Point of Sale Pro‘s features should be discovered

In the previous article “Things should be known about Point of Sale Pro”, we know why online merchants should use Point Of Sale Pro, why customers should  use Point Of Sale Pro and what features Point Of Sale Pro provides. Now let’s get more details on features of this module.

Point Of Sale Pro allows

• Most of barcode readers / scanners including 2D barcode scanners to be accepted.
• Products to be searched for  quickly and smoothly.
• Any items in any categories to be added to the order immediately thanks to autocomplete search.

• Any existing customer to be searched for.
• A new customer to be added easily.
• Guest checkout to be supported.

• Check or cash or your own payment in a same order to be accepted.
• One order to be paid by using different methods.
• Currency to be changed easily.
• Direct discount for separated items and  overall discount for the whole order to be applied  (in percentage % or fixed amount)
• Shipping cost to be free

• Items, customers information, payments, and orders with your online site, avoiding offline database’s disadvantages to be connected with online database.
• Invoices and tickets to be printed immediately after sale.
• An order to be cancelled anytime if the order has not been processed successfully.

New features

• Your own payment methods to be managed (added new, edited, deleted...)
• Products by categories to be filtered

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4 types of barcode scanners out there

Capturing the barcode information and sending it to the decoder are done by a device called a barcode scanner. Currently, there are four different types of barcode scanners available out there. They are pen barcode scanners, laser barcode scanners, CCD (Charge Couple Devices) barcode scanners and 2D barcode scanners. Let’s discover each of these types.

Pen barcode scanners

A pen barcode scanner consists of a LED light and a photodiode in the tip of a pen. To read a barcode, you drag this tip across all the bars. While the LED light illuminates the white and black bars, the photodiode measures the reflection of light and can determine color and width of each bar. This information is sent to the decoder for processing. 

Because of being inexpensive, pen barcode scanners are suitable for a single user. However, the user needs to practice to perfect the scan.

Laser barcode scanners 

Slightly more advanced than pen scanners, laser barcode scanners are capable of more exact light readings. They use laser beams as their light sources. Laser beams are shot at mirrors. These mirrors make movements so that these lasers sweep across barcodes in straight lines. These lights then reflect back to photodiodes, which measure the intensity of the light reflected back from the bar code. 

 CCD barcode scanners 

A charge coupled device (CCD) uses an array of hundreds of tiny LED lights arranged in a row. A sensor measures the voltage of emitted ambient light from the bar code which provides a digital snapshot of the barcode. 

2D barcode scanners

Some barcodes consist of white and black spaces in a two-dimensional (2D) target. These barcodes cannot be read by CCD barcode scanners or pen barcode scanners. Instead, 2D barcode scanners can do this. A 2D barcode scanner uses a small video camera to capture an image of a barcode which is then sent to software as a digital signal. This scanner consists of hundreds of tiny lights arranged in multiple rows.

Point Of Sale Pro from PrestaMonster.com helps your products be sold not only online but also offline. This module works with most of barcode readers / scanners including 2D. It is great for those who own Prestashop stores.

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What is A Barcode? What is A Barcode Scanner?

What is a barcode? 

A barcode is a reference number and does not contain descriptive data. The number is used by a computer to look up an associated record containing descriptive data and other important information. It can be said that a barcode is a different way of encoding numbers and letters. It use a combination of bars and spaces of varying widths.

For example, a barcode found on a soda contains a 12-digit product number instead of price, type of soda or the product name. The cashier at the check-out scans this number to the computer which searches for the record associated in the database. 

What is a barcode scanner?

There is a fact that barcodes can not be read by computers. You need to capture and decode barcodes into a data format that can be processed by a computer. Capturing the barcode information and sends it to the decoder is done by a device called a barcode scanner.

How to choose the right barcode scanner for your business ?

Choosing the right barcode scanner is important because it reduces time and human error. To know how to choose the right barcode scanner, you can visit this link. 

Point Of Sale Pro is a module designed by PrestaMonster.com to help your products be sold not only online but also offline. This module works with most of barcode readers / scanners including 2D. It is great for those who own Prestashop stores.

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