Antique crank-operated cash register

A cash register (also called a till) is a mechanical or electronic device for calculating and recording sales transactions, and an attached cash drawer for storing currency. The cash register also usually prints a receipt for the customer. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixels, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixels, file size: 2. ... Cash Register, also known as DHPOS after its creator, is a free Point of sale software, written in QuickBasic. ... A cash drawer is generally a compartment underneath a cash register in which the cash from transactions is kept. ... A receipt is a written acknowledgement that a specified article or sum of money has been received as an exchange. ...

In most cases the drawer can be opened only after a sale, except when using a special key, which only senior personnel or the owner has. This reduces the risk of personnel stealing from the shop owner by not recording a sale and pocketing the money, in the case that the customer does not require a receipt and has to be given change (cash is more easily checked against recorded sales than inventory). In fact, cash registers were first invented for the purpose of eliminating employee theft or embezzlement. The first registers were entirely mechanical, without receipts. The employee was required to ring up every transaction on the register, and when the total key was pushed, the drawer opened and a bell would ring, alerting the manager to a sale taking place. Those original machines were nothing but simple adding machines. Some cash registers include a key labeled "NS" (most of the time silver in color), which is abbreviated for "No Sale", and opens the drawer, printing out a receipt stating "No Sale" and recording it in the register log that the register was opened. Some other cash registers require a numeric password to be entered when attempting to open the register. In the event of a power shortage, some models have latches that can be pulled to open the drawer. A single key A key is a device which is used to open a lock by turning. ... Theft (also known as stealing) is, in general, the wrongful taking of someone elses property without that persons willful consent. ... Inventory is a list of goods and materials, or those goods and materials themselves, held available in stock by a business. ...

A cash register receipt may be compulsory for tax purposes. The law sometimes also requires customers to collect the receipt and keep it at least for a short while after leaving the shop,^{[citation needed]} again for checking that the shop records sales, so that it cannot evade taxes. “Taxes” redirects here. ... This article contrasts tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax resistance and tax mitigation. ...

Often cash registers are attached to scales, barcode scanners, checkstands, and debit card or credit card terminals. Increasingly, dedicated cash registers are being replaced with general purpose computers with POS software. Digital kitchen scales. ... A barcode reader (or barcode scanner) is a computer peripheral for reading barcodes printed on various surfaces. ... POS must not be confused with EFT/POS and POS Terminal used in Electronic payment POS or PoS is an acronym for point-of-sale (or point of purchase). ... Look up debit card in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up credit card in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the machine. ... The BancNet (BN) Point-Of-Sale System is a local PIN-based electronic funds transfer (EFTPOS) payments solution operated by BancNet on behalf of the member banks and China UnionPay (CUP). ...

Today, these machines scan the barcode (usually EAN or Universal Product Code (UPC)) for each item, retrieve the price from a database, calculate deductions for items on sale, calculate the tax, calculate differential rates for preferred customers, time and date stamp the transaction, record the transaction in detail including each item purchased, record the method of payment, keep totals for each product or type of product sold as well as total sales for specified periods, and do other tasks as well. A typical EAN-13 barcode A European Article Number (EAN) is a barcoding standard which is a superset of the original 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) system developed in North America. ... The Universal Product Code (UPC) is one of a wide variety of bar code languages called symbologies. ... This article is about computing. ... “Taxes” redirects here. ...

Currently, many cash registers are individual computers. They may be DOS, Windows or Unix based. Many of them have touch screens. They may be connected to computerized Point of sale networks using any type of protocol. Such systems may be accessed remotely for the purpose of obtaining records or troubleshooting. The BancNet (BN) Point-Of-Sale System is a local PIN-based electronic funds transfer (EFTPOS) payments solution operated by BancNet on behalf of the member banks and China UnionPay (CUP). ...

Cash register manufacturers include Casio, NCR, IBM, Panasonic, Wincor-Nixdorf, Uniwell, Sharp, and Toshiba TEC Corporation. Casio Computer Co. ... NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a technology company specializing in solutions for the retail and financial industries. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ... Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. ... Wincor Nixdorf (FWB:WIN) is a corporation that provides retail and retail banking hardware, software, and services. ... Sharp Corporation ) (TYO: 6753 , LuxSE: SRP) is a Japanese electronics manufacturer, founded in 1912. ...

Self checkout

Main article: Self checkout

Some supermarkets have introduced self-checkout machines, where the customer is trusted (to an extent) to scan the barcodes (or manually identify uncoded items like fruit), and place the items into a bagging area (where the bag is weighed, the machine complains vocally when it thinks that something in the bag doesn't seem to weigh what the inventory database lists the weight as). There is normally a supervisor watching over several such checkouts. Payment on these machines is accepted by debit card/credit card, or cash via coinslot and bank note scanner. A woman operates the FastLane self checkout by NCR at a Wal-Mart store. ... Look up debit card in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up credit card in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Many retailers and restaurants have used the OSSI (www.ossi.com) self-checkout system to create customized point-of-sale and self-checkout systems. Self-checkout is a way of increasing productivity and customer support by servicing more people during peak times.

Origin

National Cash Register

The first cash register was invented by James Ritty following the American Civil War. He was the owner of a saloon in Dayton, Ohio, USA, and wanted to stop employees from pilfering his profits. He invented the Ritty Model I [1]in 1879 after seeing a tool that counted the revolutions of the propeller on a steamship. With the help of John Birch, he patented it in 1883.^[1] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 530 pixelsFull resolution (900 × 596 pixels, file size: 602 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)M. Smith, my own photo. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 530 pixelsFull resolution (900 × 596 pixels, file size: 602 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)M. Smith, my own photo. ... James Jacob Jake Ritty, (October 29, 1836–29 March 1918) saloonkeeper and inventor, invented the cash register. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... : Gem City : Birthplace of Aviation United States Ohio Montgomery 56. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Greater Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Shortly thereafter, Ritty became overwhelmed with the responsibilities of running two businesses, so he sold all of his interests in the cash register business to Jacob H. Eckert of Cincinnati, a china and glassware salesman, who formed the National Manufacturing Company. In 1884 Eckert sold the company to John H. Patterson, who renamed the company the National Cash Register Company. John Patterson improved the cash register by adding a paper roll to record sales transactions, thereby creating the receipt. A receipt is a written acknowledgement that a specified article or sum of money has been received as an exchange. ...

1906, while working at the National Cash Register company, inventor Charles F. Kettering designed a cash register with an electric motor.

References

1. ^ Inventor of the cash register

External links

• Cash register terms
• Cash register forum
• Cash register manual

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