Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Cash Register - Advanced

3Using the round Number keys, press 00000 and then press the

Subtotal/w/Tax key.

4Using the round Number keys, press 0 and then press the Dept 2 key.

5Press the Amount Tend/Total key. Skip this step if you are going to enter a description. The department information is saved in the cash register.

Setting Standard and Gallonage Mode

A department can be set for either Standard Mode or Gallonage Mode.

Gallonage Mode allows entering a price with 3 decimal places, representing the cost per gallon, pound, kilogram, yard, meter, or other unit of measurement. For example, $1.499 per gallon.

Standard Mode enters the price using the normal 2 decimal place setting.

Table 7 Standard/Gallonage Mode

This number...

Means this...

 

 

0

Standard Mode

 

 

1

Gallonage Mode

 

 

Programming Multiple and Single Items

Multiple Item Entry allows you to ring up two or more items into a department. For example, if you want to ring up 5 of the same items, you can tell the cash register to multiply the one price by the number of items.

Single Item Entry allows you to ring up only one item in a department. For example, if you want to ring up 5 of the same items, you must ring each one up individually.

Table 8 Multiple / single item

This number...

Means this...

 

 

0

Multiple Item Sale

 

 

1

Single Item Sale

 

 

Programming High Digit Lock-out (HDLO)

You can specify the most number of digits that can be rung up in an entry. This feature helps to prevent against large over-rings. If too many digits

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