Penny Lane POS is simply the best high-performance, feature-rich, affordable retail point of sale software on the market today. Penny Lane Shop Floor (front end) and Penny Lane Manager (back office) combine to provide retailers from small independents to medium sized national chains with unparalleled flexibility. Penny Lane POS combines the reliability and cash register like efficiency of its predecessor, Symposium, with the ease and versatility of Windows to provide retailers with a comprehensive yet easy to use, easy to administer system. Penny Lane Shop Floor is the cashier's tool for processing all sales, voids, returns, and exchanges. The system is completely scalable and has been designed to operate much like a traditional cash register making it extremely easy to learn and use for PC users from the novice to the expert. Being keyboard and scanner driven ensures that Penny Lane Shop Floor is second to none in customer throughput. Interfaces to industry standard peripheral devices, on screen item and customer lookups, on screen terminal, clerk, and cashier reports, customer data collection, and custom data capture routines is just a sampling of the advanced functionality the system offers. Security Assignable Security Level by Clerk, Key Function Power Failure Transaction Recovery Optional or Mandatory Clerk Login Financial Accountability by Cashier Exception Tracking by Clerk Training Mode Non-resettable Grand Totals Transaction Types Sale Void Return Exchange Buyback Layaway Special Order Gift Certificate Received on Account Paid Out Float In/Float Out Clerk Time In/Time Out No Sale Item Entry Type In Product Code @ / For Key Product Code/Description/Embedded Search Keys Scan Barcode Up to 200 Preset PLU Keys Up to 100 Open Department Keys Repeats Alert PLU Not On File Scale Interface Shift Scanning ( Up To 9 Levels ) 3 Lockable Keyboard Shift Levels ( with Default ) Price Level Keys Void Line Customer Handling Enter Customer Data Key Customer Code/Name/Embedded Search Keys Customer Purchase History on Screen Customer Name/Address on Screen Credit Limit/Balance/Status on Screen Loyalty Program Status on Screen Mandatory Customer Entry Option Tendering Integrated, seamless Credit/Debit Authorization Up to 12 User-Defined Tender Types Optional Tender Type Menu On Single Key Quick Cash Tender Keys Split Tendering Foreign Exchange Force Tender Option by Tender Type Suppress Overtender Option by Tender Type Refund Blocking Option by Tender Type Food Stamps Receipts Custom Formatting Receipt and/or Invoice Format Buffered or Continuous Receipt Printing Extra Copies by Tender Type Remote Receipt Copy Option Gift/Reprint Receipt Receipt On/Off Toggle Slip Validation Printing Discounts Open Line Discount ( % or $ Off ) Open Subtotal Discount ( % or $ Off ) Up To 5 Definable Preset Discount Keys Up To 5 Definable Open Discount Keys Automatic Discounts by Customer Store & Vendor Coupons Price Override Flash Reporting Terminal Summary Report ( Screen & Printer ) Clerk Report ( Screen & Printer ) Cashier Report ( Screen & Printer ) Tax Handling 10 Tax Codes by Dept. or by Item Tax Shifting Keys Customer Tax Exemptions Manual Tax Optional Tax-included Pricing Additional Features Transaction Cancel/Suspend/Resume Same Day Transaction Review ( with Reprint ) Gift Certificate Handling Store Credit Handling Layaway & Special Order Handling Negative Check Handling Programmable Key Data Entry Network Offline Handling Inventory Locator