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POS Reviews
by Stacey on February 8, 2010
Company Website: CashierLive
Product Website: CashierLive
Price Range: $49-$125/month per store
Operating Systems: Web Based
CasherLive Point of Sale Software Overview
CasherLive is a new web based POS that has much to offer to any retail merchant. It’s easy to use interface offers a great way to conduct transcations and manage inventory directly online. CasherLive comes with reporting tools, support for multiple locations, training and support offered in a three tier pricing plan. They have a Basic 30 day free plan that allows you to try the software in one store on up to 3 registers with a 20,000 item inventory. Once the 30 days is up you can choose to upgrade to the Plus plan that gives you one store unlimited registers and many other features for $49 a month. If you are the owner of a chain reatil establishment youcan choose the Chain plan for $125 a month which gives you multiple stores with unlimted registers and 1,000,000 item inventory.
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by Stacey on October 13, 2009
Company: Citzens Systems
Product: CT-S801 Thermal Receipt Printer w/LCD Screen
Price Range: $285 – $354
Where To Buy: BarCode Discount, AutoIDSavings, POSSavings
CT-S801 Thermal Receipt Printer Overview
Citizen Systems CT-S801 prints tickets, receipts and barcodes at the point of sale. This printer is the fastest in it’s class and features a LCD screen that flashes the blacklight to red if there is any type of an error. The LCD screen shows helpful messages and makes for easy configuration of the printer’s settings. The CT-S801 also offers a soft-close system that will not allow the top cover to slam shut. Citizen systems CT-S801 has taken a innovative approach with a new snap-in system with no tools needed to replace the cutter or thermal printhead.
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by Stacey on June 4, 2009
Company: Primera
Product: PX450 Color Printer
Price Range: $1495
Where To Buy: Primera Store
PX450 Color POS Printer Overview
Primera’s PX450 color POS printer is a compact, fast, reliable printer intended for use at retail point of sale and other point of issue applications. Primera offers a great example on the product page of why you should choose a color point of sale printer.
A recent study indicated that consumer redemption rates of coupons printed in color were up to 25% higher than coupons printed in black and white.
The PX450 will print out a typical 4” x 2.5” full color coupon in less than five seconds although the built in guillotine cutter lets you print, cut and dispense any length form. That makes this POS printer is perfect for printing coupons, receipts, tickets, name badges, wristbands and other types of narrow-format output.
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by Stacey on May 17, 2009
Company: Sprint
Product: Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200
Price Range: $100 after a $50 mail-in rebate, bundled with a new two-year service plan.
Available: First week of June 2009
Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Overview
Sprint’s Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 intelligent mobile hotspot device will be available the first week of June 2009. It will allow you to connect up to five Wi-Fi devices simultaneously to Sprints 3G network. The MiFi 2000 creates a localizes Wi-Fi connection that any device equipped with Wi-Fi can use such as laptops, desktops, iPhone, MP3, game consoles and much more. The device is small and provides a built in battery that will run up to 4 hours or 40 standby hours with a single charge. The MiFi 2000 is equipped with security using WPA2-PSK, WEP and SPI Firewall. Sprint anticipates that businesspeople will be interested the device when traveling or out of the office.
Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Features
- Easily fits in the palm of your hand
- Brushed aluminum finish
- Provides mobile broadband Rev A Internet access wirelessly
- Supports up to five WiFi-enabled devices
- Simple to connect with Hands-Free Activation (OMA-DM). No software installation required
- Universal Wi-Fi compatibility
- Advanced security through WPA2-PSK, WEP and SPI Firewall
- Battery provides four hours of user time, 40 hours standby on single charge
- MiFi GPS capabilities to take advantage of select location and mapping applications, such as getting driving or walking directions or finding the best restaurant nearby
by Stacey on April 1, 2009
Company: Epson
Product: DM-D805 Pole Display Kit
Price Range: $120 – $190
Where To Buy: Total Barcode, PC Connection, PCCANA
Epson DM-D805 Pole Display Kit Overview
The DM-D805 is a complete, cost effective point of sale solution for customer display. It comes complete with the DM-D110 customer display head, the D-505 pole unit, all the necessary accessories/cables, and an AC power adapter. Epson includes easy to follow set up and operating instructions with every DM-D805 pole display kit making setup quick and efficient. The Dm-D805 takes up less counterspace than traditional standard stand alone base customer pole displays. This kit will deliver the performance and quality you need for an investment you can afford.
