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Barcodes
Barcodes are essentially visual representations of numbers and letters. FooEvents POS is capable of scanning most barcode formats using a compatible Bluetooth barcode scanner. It will identify a product with a matching product ID or SKU if it exists in your store’s database. Creating barcodes Your barcode needs to reflect the product ID or alphanumeric…
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Supported hardware
FooEvents POS supports a range of printers, barcode scanners, and payment card readers for selling tickets, printing receipts, and processing payments at your event or venue. Desktop printers Tickets and receipts can be printed using any USB, AirPrint (FooEvents POS running on macOS only) OR wireless compatible printer. A comprehensive list of AirPrint-only devices can…
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Hardware
Speed up check-ins and eliminate finger errors by using barcodes. All tickets include a unique barcode (1D or QR code) which can be scanned using a handheld barcode scanner. The FooEvents Check-ins app and FooEvents Express Check-in extension have been optimized to work perfectly with most handheld barcode scanners, however, here are a few popular…
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Scanning tickets
Visit the Ticket Barcodes section to find out more about barcodes Tickets can be scanned using the FooEvents Check-ins apps or by connecting a USB or Bluetooth barcode scanner to your computer and doing check-ins via the FooEvents Express Check-in plugin. Scanning using the Check-ins apps The barcode scanner uses the mobile device’s built-in camera…
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Scanning tickets with the app
The FooEvents Check-ins app uses the mobile device’s built-in camera and operating system libraries to scan ticket barcodes. The accuracy and speed of scanning is very much dependent on the quality and capability of the device, not the app. In general, we have found that higher end smartphones, particularly the latest iPhone, performs best as…
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Barcode scanners
Every ticket that is generated by FooEvents contains a unique barcode that can either be rendered using the code 128 standard or QR code. You can attach any external barcode scanner that can read standard 1D barcodes or QR codes to the FooEvents Check-ins app via Bluetooth or to your computer via USB or Bluetooth and…
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Ticket barcodes
Visit the Ticket Scanning section to see how barcodes can be scanned Visit the Ticket QR codes section to find out how to use QR codes instead of 1D barcodes A barcode is a machine-readable code in the form of numbers and a pattern of parallel lines of varying widths, printed on a commodity and…