St. Paul, MN - In the past, ECRs and POS solutions have differed significantly in price, reliability and capability.  The new SAM4s SPS-2000 touch screen ECR blurs old distinctions.  With a super-bright 12.1" TFT touch screen, on-board flash memory, and compact retail-hardened design, the SPS-2000 closely resembles higher-cost PC-based POS terminals.  The resemblance ends as ECR price and system design advantages prevail.  Start the SPS-2000 and easy-to-configure built-in software is quickly booted.  Data is stored on non-volatile RAM and popular POS printers and peripherals are easily connected without concern for PC configurations or device drivers. 

Unlike PC hardware solutions that require separate application software for various vertical applications, the SPS-2000 bundles application software for quick service, table service, bar/restaurant and retail establishments.  Dealers can easily configure menus, function keys, security options, printers and peripherals to meet each merchant’s needs.  Using the standard card reader, credit, debit and gift card transactions can be integrated using Datacap’s DataTran for dialup processing and the Datacap IPTran for two-second Internet protocol (IP) processing.  Service is improved, errors are reduced and opportunities for theft and fraud are limited.  

Minneapolis, Minnesota - SAM600 Inventory is a low-cost polling and inventory software solution now available for the new SAM4S ER-600 workstation. SAM600 Inventory gives the SAM4S ER-600 user true POS functionality by polling sales, automatically updating inventory records and providing convenient PLU file management at a personal computer.

As a low-cost food service solution, the SAM4S ER-600 is ideal for concession, kiosk and other quick service applications. With multi-store polling capability, SAM600 can poll by modem, allowing multi-location operators to easily access critical sales and financial data.

As a retail terminal, the SAM4S ER-600 fits small liquor, tobacco and gift shops. In these applications, SAM600 Inventory supports single location on-site inventory management. System features include inventory maintenance for stock addition, transfers in/out and promo/waste tracking. By-shelf and by-vendor inventory adjustment functions allow orders to be entered, printed and suspended. Suspended orders can be recalled, adjusted if necessary and sent into inventory when the product is received. SAM600 calculates margin of profit percentage, quantity on hand, average unit cost and total cost on hand using an average costing calculation method.

In applications where UPC scanners are used, SAM 600 Inventory can be used to print item or shelf bar-code labels. The new Samsung SRP-770 label printer is an ideal system accessory, producing direct thermal labels in widths from 1.5" to 4.1".