User Guide

Simply Plug-in the barcode scanner in your computer.

If there is some driver provided with the scanner then install it.

Point the cursor to any field in POS where you want to insert the barcode and scan the barcode. The scanner will automatically scan and input the barcode value to the input field.

Go to Settings -> Business Settings -> POS -> Check Enable Weighing scale and save it.

Below it provide the setting for the weighing scale.

Prefix

Product SKU length

Quantity integer part length

Quantity fractional part length And save it.

Go to the POS screen, click on the weighing scale button present next to the product SKU search field, on clicking, it will open a modal where you can scan/enter the barcode generated by the weighing scale. On Successful match of settings and barcode, the product will be added as per the specified quantity in the barcode.

You can add a shortcut key for weighing scale by going to Settings -> Business Settings -> POS.

Plug in the RJ12 connector cable (which looks similar to a phone line) from the cash drawer into your the receipt printer.

Next, go to the Settings menu in Windows 10, select Devices and select Printers & Scanners on the left-hand menu.

Select the printer you’d like to configure, and click on the Manage button.

Under Installable Options, find the Peripheral Unit Type and change it to ‘Cash Drawer’.

Change the Peripheral Unit 1 and Peripheral Unit 2 fields to ‘Document Bottom’ to have the drawer open after the receipt starts printing.

If you want the cash drawer to trigger before the receipt prints, select ‘Document Top’ in Peripheral Unit 1 and 2

Click OK to save these settings and perform a test sale to see if it’s been configured properly.

Printing Labels.

Adding a new Label or barcode settings.

Setup the printer on your computer with the appropriate driver which comes with the printer.

Go to Settings -> Business Locations -> Settings (green color button for each location). Here change the Receipt Printer Type to Browser based printing and save it.

In the invoice layout select the Design as Slim.

Adding a Printer.

Configuring business location to use the added printer.

Installation Pos Print server.

Add a new printer from Settings -> Receipt Printer

Select the appropriate Connection Type:

For “Network” provide the IP Address of the printer.

For “Windows” map the printer to a file and provide the path of the file. You can do this by sharing the printer with your localhost.The path will be in this format:smb://localhost/ my_printer_nameORsmb://computer_name/my_printer_name (where my_printer_name is name of the printer).

For “Linux” your printer device file will be somewhere like /dev/lp
smb://localhost/my_printer_name OR smb://computer_name/my_printer_name (where my_printer_name is name of the printer) (parallel), /dev/usb/lp1(USB),/dev/ttyUSB smb://localhost/my_printer_name OR smb://computer_name/my_printer_name (where my_printer_name is name of the printer) (USB-Serial), /dev/ttyS smb://localhost/my_printer_name OR smb://computer_name/my_printer_name (where my_printer_name is name of the printer) (serial)

Select the capability profile and add character per line supported in the printer.

Save the Printer configuration.

Check the video below for more details on setting it.

Go to Settings -> Business Settings.

For a particular business location, go to “Settings” in actions column.

Change “Receipt Printer Type” to “Use Configured Receipt Printer“.

Select the “Receipt Printers” from the list of Receipt Printers.

Click on Update.

Download the server from this link.

Unzip the zip file.

Rename the unzipped folder to “pos_print_server”.

Move the pos_print_server to document root (which is htdocs in XAMPP).

Open Command Prompt or also called terminal. And go to the “pos_print_server” directory. You can go to this directory using “CD” command in the command prompt.

From the Command Prompt which is now inside pos_print_server directory run the below command:php server.php
After running the command it ill start the print server and show a message “Server started…”

Now we are ready to go. Try creating a test sell from the pos screen and it should print in your thermal printer. If you haven’t added a printer then follow the steps mentioned in “Step1: Adding a Printer” and it should work.