Hardware    for Restaurant POS-System
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We are often asked by customers: What kind of computer do I need or can I possibly use my old PC for the program? "FGS-Restaurant" really needs very low system resources. An older Pentium 2 or a new small Atom processor (1.6) are fully sufficient. A touch screen monitor is ideally for the program but for smaller needs or even only once to test the software reaches a normal monitor with a mouse.
Here with the help of some customer's examples you can see which hardware is possible for you and whitch it costs about.
Example 1:
Mr. H.S. has a small bistro, him it is all about a little more overview for income and expenses.
He needs no voucher printer for the kitchen and seldom a guest required an invoice. If a guest required an invoice, he would like to erect this then with a normal printer.
For his small turnover reaching him at first, a standard monitor and mouse as input.
Mr. S. purchased his complete hardware for only in total of 190.- €.
 - used Computer Pentium 3 including keyboard and monitor 145.- €
 - and a new inkjet printer 45.- €
Example 2:
Another customer wanted in the beginning really just a voucher printer because allways he could not decipher the hand written orders from his staff. He had tested our restaurant program till then with his older laptop. Nevertheless, at the end he still decided on one new computer and a touchscreen as an input monitor.
Mr. B. pays for his whole hardware 470.- €
 - a new Office computer for 245.- €
 - a used Elo touchscreen with guarantee by Ebay 110.- €
 - as well as also by Ebay a used voucher printer from Epson for 115.- €
Example 3:
Mrs. H.W. took over a new restaurant and chose our program because the repair of her broken cash register would have cost far more than an entirely non new hardware.
A touchscreen with wall fixture for the counter as well as a voucher printer for order vouchers and invoices were required.
The total cost for all new equipment: 623.- €
Samsung Bixolon SRP 350 ASUS EeeTop ET1610PT
Samsung Bixolon SRP 350
USB, Thermoprint for 225.- €
ASUS EeeTop ET1610PT Computer
with 15.4 touch screen for 397.- €
Example 4:
Mr. S. from Wiesbaden had in the possibly same requirements like the preceding example only with the difference that he needed an other voucher printer only for his kitchen.
The invoices and drink vouchers should be eye-printed at the bar, his order vouchers for dishes, over an own printer, directly to the kitchen.
His hardware expenses amounted on 880.- €.
Epson TM-T88 SHUTTLE Mini-PC 15.6 Touchscreen Barebone X50
Epson TM-T88IV Voucher printer
High-End Thermoprinter 260.- €
SHUTTLE Mini-PC 15.6 touch screen
Barebone X50 for 360.- €
Example 5:
For a ressort in Thailand the following conditions had to be fulfilled:
64 holiday cottages should be listed all together in our program.
Overnight expenses as well as dishes and beverages should appear detailed at the end of the vacation on the calculation.
Furthermore the calculation should be collected directly on a cash payment or with a foreign guest straight away.
At the reception, in the restaurant as well as in the attached Disco should a service station with cash drawer be available.
Voucher printers were required a total of 6: in each case one at the reception, 3 of them in the restaurant (counter, kitchen and grill) as well as 2 voucher printers should stand in the disco (bar and counter).
Another special feature, the bills should in English and all culinary vouchers, however, be printed in Thai script.
For our programme these requirements posed no special unusual problems and by a network all computers and voucher printers were interlaced.
The complete hardware for this cost about 3300.- €.
 - 6 Epson Thermo Voucher Printer TM88 USB, unit price 260.- €
 - 3 Lenovo 18.5 touch screen computer unit price 400.- €
 - 3 PC-POS-Cash desk drawers unit price 150.- €
 - 1 Laserprinter for DinA4 reports 90.- €

» Hardware advice

?? Hardware??
Please feel free let us advise on the purchase of your hardware.
At the moment we recommend to you "All in One" devices, those are offered by different manufacturers. These are available with several touch screen sizes, 15/16" are perfectly adequate for our program. The price for these computers amounts momentarily around 400 Euros.
With the thermo voucher printers - print on thermo-paper roles - you don't need expensive ink cartridges. At the moment these printers are offered between 220 to 270 Euros in trade.

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