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Old 01-18-2007, 02:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Helios Cash Drawer

Do any of you have the Helios cash drawer and receipt printer? Is it worth the purchase or is there something that is compatible to this. I just need a drawer that will hook up to helios and helios will control the opening and closing without the employees having to manually open the drawer.
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I have both the cash drawer and receipt printer from Helios....not sure if others are compatible or not.
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I think just about any electronic drawers and printer will be compatible.
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I have both the cash drawer and receipt printer from Helios....not sure if others are compatible or not.
I want to make sure I understand how the cash drawer works..helios controls the opening of the drawer or do the employees manually open it with a key?
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It opens automatically when you finish a sale through the program, but you can still open it without making a sale.
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Correct, Helios will open the electronic drawer when you end the sale, but it is keyed so you can open it manually if needed.
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Re: Helios Cash Drawer

NOPE not any

You need the appropriate Star Receipt Printer and a Cash Drawer that is compatible with the Star. Some other brands of Receipt Printer will emulate a Star Printer but simplier to use Star.

Now Helios last year REALLY dropped their prices on this item.

Historically they charged 599.00 (not competitive)

Their current pricing is 299.00 for both the Receipt Printer and Cash Drawer is more realistic.
check out their website for Hardware ... check with them, historically if you ordered it online they also paid the shipping ... not sure if that is still true

http://www.gohelios.com/products_hardware.aspx

There are times when employees need to be able to open the drawer without a sale. When they are dropping those hundreds of dollars into your drop safe ... end of day ... etc.

Helios tracks every NO SALE OPEN (they press F3 to open without a sale) ... this feature has actually help in isolating the thief in many cases. Sometimes better to let an employee do certain things ... giving a certain type of employee enough rope to hang themselves can be most effective.

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Oh, well that's a great price. I paid almost twice that just for my cash drawer back in 1998.
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Correct, Helios will open the electronic drawer when you end the sale, but it is keyed so you can open it manually if needed.
You can also just hit your F3 key on your keyboard to open it as well.
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