On Sunday 26 August 2007 09:50, Andre Truter wrote:
Hi Patrik,
On 26/08/07, Patrik Hasibuan
wrote: [...] We are insist to make opensuse as the priority of its platform. And we need to buy the machine as the development environment. They are: 1. PC Desktop; 2. Barcode reader; 3. Cash Drawer; 4. Credit card reader.
We implemented a POS system on openSUSE about 9 months ago.
The only POS printer that we could find that already have drivers is the Fenix Imvico SM2000. http://www.feniximvico.com/catalogo.php?ididioma=EN&id_pro=7&id_cat=16
Yeah, I've implemented a few hundred Epsons at work and they do not - as of yet - have Linux drivers. They do, however, support a Java environment, which can be used in any OS. http://www.pos.epson-europe.com/support/drivers.htm I haven't tried the jpos drivers yet. Since my system was coded in C# to begin with, it shouldn't be much trouble to convert to mono.net or even have a component in java to run under *nix. Here's the POS layout... http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/lacrr/era_test_cashier_lg.jpg Oh, and we're printing barcode labels using either Dymo or Zebra label printers. Haven't checked on the SUSE-ability of either yet. So far, the only way to get it to run on SUSE is under VMWare... http://www.perfectreign.com/files/images/20070622_ERA_Linux2_1.jpg
The driver for CUPS is available for download. http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=FenixImvico-SM_2000
Almost any barcode scanner will work as it acts as a keyboard.
We used the Metrologic Eclipse M5145 http://www.metrologic.com/corporate/products/pos/ms5145.htm
We also used a bar scanner from DigiPos: http://www.digipos-systems.co.za/sd303more.asp
We used an Aqsonic cash drawer, but any cash drawer should work, they plug into the printer and the printer open the cash drawer. We used the development driver of the SM2000 and it could not yet open the drawer, but the production version should be able to do it.
If you want to write your application in Java, or maybe just write an integration portion in Java, you can look at JavaPOS. http://www.javapos.com/ This supports a number of POS hardware.
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