Olivetti ECR 5500 Instructions Manual page 5

Preface
The electronic cash register described in this manual is designed to help
your business function smoothly by providing efficient register operations
and accurate management reports. Start-up is quick and easy, yet there
are many options that can be added and revised so that you can customize
your operations for optimum productivity. Here are just a few of the cash
register's many valuable features:
• 16 departments and 200 Price Look-Up (PLU) settings;
• 6 clerk numbers to monitor the sales of individual employees;
• possibility of activating a Clerk Security System consisting of the
definition of a Clerk identification number with associated three-digit
security code to prevent unauthorized access to individual clerk
transactions (during register mode only);
• possibility of assigning a name to each Clerk for rapid identification;
• possibility of defining a password that prevents unauthorized access to
the machine's Z management report mode;
• thermal printer with journal record and receipt printing capabilities;
• customer sales receipt header personalizaton;
• possibility of selecting to print the customer receipt and journal record
in any one of five languages (English, French, German, Spanish and
Dutch);
• possibility of programming the departments with a tax status, single/
multiple item sale status, a preset price and an identification caption;
• possibility of activating a non-print, paper saving mode where the cash
register does not print customer sales receipts but still keeps track of
sales totals;
• possibility of using the cash register's calculator mode which provides
the convenience of a calculator when a quick calculation is needed;
• possibility of defining a password that prevents unauthorized access to
the cash register's calculator mode;
• possibility of programming a foreign currency exchange rate with
related currency descriptor;
• two 9-character Vacuum Florescent Displays (VFD) (front operator
display and rear client display);
• Cash, check, charge and card tender media keys;
• automatic tax computations for 4 different VAT rates;
• possibility of programming the cash register to print a range of VAT
totals on the sales receipt;
• department-linked entry options that streamline and speed-up operation;
• periodic management and financial reports which provide up-to-date
sales analysis;
• time display at the press of a key;
• battery back-up protection for the records and programming data.
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