POS hardware design to work with pos software. The standard POS hardware include thermal receipt printer, cash drawer, touch screen POS terminal (or tablet). It depends on the trade where different POS peripheral is required to work with the pos software. For retail shop, barcode scanner and printer may be needed. For f&b business, additional hardware like eSignage, touch screen kiosk or smart phone for mobile waiter ordering devices may be needed. Point-of-sale is a mission critical systems, choosing the correct hardware will safe you a lot of trouble for your business in the future.
POS system comprise of software and hardware. Common POS hardware include receipt printer, cash drawer, pos terminal or tablets, barcode scanner and thermal paper for receipt printing. Depends on the pos software that you use, it require different type of pos hardware. POS system usually operate in long hour, so choosing commercial grade POS hardware will ensure lesser technical problem when you using your POS.
Before you decide to purchase the POS hardware for your Point-of-sale software the decision is not just the compatibility. Do find out how complex to setup with your POS software, and if the POS hardware only work for one or more POS application. It will save you trouble and also cost in the future.
