Olivetti ECR 6900 manual Setting Your Language, Setting the Date, Setting the Time

Printing and Clearing the Contents of the Electronic Journal

Make sure that plenty of paper is loaded in the printer.

1.Control lock key position: Z.

2.Press .

When the contents of the electronic journal are printed, a message is displayed along with a beep to indicate that the EJ memory capacity has been restored to its maximum programmed line capacity.

NOTE: You can also print the contents of the electronic journal with the control switch in the X position; doing so, however, will not clear the electronic memory.

Clearing Electronic Journal Memory Without Printing the Contents

The electronic journal memory contents are cleared and not printed:

1.Control lock key position: Z.

2.Press .

Quick Start Programming

This section allows you to program basic cash register features so that you can start to work right away with your new product. Programs and transaction information for man- agement reports are stored in the memory of the cash register which is protected by back-up batteries.

Before beginning to program the cash register or to perform sales transactions, insert the batteries to save this information if a power failure occurs or if the cash register is unplugged from the electrical outlet.

Setting Your Language

1.Control lock key position: PRG.

2.Press .

3.Press your language identifier: for Spanish,

for French, for German, for the new

language entry or for English.

4.Press .

Example: Program the cash register to print in French.

Type/Press:

Language identifier

Setting the Date

1.Control lock key position: PRG.

2.Type the current date in the DDMMYY format.

3.Press .

Example: Set a date of May 25, 2007.

Type/Press:

DayMonth Year

The date format can be changed by programming system option 1.

Setting the Time

1.Control lock key position: PRG.

2.Type the current time in the HH:MM, 24-hour format.

3.Press .

Example: Set the time at 3:30 PM.

Type/Press:

Hour Minutes

The time format can be changed by programming system option 2.

Setting Fixed VAT Rates

1.Control lock key position: PRG.

2.Type the 1-digit Vat Rate identifier [1 to 4], 1 for VAT1, 2 for VAT2, 3 for VAT3 and 4 for VAT4.

3. Press .

4.Type the VAT rate. Enter five digits, THREE digits placed after the decimal point.

5.Press.

Example: Set a VAT1 rate of 5.50%.

Type/Press:

VAT number

550

NOTE: Before changing a VAT rate, print a Z Financial report. See "X1 and Z1 Financial Reports".

See sections "Fraction Rounding for VAT Calculation" and "Printing VAT Information on Receipts" for other VAT-related features.

Programming Departments

A total of 99 departments are available. Programming a department means defining a department status and an associated price. The department status consists of a 9-digit code that characterizes the department as follows:

•positive or negative sales

•single or multiple item sales

•High Digit Lock Out (HDLO) status, whereby you prohibit item amounts over a certain number of digits.

•VAT rate (previously programmed)

•a VAT rate that can be applied to the

department, temporarily replacing the preset VAT rate

•link to one of up to 10 merchandise categories.

You can then assign a preset price to the department.

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