VMX POS
  • Welcome
    • Getting Started
  • Dashboard
  • Inventory
    • Item
      • Attributes
      • Barcodes
      • History
      • Parent/Child
      • Unit of Measure
      • Price Rule
      • Website
      • Attachments
      • Care Guides
    • Item Removal
    • Tags
    • Inventory Count Training Video
  • Orders
    • PO Training Video
    • Order Page
    • Importing POs
    • Payable
    • QB Dates
    • Order Planning
    • Vendors
    • Transfers
  • Register
    • Register Training Video
    • Register Configuration
    • Opening & "Z"ing Registers
    • Making a Sale
      • Validated Returns
      • Recording an A/R Payment
      • Hot Buttons
    • Make a Combo!
    • Held Sales
    • Store Credit
    • Find Receipt
  • Customers
    • Profile Page Info
      • Account Receipts
      • Account Wish List
        • Add to Wish List
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      • Accounts Receivable
      • Attachments
      • History
    • Wish List
    • Empty Customers
    • Credit Limit
    • Accounts Receivable Training Video
  • Reports
    • Daily Summary
    • Sales
      • Media Report
      • Graphs
      • Receipts
      • Items
      • By Hour
      • Departments PTD
      • Departments PTD vs
      • Top Items by Dept/Period
      • Totals Totals Totals
    • Registers
      • Drawers
        • How to Clean a Drawer
      • Activity
    • Ordering
      • Order Planning
      • Open to Buy
      • Open to Buy - All
      • Open to Buy - Items
      • Departments Receiving
      • Low on Hand
      • On Hand/Order/Sales
    • Inventory
      • Daily
      • Graphs
      • Department
      • Items Not Selling
      • Worksheet
      • Count Progress
      • Consignment
      • Best/Worst Selling
      • Adjustments
        • Page 1
      • Conversions
      • GMROII
      • Log
    • Accounts
      • Accounting Report
      • A/R Customer Aging
      • All Open Credit
      • Statements
      • Gift Cards
    • Customers
      • Top Spending
      • Customer Item Matching
      • Log
  • Deliveries
    • Adding New Deliveries
  • Time Clock
  • Coupons
  • Promotions
    • Promotion Training Video
  • Attachments
    • Adding a New Attachment
  • Schedule
    • Managing The Schedule
  • Admin
    • Admin Training Video
    • Users
    • Access
    • Permissions
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    • Emails
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    • Time
    • Payroll
    • Schedule
    • Configuration
      • Constant Contact
  • Training Videos
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    • VMX WEB Training Video
  • Hardware
    • Hardware Recommendations
    • Magnetic Stripe Reader Setup
    • Hardware Setup Prep
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  • Receipt Printer
  • Tag/Label Printer
  • Barcode Scanner
  • Handheld Barcode Scanner (Line Buster)
  • Cash Drawer
  • Monitor
  • Swipe Cards
  • Wall Card Holder
  • Computer
  • Gift Cards

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Hardware Recommendations

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Receipt Printer

Our recommended receipt printer is a thermal receipt printer made by Epson. It connects to your register computer via USB port and prints receipts that are 3.15 inches wide. Take a look .

Tag/Label Printer

VMX integrates directly with any ZPL-compatible printer! Our favorite printer (at a great price!) is the Zebra ZT230!

Thermal Transfer Printer 4" TT Tabletop Printer, 203 dpi Resolution, Tear, Power Cord with US Plug, Serial/USB/Internal net Print Server 10/100/Ethernet, ZPL

We also support printing on a wide variety of other label printers, just send us the specs and we can verify compatibility!

Barcode Scanner

VMX POS is compatible with many different kinds of barcode scanners, both direct input and Bluetooth. We recommend ones with long battery life and sufficient connection distance. Here are a couple of our favorites:

All keyboards and mouses are compatible with the POS, but our experts recommend wired over Bluetooth due to battery life.

Handheld Barcode Scanner (Line Buster)

Cash Drawer

Monitor

Swipe Cards

Wall Card Holder

Computer

Gift Cards

Need a new source for gift cards? Here are a couple of gift card manufacturers we recommend:

Any numbering system will work with VMX, as long as each gift card has a unique code and the scanning method is compatible with your hardware (for example, you'd only want to choose a barcode type that is supported by your barcode scanners)!

We also recommend the

Get tickets started on a Great for busy spring days or garden centers with limited space at their registers!

Your cash drawer will need to connect to your receipt printer, usually via an RJ11/RJ12 network cable. that is compatible with the receipt printer we recommend, and it includes the connection cables.

Feel free to use any computer monitor you want! Most users prefer a wide screen, so we included one .

Record employee time arrival times, breaks, lunches, and departure times by swiping

Easily store and organize employee time cards in this

Our experts recommend your desktop have sufficient processing speed and Windows 7 or later, so the POS can run smoothly. The computer will also need to support the Google Chrome web browser. We like the price point of

Zebra Technologies ZT23042-T01200FZ Series ZT230
Here's a link to our favorite 2"x2" labels!
4.3” resin 5095 performance ribbon.
Symbol LI4278
ScanAvenger SA9000
mobile device with barcode scanning capability!
Here's a drawer
here
these cards.
wall-mounted holder.
this refurbished one!
eCard Systems
Sunrise Marketing
here
User Manual of KeyboardEmulator.pdf - Shared with pCloudpCloud
Having trouble with your linebuster? Check out the manual!
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