusively run a program that I wrote. This program would poll a webservice, beep when it detects some kind of info, wait for somebody's…
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PrintNormal() Issue 'It is not Initialized'

Current C# POS.NET Printing Issue: PrintNormal() Throws Exception = 'It is not initialized' CheckHealth = 'It is not initialized' 'It is not initialized' exception when Printing to Epson TM-T88IV Using POS for .NET 1.12 and the Epson OPOS…
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Where can I find a "ESC/POS" Epson Barcode Test Program?

I am struggling to get an Epson "ESC/POS" printer to print barcodes (Using Delphi) and want to test if the printer is not faulty. Do you know where I can find a program to print a barcode in "ESC/POS"? I suppose as a last resort an OPOS program will…
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Receipt printer?

I am developing a software which require to print receipts. What is the most common type of receipt printer? Are there any industry standards for receipt printer API? Are there any .net library for that? Tried to find but didn't find anything.
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Retail point of sale credit card processing - card present. Minimizing PCI compliance requirements

I am writing a point of sale application for a client who has some very specific needs. The client is a retail store, so when they process credit cards, they have a physical card present and can swipe it. The way it is now, at the end of check out,…
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