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ER-A550 Electronic Cash Register
A Stylish ECR with Advanced Features for Efficient Business Management
The ER-A550 features a streamlined design, integrating the printer cover into the cabinet. Its 158 keys can be configured to accommodate your specific business application requirements. The durable spillproof surface safeguards against spills and wet hands, and the flat keyboard allows complete menu layouts to be easily inserted.

Dot Matrix Printing and Pop-Up Display
For more detailed receipt and management reports, the ER-A550 features 8-character cashier names, 8-character media and miscellaneous function descriptions and standard 8-character department and PLU item reporting, expandable to 16-character. The store's logo or special sales message may also be included on customer receipts. You can print up to 6 lines of 21 characters each. The Pop-Up Display can be adjusted for easy customer viewing.

90 One-Touch Entries, Expandable to 270
The 90 direct keys allow you to assign a menu item to each individual key. Flexible memory allows for expansion to 270 items on 3 separate levels. For different menus simply replace the keyboard overlay and press the level key. Additionally, changes in key assignments are easily performed.

Large-capacity Flexible Memory
Optional memory upgrades allow the user to expand the ER-A460's standard 12 departments to a total of 50. By expanding the number of available departments, the user can efficiently categorize products. These departments can then be classified into up to mine groups. The ER-A470's memory expansion also allows the end user to increase the 200 standard PLUs to a total of 2,000. Three pricing levels, 8 to 12 character text descriptors, and period-to-date PLU tracking offer outstanding inventory controls.

Up to 99 Departments and 4,500 PLU's
Departments allow you to track sales by product type, size, shelf location, etc. Periodic category totals are available for efficient sales control. The standard 270 PLU's, expandable to 4,500, ensures pricing accuracy, ease of operation, and increased customer throughput. PLU's can also be used selectively as subdepartments.

High-quality, High-speed Printing
The ER-A470 boasts high-quality and high-speed dot-matrix printing at approximately 3 lines per second. Detailed receipts and reports with information such as sales items names, the cashier's name, and commercial messages can be printed out, giving customers a clear record of their purchases. Management reports including daily net total, group total, PLU by associated department provide effective inventory and financial analysis tools.

The Advantage of Communications
With the optional communications features of the ER-A550, you have the ability to connect to a PC directly or via a modem using a standard RS-232 interface. The sales data from your ER-A550 can be easily downloaded to a PC application program with no additional data entry required. Moreover, up to 15 ER-A550's can be linked to an in-line system for in-house communication. Optional peripherals such as a scale, kitchen printer, coin dispenser can also be connected via the RS-232 interface.

Other features
  • Detailed receipt print and receipt copy
  • Promotion keys to ring up packaged specials such as kids meals
  • Easily handles food stamp transactions
  • Tax registration for auto, annual and tax shift
  • Tray subtotal
  • Single line validation
  • Multiple cash drawers
  • Bottle return feature
  • Sentinel security function
  • High Amount Lock Out (HALO)
  • Currency conversion feature
  • Training mode function
  • 4-digit free codes for PLU's
  • Auto keys
ER-A550 Markets
  • Fast food
  • Cafeteria
  • Delicatessens
  • Convenience stores
  • Bakeries
Specifications
Display
Type 7-segment green Fluorescent display
Amount 11 digits
Repeat 1 digit
Department 2 digits
PLU 4 digits
Printer
Type 2-station dot matrix
Printing digits 21 digits (R/J), 47 digits (Val)
Printing Speed 2.5 lines per second
Paper Width 1 3/4" +1/32" (44.5 + 0.5 mm)
Paper roll diameter 3 5/32" (80 mm)
Stamp color Purple
Additional functions On/Off receipt switch, single line validation
Components CPU, ROM, RAM
Drawer
Compartments 6 bill, 6 coin
General
Departments 20 standard, 99 max
Cashiers 4 (push button)
Media Keys Cash keys, check tender key, food stamp tender key, charge keys
TAX calculation 4 tax tables or % calculation and manual tax
GT 3 GTs
Totalizing capacity GTs: 13 digits Other totals: 9 digits
TAX calculation 4 tax tables or % calculation and manual tax
Dimensions (W) x (D) x (H) 17 11/32" x 19 17/32" x 12 23/32" (440 x 496 x 323 mm)
Weight 36.4 lbs. (16.5 kg)
Recommended Temperature 32F-104F (0C-40C)
Power Supply Official (normal) voltage and frequency
Power Consumption 35W (Max), 15W (stand-by)
Options Remote Printer, Remote Drawer, Expand RAM memory chip, Control ROM, Simple in-line/RS-232 interface