Processing a Purchase

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

To process a Purchase:

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

2.      To begin the transaction, select Purchase.
If the "Password:" prompt appears, key in the manager password and press the green OK key. The "Amount: $  0.00" prompt appears.

3.      Key in the Purchase amount and press the green OK key.
The "Swipe/Tap/Insert" prompt appears.

4.      Swipe or insert the card. 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.