Configuring the Receipt Format

This function allows you to configure the terminal to print a Pre-Authorization tip line and a signature line on credit card transaction receipts, set the number of receipt copies printed, and select which trailer messages to print on receipts (see receipt examples ).

Note: "Declined" or "Not Approved" messages always appear in reverse font.   See receipt examples.

From the READY screen:

To navigate through the menus:

- Scroll down: press the F1 key to move the highlight bar down.
- Scroll up: press the F3 key to move the highlight bar up.
- Select a highlighted item: press OK.

1.  Press the Admin key.

2.  Scroll down to CONFIGURATION, and press OK.
The CONFIG FUNCS menu appears.

3.  Scroll down to PRINTER CONFIG, and press OK.

If the SWIPE ADMIN CARD prompt appears, swipe the POS Admin card.

The PRINTER CFG menu appears.

Note: The default values for the following printer parameters are highlighted in reverse text (e.g., YES).

To start printing the receipt before all the transaction information is entered on the terminal:

DO NOT enable this feature:

a. Scroll down to PRE-PRINT, and press OK.
The PREPRINTING? prompt appears.

b. Press the F1 key to select YES.
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To select the number of receipts printed for a transaction:

a. Scroll down to NO OF COPIES, and press OK.
The NUMBER OF COPIES menu appears.

b. Scroll down to the number of copies the terminal should print for each transaction, and press OK at your selection. There are five options.
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To force the printer to pause between copies for a specified number of seconds:

a. Scroll down to PRINT DELAY, and press OK.
The PRINT DELAY entry screen appears.

b. Key in the number of seconds the printer will wait between printing receipt copies, and press OK. The default is 99 seconds.
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

Note:  If, during the transaction, the operator does not want to wait for the receipt copies to print automatically, they can press OK to force the next receipt to begin printing immediately.

To print a tip line on Pre-Authorization receipts for the customer to indicate a Tip amount (see receipt example ) :

a. Scroll down to P-A TIP LINE, and press OK.
The PRINT PRE-AUTH TIP LINE? prompt appears.

b. Press the F1 key to select YES.
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To print a signature line on Credit Card Transaction receipts (including private label and corporate cards):

Note: If a chip card requires a signature, a signature line will be printed even if this parameter is set to NO. If a chip card does NOT require a signature, a signature line will NOT be printed even if this parameter is set to YES.

a. Scroll down to SIGNATURE LINE, and press OK.
The PRINT CREDIT SIGNATURE LINE? appears.

b. Press the F1 key to select YES.
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To print receipts for Advice transactions (see receipt example ) :

a. Scroll down to PRINT P-A ADV, and press OK.
The PRINT PRE-AUTH ADVICE? prompt appears.

b. Press the F1 key to select YES.
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To print receipts for Pre-Authorization transactions (see receipt example ) :

a. Scroll down to PRINT PRE-AUTH, and press OK.
The PRINT PRE-AUTH? prompt appears.

b. Press the F1 key to select YES.
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To enable masking of the Card number on the Merchant copy of the receipt:

IMPORTANT: Masking is enabled by default (i.e., set to YES).  DO NOT change this setting.

a.  Scroll down to CARD MASKING-M, and press OK.
The MERCHANT RECEIPT CARD MASKING? prompt appears.

b.  Press the F1 key (YES).
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To suppress the printing of a Merchant copy of the receipt for any credit Purchase that qualifies as a signatureless transaction:

Note: Merchant copy printing is enabled by default (i.e., set to YES).  Moneris recommends that you do not change this setting.  

a.  Scroll down to RCPT LIMIT-M, and press OK.
The MERCHANT RECEIPT BELOW FLOOR LMT? prompt appears.

b.  Press the F3 key (NO).
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To suppress the printing of a Cardholder copy of the receipt for any credit Purchase that qualifies as a signatureless transaction:  

a.  Scroll down to RCPT LIMIT-C, and press OK.
The CUSTOMER RECEIPT BELOW FLOOR LMT? prompt appears.

b.  Press the F3 key (NO).
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

To print one or more personalized messages at the bottom of cardholder receipts (see receipt example ) :

a. Scroll down to TRAILER MSG, and press OK.
The ACTIVE TRAILER MSG menu appears.

b. Select and edit the trailer message for cardholder receipts.
The PRINTER CFG menu re-appears.

Press the Can/Ann key three times to return to the READY screen.