Seasonal Messages
The POS will generate receipts under several conditions:
- End of a sale, and certain automatic printing criteria are met.
- On demand, before a sale is complete.
Receipts are formatted using a series of symbols which are described in Output Formatting.
Multiple Receipt Formats
It is possible to create multiple receipt formats, and to select the format to be used using the POS-Command
sale(printformat(??)). Each sale has one receipt format, which defines how the receipt should appear, and even which printer it should appear on. This allows you to create different
receipts based on customer, what is being purchased or other criteria.
To create a new receipt, from the configure printing page, press the new button
illustrated. You will be prompted for a new receipt format name (less than 32 alphanumeric characters). To change a receipt format that you have already created, simply select it from
the drop list, and the screen will show the layout information for that receipt format.
Sample Receipt
This receipt is created using the following setup.
| Header Picture | custom2.bmp (The file containing the Fieldpine logo) |
| Header Text | Shop N Buy
%DATE% %TIME% |
| Sale line format | [sl(description),18]%PAD%[sl(quantity),4] [sl(totalprice),R8]
[font(Arial,96)] Raw Price%PAD% [sl(rawprice)]
[font(Arial,96,italic)] Less Discounts%PAD%[sl(discounttotal)]
[font(Arial,96)] Equal Price Charged%PAD% [sl(totalprice)]
%BLANK%[sl(warranty),80]%PAD% |
| Total Format | %RULE%
[font(Arial,96)] Raw Sale Price %PAD% %salevalue(0,9)%
[font(Arial,96,italic)] Less total Discounts%PAD% %salevalue(0,11)%
%RULE%
%RULE%
Grand Total%PAD%%SALETOTAL%
Total Discounts%PAD% %salevalue(0,8)% |
| Payment line format | [pay(type)] payment%PAD%[pay(amount),r10] |
| Footer Text |
%BLANK%[text(Change),8]%PAD% [text(%CHANGE%),R10]
[font(Arial,126,italic)]Thank you |
| Footer Picture | |
Sample Receipt For Gross/Net Splits
This receipt shows how pre-discounted prices and amounts can be displayed.
| Header Picture | |
| Header Text |
[font(arial,150)]Betties Hotpot Cafe
[font(arial,110)]Bassett Road
[font(arial,110)]%DATE% %TIME%
%SPACE%
|
| Sale line format |
[sl(description),18]%PAD%[sl(quantity),4] [sl(rawprice),R8]
[font(Arial,96,italic)] excludes item discount of%PAD%[sl(discounttotal)]
|
| Total Format | %RULE%
[font(Arial,96)]Gross Total %PAD% %salevalue(0,9)%
[font(Arial,96,italic)] Item Discounts %salevalue(0,11)%%PAD%
[font(Arial,96,italic)] Sale Discount %salevalue(0,12)%%PAD%
[font(Arial,96,italic)]Less total Discounts%PAD% %salevalue(0,8)%
[font(Arial,96)]Net Total%PAD%%salevalue(0,13)%
|
| Payment line format | [pay(type)] payment%PAD%[pay(amount),r10] |
| Footer Text |
%BLANK%[text(Change),8]%PAD% [text(%CHANGE%),R10]
[font(Arial,126,italic)]Thank you |
| Footer Picture | |
Seasonal Messages
If you wish to provide a seasonal message for your receipts, such as a Christmas greeting or other special event, to
either simply join in the seasonal spirit, or to convey information such as differing opening hours, you can adjust your receipts
during this period to provide whatever messages you desire.
There are two main ways you can achieve this, by adding additional footer text to the receipt, which provides text based messages, and
works on all printers, or by using a footer picture, which supplies a graphical picture, often including additional wording. You can use both techniques
together if you wish.
Additional Footer Text
- Start the POS, and go to the configure, printing screen.
- In the box labelled Footer Text add any extra lines you wish to print. There may already be footer lines present on your receipt, but
you can insert new lines where ever you wish. Lines do not wrap automatically, so each line of your
message will need to be added as a separate line when entered.
- Press OK, and the additional lines will now print on every receipt.
Footer Pictures
To add a footer picture, follow these steps:
- Start the POS, and go to the configure, printing screen.
- Either type the filename of the picture into the Footer Picture box at the bottom of the screen, or click on the
button beside the footer picture box with 3 dots on it. This button will display a screen to allow you to select the file to be printed.
- Press OK, and the footer picture should now print on every receipt.
- If your footer picture does not print, then your printer may not be capable of graphics or is using a non graphics mode (which is slightly faster, and
favoured by many retailers), or the picture you are trying to print is not in uncompressed bitmap format.
Hint: Looking for a quick picture to use and not wanting to create your own? Fieldpine
have a range of images in the receipt image library you can use free of charge. Extra submissions to the library gratefully received!
Printing a Barcode
If desired, the receipt can include a barcode to represent the sale number of the sale. This requires a printer capable of
printing a barcode and sale numbers that are within the range of acceptable barcodes, which means they should be at least 5 digits
in length for reliable scanning.
To print a barcode, select the barcode symbology to be used for a receipt format. It is possible to have different barcode
printing settings according to the receipt format.
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Office Copies
If you require an additional office copy for a receipt, tick the box "Office Copy" on the receipt configuration page, this causes
the POS to print a second copy of the receipt when the format is used. The additional copy is identical to the first copy, except the header and footer
image pictures are internally removed.