[TriLUG] Linux Point of Sale

[Matt Pusateri]

Also look at http://www.businesssolutionsmag.com  it is a magazine for
VAR's and they frequently have POS solutions and articles.  They have
a solution finder form, that you may get a hit on if you fill it out.

You may also find info at http://processor.com  They have an
electronic version of their mag.  They have ton's of advertisers,
although I didn't specifically see anything in the last issue on POS,
but didn't check their website either

Matt

On Wed, March 23, 2005 9:25 am, Greg Brown said:
> I'm totally buried with my current projects so I apologize half-answer
> but somewhere on the Apple.com website there is a company that apple
> profiled who used iMacs for POS.. if memory serves the same company
> that produced the Mac software produced Linux software as well.
>
> Also, in the latest copy of Linux Journal there was an add for small
> thermal printers that now have Linux drivers - the little printers
> that
> are ideal for credit card slips.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Greg
>
> On Mar 21, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Aaron Bockover wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am going to be building a few systems for a small retail book
>> store
>> in
>> Raleigh.
>>
>> They are looking to have a main POS system with a cash drawer,
>> receipt
>> printer, normal/inkjet/laser printer, credit card swipey thingy, and
>> barcode scanner. This system should record all transactions on the
>> main
>> server that I will be building, preferably over NFS.
>>
>> Every thing needs to obviously be Linux based, so I'm looking for
>> any
>> existing POS software solutions that run under Linux. I'd be open to
>> nice ncurses interfaces or something atop X -- X, GTK, QT -- don't
>> care.
>> The software should work with all the necessary devices. The thermal
>> receipt printer (IBM SureMark 4160) works over serial ... I can
>> "echo
>> 'Test' > /dev/ttyS0" and it prints, so that should be easy. It also
>> has
>> a check reader/impact printer for filling out checks, but I'm not
>> sure
>> how this works. I haven't been able to print to that. (If anyone
>> knows
>> -- I'd love some help here too!). I presume the barcode scanner is
>> just
>> PS/2, so that shouldn't be an issue.
>>
>> Anywhoo -- if anyone knows of any software, or wants to comment on
>> similar setups, I would greatly appreciate the help/advice.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --Aaron
>>
>>
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