JavaPOS
JavaPOS (short for "Java for Point of Sale"), is an application interface written in Java that provides common access to POS peripheral devices. The advantages are reduced POS terminal costs, platform independence, and reduced administrative costs.
Features of JavaPOS
- Dynamic update of item sales and inventory data as sales occur
- Customizable Split Tender Options
- Combined Sales/Refund on one transaction (exchanges)
- Item inquiry before and during sales using look up tables
- Department and Vendor name on sale screen for easy reference
- Look up tables for Customers and Salespeople by name
- Multiple Invoice Screens
- Powerful Layaway/Approval procedures and reporting
- Sale Reprints and Voids (password protected)
- Change Amount displayed on screen
- On-Line Customer History inquiry with Item Detail
- Credit Checking for in-house charge accounts
- View/Edit Customer and Inventory Notes
- Discounts by percentage and/or multiple prices
- Automatic "on sale" price management
- Manual adjustments available for shipping and tax
- New items can be added to inventory from point of sale screen
- Inventory may be searched on multiple criteria (width,size,etc)
- Bar Code Scanning and Printing for speed and accuracy
- Sales tracking by Customer, Vendor, Item Number, Dept, etc
- Paid Out tracking
- Cash Drawer reporting and management
- Complete Sales Tax calculation and reporting
- Special Tax features (Non-taxable up to $ amt, etc.)
- Dynamic Accounts Receivable updating
- Prints invoices and paper tape receipts (user definable)
- Payments on charge accounts with printed receipts
- Multi-level password security
- Optional On-Line credit card authorization
- Sales Order management
- Sub Inventory for Kit/ Package sales
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Historical background
JavaPOS was initiated by Sun Microsystems, IBM, and NCR to help integrate POS hardware into applications for any operating system that supports Java.
The first JavaPOS meeting was convened in April, 1997. The first production release, 1.2, was made in March, 1998. Its final release, 1.6, was in July 2001. Beginning with release 1.7, the JavaPOS committee no longer releases an implementation-specific document. The UnifiedPOS document has added implementation information into an appendix.
In order to encourage adoption of the standard, the interface was based on the already existing OPOS standard.