It's been a while.. etouchOS Retail update

Well here we are, late November 2012 and we're still testing the etouchOS Retail point of sale.

With help from the fellows at Il Toro and Subito the product is becoming much more stable and very user friendly.

Needless to say the Brother TD4000 printers haven't missed a beat. In fact, Jim at Il Toro has also been using the printer to produce his food labels for the prepared meals he creates.

Hard? Not at all, Jim removed the receipt paper and loaded his label roll and then created his labels in Brother's P-Touch software, and hey presto! Done.

A really simple process that gives Jim the productivity tools he needs. No need to have several printers dedicated to one function. Oh, he does have the fantastic Brother A3 printer for printing his menus. A huge saving, no traipsing off to the local printer, just do it yourself. A4 or A3, in colour. His choice.

Anyway, enough of the Brother cheer squad here.

Why is etouchOS Retail taking so long?

When we began, we were a bit naïve, well certainly I was, I'm sure my son realised that it was going to take more than I did to create a comprehensive Point of Sale solution.

The feedback I've been getting from Jim and Damian (Subito) is making the product more robust and better featured. Damian and Sam (his brother) had a two week period where they were unable to use a POS.

Their existing subscription with their previous supplier had expired and I still had a bit to do to get the network version of etouchOS Retail working. Damian tells me that they went back to the old manual paper dockets for that fortnight. Doesn't want to do it again!

I feel that I can quote Damian when he says that, "etouch Retail is the best POS he's ever used". So as the developer I feel that I'm heading in the right direction.

So, here's an offer, if you need POS (or want to update to the latest and greatest!), purchase a Brother TD4000 (or TD4100N) and we'll let you have the beta version of etouch Retail - and only bill you once it goes gold! You can purchase these printers through us or talk to your IT support to source them..

New features soon... street address lookup (Australia Only at this stage)..

Productivity
Anyone who knows me knows that I bang on about productivity all of the time. Even if you don't have a need for POS, checkout the Brother offers.  Do it smarter not harder!