General Tab
GENERAL tab
SAVE SETTING ON THIS COMPUTER--when checked setting
will be saved only for this computer. It helps when a different receipt
printer, or cash drawer is used from other network computers.
TEMP PASSWORD--manager password to allow casher to change price or
discount on main screen.
CHANGE MASTER PASSWORD-you can enter the owner's or administrator's
password here. Using a password is optional, but once it is entered,
most of vital information and operation will be password protected. If
you forget your password, please contact the vendor. Master password is
different from employee password.
LANGUAGE--select the language from this option (English,Korean,Spanish
etc). You may have to use respective windows version to show correctly.
TYPE OF BUSINESS--choose one of the options that best describes your
business.
USER--set it to single user meaning one group of operator. No password
protected for single user. If you set it to multi-user all user must
enter correct username/password to use easypos.
USE TIMECARD--you can start using time card option when this is
selected. To edit time for each user go to File menu and select EDIT
EMPLOYEE.
PRINT TYPE--select INVOICE option to print on 11x8.5 paper. It is useful
for wholesale store or the stores that do not use receipt printer.
select CUSTOM or RECEIPT if you use receipt printer. When your business
do both wholesale and retail select AUTO to print both invoice and/or
receipt.
TAX RATE--input the appropriate sales tax rate to be applied to each
sales. Example: enter 0.0425 for a 4.25% tax rate. Three options are
available: ALWAYS TAX, NO TAX, and TAX DEPENDS ON ITEMS. The
non-taxable sale option is also available. See NON-TAXABLE INVOICE
under the INVOICE pull-down menu. 2nd TAX RATE is used for country like
Canada where there are multiple tax is imposed.
DEFAULT QUANTITY--you may set this default quantity (the quantity of
items being sold) to any number. Example: set this number to 12 if you
sell items in dozens more frequently than single quantity. Duplicate
item insertion--If the same item is inserted in the main screen it can
be merged with 3 option : prompt before merge, merge without prompt, or
no merge at all.
BACKUP TO--input the location (any disk drive and any directory) where
you want to backup the data that reside in Easy POS. Examples:
c:\company\data (will backup data into the
\company\data directory in the "c" drive)
d: (will backup data into any device
connected as the "d" drive)
It is recommended that you do a backup daily after closing. A backup is
done with a click of a button. Click FILE and select BACKUP. When asked
to replace select YES. The previous backup file will be automatically
replaced with the new backup file. This simple procedure of doing
backups could save you from unnecessary down time of your store. The
default file name of the backup is called "ezposbak.zip". This is a
compressed "zip" file which contains all the database files stored into
the program. You can schedule your backup time by selecting
SCHEDULE-BACK option and set the time. When you do scheduled backup make
sure the server is on and one of the client is running easypos. You can
rotate the data for number of days by selecting ROTATE BACKUP. It will
backup number of days while replacing old data. See RESTORE for
restoring the backup file.
HANDLING ITEM NOT FOUND has 3 option : MAKE PRICE option
will convert the itemcode into price. For example itemcode 2356 will
convert to $23.56. SHOW MESSAGE option simply shows message 'ITEM NOT
FOUND' and do nothing. ADD IT TO INVENTORY will add not found item into
inventory so you do not have to open inventory screen to add that item.
HANDLING OVERPAID has 3 option : AUTO means that if customer is selected
on the main screen and he or she has tax id then the amount paid will be
added into the customer's account. There is no change-due for this
option. If the customer is not selected then it will show change-due and
the amount is not added into the customer's account. PUT INTO CUSTOMER'S
ACCOUNT will always add the paid amount into the customer's account.
MAKE IT CHANGE DUE will not put any amount into the customer's account.
Other option are ENABLE TO EDIT PAST INVOICES allows you edit past
invoices using INVOICE-->PREVIOUS INVOICE menu. It is not recomended to
edit past invoices. NON INVENTORY NOT ALLOWED - If this option is
unchecked and the itemcode is entered as number then the number is
treated as price. ENABLE THE SIMPLE LAYAWAY option will skip the list
when CUSTOMER EDIT is selected in the main screen and add a new customer
and go directly to customer detail. It is for faster operation.
COUNT MONEY WHEN CLOSING-This option enables
to open pop up window where you can enter money count each bills and
coins and compare with cash sale and starting cash. It will show
whether the casher did sales accurately or not at the end of the day.
ENABLE MASTER PASSWORD LOG IN-This option allows the owner or manager to
get in to the system with any username and master password.
ENABLE TO USE UNIQ ALTERNATE (UPC) CODE-This option when selected will
generate uniq code for the UPC code. This code is useful to print short
barcode for barcode printer. When this option is not selected then you
can create your own upc code.
ACTIVATE VOICE- This will make sound of price when each item is entered
in the main screen.
ASK ZIPCODE- to collect the customer information of where they come from
use this option.
DISABLE WINDOW CONTROL-when selected it will hide task bar at the bottom
of the windows and disable users from changing date, etc.
MAXIMIZE LOOKUP WINDOW-when selected it will maximize to full screen for
lookup item screen or lookup customer screen.
SOUND2-When you scan the item in the main screen adding file name of
sound like 'sound29.wav' will make the sound if it scan or enter
itemcode incorrecly.
PICTURE FOLDER-For inventory items with picture easypos search this
folder in addition to default easypos folder.