Processing a Purchase

Follow the procedure below to process the sale of goods using a debit or credit card, or a mobile form factor.

To process a Purchase:

1.       On the applications menu, select DEBIT & CREDIT.
The message "Activating App..." appears followed by the transactions menu.

2.       On the transactions menu, select Purchase.
If the "Password:" prompt appears, key in the manager password and press the green key.
The "Amount: $  0.00" prompt appears.

3.       Key in the Purchase amount and press the green key.
The "Swipe, Tap or Insert Card:" prompt appears.

4.       Swipe, tap or insert the card or tap the mobile form factor. For more information, refer to Card Entry Options.

5.       Follow the prompts on the terminal.

        If prompted for a clerk ID ("Clerk Id:"), see Entering the Clerk ID.

        If prompted for an Invoice Number ("Invoice Id:"), see Entering an Invoice Number.

        If prompted for Tip Entry, see Entering a Tip Amount.

        If prompted for a password during manual card entry, see Password Protection on Manual Card Entry.

        If prompted for a Cashback amount ("Cashback?"), see Entering a Cashback Amount.

6.       Process receipts (see Personalized Receipts and Signing Credit Card Receipts).

Note: If processing the Purchase on a Private Label Card, you may be prompted for a Promo Code. To process a Purchase on a Corporate Card, see Processing a Purchase on a Corporate Card.

For details on basic prompts, see Responding to Basic Transaction Prompts.