
Alpha 710ML User’s Guide
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Programming Department Keys
Setting Department Type
Normal Item Entry allows you to ring up two or more items into a
department. For example, if you want to ring up 5 of the same items, you
can tell the cash register to multiply the one price by the number of items.
Single Item Entry allows you to ring up only one item in a department and
ends the sale as a cash sale as soon as the Department key is pressed.
Setting Standard, Gallonage or Negative Mode
A department can be set for Standard Mode, Gallonage Mode, or Negative
Mode.
Gallonage Mode allows entering a price with 3 decimal places,
representing the cost per gallon, pound, kilogram, yard, meter, or other
unit of measurement. For example, $2.899 per gallon.
The quantity, representing the unit of measurement, can also be entered in
up to 3 decimal places. This lets you enter 10.931 gallons of gasoline at
$2.899 a gallon.
Standard Mode enters the price using the normal 2 decimal place setting.
Negative Mode allows you to set the price to a negative number. This is
useful when you need to assign preset discounts or coupons. Using
Negative Mode allows you to track the number of discounts given or the
number of times the discounts were given more closely than simply
assigning a discount amount with the
Coupon
key.
Setting High Amount Lock-out (HALO)
You can specify the largest amount that can be rung up in an entry. This
feature helps to prevent against large over-rings. If too many digits are
entered, the error beep sounds and the keypad locks up. Use the
Arrow Up
and
Arrow Down
keys to select the HALO limit you want.
Setting Age Limits
When you are setting up departments, you can specify that the cash
register prompts the clerk to validate an age requirement before the item is
rung up in that department. This helps meet legal requirements if you are
selling items that are restricted to age groups, such as alcohol or tobacco.
This reminds the clerk to check ID and prompts the clerk with the
appropriate age needed. This feature does not prevent sales to age