If you are using the POS program from DOS (ie. not from a DOS box in Windows) make sure that you ask the vendor if the printer will work from DOS.I have written a free cash register program that I have uploaded to my website. It is a DOS program and will convert any DOS or Windows computer into a fully functional cash register. It has proven to be wildly popular beyond my most optimistic expectations. It is, after all, free. Even though I have not listed with any search engines it has appeared on most of them, I have no idea how (search for "free pos software"). So far my website has had over 150,000 hits.
The website is at http://keyhut.com/pos.htm
The reason I am contacting you is that one of the most frequent requests I receive about the program is "What kind of receipt printer, cash drawer, and / or scanner will best work with your software and where can I get it?"
I am offering a free link from my website to yours. There is one condition. I request that on your link that you suggest a specific printer, cash drawer, and / or scanner from your site that will work with my software. The problem is that since my program is free, I have no revenue from the POS program to purchase any printers, cash drawers, or scanners.
I DO NOT want you to send me one.
What I am requesting is that you use this link http://keyhut.com/pos.zip to download the software and then find one of your printers, cash drawers, and / or scanners that would be most compatible with it. I do realize that this will require some effort on your part, but you could end up selling some hardware from my site.
Please realize when selecting the printer, cash drawer, or scanner that the people that will be purchasing it will be for the most part small businesses, non-profit organizations, schools, or ordinary people. They will probably not be interested in your most expensive equipment. In addition I have sent this note to several vendors and I hope to have several links.
Thank you for your time in reading this email and I hope to hear from you soon.
Dale Harris
If you read the email above you will realize that I will not have varified that the printers, cash drawers, and scanners offered in the following links will work with my software or your computer.
If you are using the POS program from DOS (ie. not from a DOS box in Windows) make sure that you ask the vendor if the printer will work from DOS.
While my software is free these links are to people that are selling printers and cash drawers, as they should. It costs me nothing to upload my software for you to download. This is not so for hardware.
These vendors and I have no connection other than that I have placed a link to their website from mine. I am assuming that they are really fine people and will be very helpful and have wonderful products. These are the people that took the time to answer my email and said that tested their products with my software.
These are not paid links. No one has paid to place a link on this page. Remember, everything here is free.
If you order anything from these links please let us all know how it went. Under each link I will place any comments, good and bad, that I receive.
Pertelian
Newegg.com
Do you need a receipt printer but your computer does not have a parallel printer port? Here is an internal parallel printer card that will fit inside your
desktop computer and slide into a PCI slot.
POS World, Inc.
This company has just sent me a very nice letter pledging support for the POS program and has created this link to their site with a special offer of products that they believe will best support the POS program. This page on their site is only available through this link, it is just for us.
Source It Here.com
Find a complete product line from all major manufacturers to compliment The Dale Harris Cash Register for PC's. Offering a full Point of Sale package including Barcode scanner, Receipt Printer and Cash Drawer. Please quote this promotion code to receive a 5% discount off of our already low prices: DHCR2003.
Logic Controls, Inc.
Recomends their CR3000 Cash Drawer that connects to receipt printers and has provided some additinal info.
If you are connecting this drawer to a Star or Epson printer please specify which brand of printer you are going to use with their cash drawer so that they can provide you with the proper cable. Remember that the cash drawer plugs into a port on the back of the receipt printer.
POS-X Brand Hardware for Point Of Sale.
Thermal Printers, Cash Drawers and Touch Screen All In One systems DIRECT. Call POS-X before you purchase anywhere else! Call 1-800-790-8657 Ext 4, email sales@pos-x.com, or go on-line to order or become a reseller http://www.pos-x.com/reseller.asp. Retail and Restaurant Systems and software. POS-X., Point of Sale, Perfected!
CueCat.com scanners
Apparently CueCat scanners can still be obtained. These have been modified and will not need software to act as barcode scanners with my Cash Register software. This means that they may even work with Windows XP.
But it is going to cost you about $10.00 to find out for sure which is sure a whole lot less than a standard scanner.
I do not know at this time if they will use [ENTER] as a "termination" character so you might have to press [ENTER] on your keyboard after you scan a barcode.
Programmable POS keyboards
Information about programmable POS keyboards and a couple of links.
Electronics and Custom Software / Australia
We sell receipt printers and cash drawers for use with Dale's POS software. For a low cost solution we recomend the Epson TM-U210 Receipt printer and the DigiPOS 8 coin 5 note cash drawer.
The EPOS Store / UK
Offers Point of Sale equipment and peripherals, receipt printers, cash drawers, and barcode scanners.