Pos Kitchen Printer

Pos Kitchen Printer

Q & A Regarding Restaurant Pos System

How Many Restaurant Pos Terminal Will I Be Needing?

* Considering peak customer volume
When handling peak customer voume, you need to have a plan to be able to efficiently serve them all.
* Considering the number of employees taking orders
One station per 3-5 servers would be sufficient in a table service environment. You might want to have additional stations for handling high volume areas such as the bar and cashie stations. Migrating from an ordinary cash register to a POS system, many people make the mistake of forgetting that their POS system will not only be used for cashing people out, but will now be used for order entry as well.
* Manage your restaurant layout wisely
If you have a bar you can bet the bartender will need his or her own station. Other stations should be located where servers can easily get at them.
* Having proper location where your customers pay for their meals
If you want your customers to pay for their meals though your servers carrying their own banks, then I suggest assigning fewer servers per station. But if you want them to pay at front, having 1 or 2 dedicated cashier stations would be better for quick transactions.

Which style of POS computer is best?

* Desktop: the standard desktop type.
o Least expensive computer option
o With a gurantee of 3 years of onsite warranty
o Can easily be kept hidden under a counter, so it will not cause delay for any transactions
o Has greater flexibility for addition of extra ports
o Latest CPU speeds and memory
o Screen and computer are separate; so you can easily isolate which ones has technical difficulties.
* Small form factor: smaller than desktops.
o Compared to the standard computer, SFF is more stylish
o Has 3 years standard onsite warranty
o Saves more space
o Fewer options for expandability
o Latest CPU speeds and memory
o Screen and computer are separate; if ever technical problems accur, it'll be isolated.
* All-in-ones: combined computer with touchscreen technology.
o Stylish, space-saving terminal with fewer wires required
o 1–2 Year Manufacturers Warranty (Not onsite)
o Comes standard with sufficient ports for almost any operation
o CPU speed is generally slower than the other two options but sufficient for the Point of Sale needs.
o Combined screen and computer

How many cash is ideal for my restaurant?

* This is probably fairly self-evident, but unless your servers carry their own cash bank you should have a cash drawer at every station you want to use to end transactions.

Should I consider having integrated credit cards?

* A restaurant POS system can be used to safely record all Credit Card Transactions in one convenient location.
* Reduces transaction time by 3-4 seconds with a high speed internet.
* If you do not have a high speed internet, we suggest using a standalone terminal for processing transactions.

How many kitchen/bar printers?

* Having one kitchen printer would be sufficient for your restaurant, not unless you have different sections serving different dishes inside your kitchen then it would be better if you place printers on all sectrions.
* For example, you can print all appetizer orders on one printer and have all your main dish printed on another.
* We recommend impact printers over thermal printers for kitchens and bars because their loud printing alerts cooks and bartenders that an order is coming through and because tickets printed on thermal paper become unreadable when exposed to heat.

Do I need more that one receipt printer?

* Having a receipt printer at every station would be better than just having one.

Do I need a back office computer?

* A back office computer is good for allowing managers to run reports, access the system to make changes to menu, check inventory levels, or adjust employee time clock times, without disturbing servers and cashiers.
* A back office computer is not necessariliy required unless you have 4 or more stations. It is however a great idea to host the database on a back office computer if you do have 4 or more stations so none of them has extra load of running the database.

About the Author

With over 20 years of restaurant point of sale experience and helping businesses in the food-service industry nationwide increase their efficiency and bottom-line profits, the author of this article is the VP of Customer Relations at POS-For-Restaurants.com.

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