So, you have an authentic Chinese restaurant and have hired an authentic Chinese cook who speaks and reads only Chinese. Does your POS system have the capability to print in languages other than English? Does your printer print in languages other than English?
If your POS system does allow displaying and printing in other languages then what printer has the ability to print the those language sets?
For instance:
Aldelo Pro for Restaurants prints in English, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Spanish. The system will display in Arabic characters.
Amigo POS prints in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish, Welsh…and four user-defined. By the way, all these languages are displayed in the system by Arabic text. The system will display different character sets for these languages using non-Arabic characters if the character sets are installed on the system.
What is the procedure to get such a printer?
- Call your software vendor to make sure your POS application does have the ability to print in another language set.
- Ask them if any specific printer model works better than another with their system.
- Most of the time a KITCHEN PRINTER is what is needed but other models are made for receipts, as well.
- Go to www.posguys.com to get your printer. Our sales staff can research the correct printer for your needs.
- Epson and Star-Micronics are just two of the manufacturers that make printers with alternate language drivers.
Additional things to consider:
1. How the printer attaches to the computer:
Serial port, or RS-232 has 25 pins on the computer side.
Parallel port, or Centronix has 36 pins on the computer side.
USB port is a small, flat connector that slides into the computer USB port.
2. What kind of paper the printer uses:
Thermal (no ribbon) uses heat-sensitive, coated paper
Impact (uses ribbon) uses plain paper
Each brand or model has specifications for paper width and diameter, in addition to ribbon type so check your operator’s guide!.
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