International POS Ltd News

International POS Ltd (IPOS) has supplied many UK major retail accounts including WH Smith, Blockbuster and Phones4U who use the HPrp5000 POS terminal.

IPOS now also offer the UK Convenience Store Market the HP rp5700 terminal combined with pole mounted touch screen and POS peripherals which makes an ideal solution as it does not take up valuable counter space.

Many retailers today are in a dilemma. They feel they are trapped with outdated, proprietary point-of-sale (POS) systems that bind them to yesterday’s technology.

Today’s open standards based systems address these very real concerns with powerful, easy to integrate, agile solutions. Open “point-of-service” systems are tools that have been designed with the future in mind. Not only will they help reduce direct labor and training costs in the present, but as a business grows, expands, and evolves they will adapt to future generations of technology.

HP rp5700 POS Terminal Specialized Design

A hardened, space-saving design provides a reliable, high-endurance PC which is also energy efficient and environmentally friendly.

· Space–saving design with oversized cooling means the unit is ideal for use in higher temperature environments such as kiosks or enclosed cabinetry.
· Energy efficient components like a standard 80 Plus power supply help save energy and cooling costs.
· The rp5700 uses post-consumer plastics and packaging as well as exceeds requirements for reduction of hazardous material to minimize environmental impact.

The HPrp5700 POS terminal is designed for customers who value the longest desktop lifecycle available. A five-year stable lifecycle, security and HP manageability features mean less time spent on IT and more focus on your business. Legacy OS support allows you to transition from your current OS and applications when you’re ready.

Lifecycle Management

The HP rp5700 has an extremely long (60 month) lifecycle; which means fewer product transitions and less hardware and software configurations to support which helps minimize disruption to your business. When change is unavoidable, HP Product Change Notification provides up to 60 days advanced notification before the change occurs.

Not ready to change your operating system? The rp5700 supports Windows 2000, XP Pro and Windows Business Vista 32-bit. So if you’re not ready to move from Windows 2000 or XP pro, you don’t have to.

Business Continuity and Security

Security and data protection technologies deliver true business continuity when they work together. HP takes the most effective industry standards for physical security, user authentication, and data backup then integrates them into powerful HP-only solutions. From user access security features such as TPM pre-boot to the data protection offered by factory configured RAID 1, HP helps protect your business privacy and your desktops.

Tysso are now manufacturing the new PPC-5700 series Panel POS PC with an innovative design which includes an all-in-one touch screen terminal and an omni-directional laser bar code scanner.

The design allows a wide range of options which means the terminal may be configured for applications which include retail EPOS, convenience store, supermarket, warehouse and factory automation.

The Tysso PPC-5715 model includes a 15″ touch screen, high performance Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) processor and an omni-directional laser scanner.

The Tysso PPC-5715 terminal supports various operating systems including: Win 2000,XP pro, WEPOS and Linux.

As well as the standard VESA wall mount option the PPC-5715 terminal may be pole mounted.

One of the main features of a retail EPOS scanning system is the requirement for speed and accuracy at the point of sale. The pole mount uses a telescopic spring action design so the height may be easily adjusted to optimise the scanning operation.The Metrologic omni-directional laser scanner provides an excellent scan rate with a wide range to provide the necessary speed of operation.The pole mount also allows the screen to be moved horizontally and angled to suit the best touch screen operation.

The pole mount is also available in three designs of base which fits into both retail and industrial environments.

Options include:

• 12″, 15″ or 17″ touch screen
• Wi-Fi supported
• Magnetic swipe reader (MSR)
• Metrologic Quantum scanner engine
• RFID, I-Button (Dallas key)
• VESA 75 Wall mount
• Adjustable Pole

For more information and pricing call +44(0)1524 388811 or for a more detailed specification see the Tysso PPC-5700 series brochure

Japan Centre have now introduced not only Take-away food like the famous Misu soup and Sushi but also included an Eat-in area which is proving to be immensely popular. The increase in customers visiting the Japan Centre at peak times has meant they have had to install a further three Tysso POS 7000 terminals to cope with the volume of business.

Poswyse Software already has the required features to cope with the different NON-VAT and VAT staus for Eat-in and Take-away food so it just meant a simple change to the touch screen layout to accommodate the new configuration.

As soon as all the ten POS terminals were operational the Ocius Chip&pin solution was added to the system. This further speeded up the transaction process at each point of sale as the Ocius Chip&pin terminals are linked directly into the Poswyse software.

The main factor with speed when processing card transactions is that with their former system the sales total amount needed to be re-entered again in to the PDQ. With the Ocius solution integrated into Poswye software the amount is automatically sent to the chip&pin terminal. This also means less errors and that the reconciliation process is also much easier.

The Verifone chip&pin terminal was positioned at each POS terminal using the Space Pole stand with a tilt feature which makes it very easy for the customer to use.