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by Stacey on March 31, 2009
Company: Epson
Product: DM-D500 Customer Display
Price Range: $250 – $330
Where To Buy: POS Micro, Cost Central, Dell
Epson DM-D500 Customer Display Overview
Epson’s DM-D500 POS is a high performance customer display that conveys a wide range of clear text and graphics. The large screen display of the DM-D500 offers a wide viewing area up to 42 columns x 8 lines high. It is capable of displaying custom fonts, graphics and Asian character sets to accompany a multitude if tasks. Epson’s Dm-D500 provides all the flexibility of other Epson pole displays including easy connectivity with any Epson point of sale printer or IR terminal.
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by Stacey on March 30, 2009
Company: Epson
Product: DM-D210 Customer Display
Price Range: $220 – $260
Where To Buy: BarCode Giant, POS Micro, POS Guys
Epson DM-D210 Customer Display Overview
The DM-D210 is a mid-sized, easy to read pole display that can freely be tilted and swiveled in a variety of viewing angles. Offering a high resolution, fluorescent display The DM-D210 also boasts high speed data transfer at a low energy consumption. The DM-D210 provides a space saving configuration will a customer display that can attach directly to an Epson printer to save counter space. It can easily connect with any Epson POS printer or IR terminals. The DM-D210 is ESC/POS and OPS compatible making it a sound solution for any point of sale operation.
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by Stacey on March 27, 2009
Company: Epson
Product: DM-D110 Customer Display
Price Range: $115 – $150
Where To Buy: POS House, Dell, POS Micro
Epson DM-D110 Customer Display Overview
Epson’s DM-D110 customer display delivers a high resolution fluorescent dot matrix characters in a wide viewing angle. The DM-D110 will easily integrate with any Epson POS thermal printer or IR terminal and connects directly to your existing host terminal for more flexibility. The compact design makes this customer pole display ideal for specialty stores, restaurants or any point of sale retail environment. The DM-D110 offers optional extendable pole units and high speed performance combined with Epson reliability.
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by Stacey on March 26, 2009
Company: Epson
Product: M-VT101 POS Card Printer
Price Range: N/A
Where To Buy: Contact Epson for Pricing
Epson M-VT101 POS Card Printer Overview
Epson’s M-VT101 thermal card printer brings a new aspect of convenience and simplicity to the POS industry. It allows for the flexible printing of loyalty cards, gift cards, ID cards, coupons and event tickets on either plastic media or thermal paper stock. The M-VT101 prints with reliability at fast speeds so your customers will not have to wait for long periods of time. The optical sensors determine the correct card positioning and printing eliminating waste and guess work. The M-VT101 is an excellent choice for printing a variety of point of sale promotion material on credit card size media.
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by Stacey on March 25, 2009
Company: Epson
Product: TM-L90 Label and Barcode Printer
Price Range: $385 – $485
Where To Buy: POS Micro, BarCode Giant, POS Guys
Epson TM-L90 Label and Barcode Printer Overview
The TM-L90 is perfect for POS retailers who want to accomplish multiple printing tasks with a single, affordable label printer. You will be able to design custom labels, print one or two color receipts and tickets on a variety of different paper stock. Epson’s TM-L90 offers fast print speeds with continuous printing on liner labels or an automatic label peeler option. The simple cut and paste software utility lets you easily design product and price labels as well as shelf tags and barcodes. The TM-L90 handles a wide range of applications making it ideal for photo labeling, pharmacy, fast food/deli labeling and retail price verification.
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