Fabric Store Set Up

[29stitches]

I have a fabric store.  I want to be able to have the person at the cutting counter print a tag that has the barcode and quantity, that then can be brought to the register and scanned for payment.  Any help would be appreciated.  I have been on Square support for 2 days, and the don't understand what I need.

[JJ_]

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[BofBArtStudio · Accepted solution]

Hi @29stitches 

A work around that you can do for this is something that we do at our shop. 

If you have a square device at the fabric cutting table, which I assume you do since you would be wanting to print a barcode label right there, you can create and save a ticket for the customer and even print the ticket for them to take up to the counter. 

You can accomplish this if you have Open Tickets turned on.

And if you're using the customers module with Square, you can even add the customer to the ticket, enter the item and quantity, save and print the ticket, and then they take that printed ticket to the front counter, where an associate can pull up the ticket and ring them up.

Other items can be added at that time as well prior to ringing up and all be added to the ticket that your cutting table associate created.

Let me know if that helps.

[29stitches]

Thank you for the guidance.  We do have the little square terminal.  I guess I need to get more familiar with it.  Right now that is what is at the counter linked to a laptop.  

[29stitches]

So we played around a bit with the terminal.  We are not seeing a way to print a barcode.  Open ticket seems to not exist.  We have the retail mode.  Maybe that is just on restaurant mode?

[BofBArtStudio]

It exists in retail mode because that's what we have and we use it all the time. I'm not sure about the terminal though. 

We use Square for retail with the square stand or square register or iPad.

Perhaps other sellers can chime in on whether or not open tickets work in the terminal. It seems like it should. 

You may need to go into your dashboard and into your device management screen and enable open tickets for the terminal device. That's always a possibility. We do have to turn open tickets on for our iPad in the device management area. 

[Candlestore]

@29stitches ;

Another Idea is to setup a Price Embedded Barcode for the item.  

Give each fabric a SKU ( PLU ) as explained here : 7419-scanning-bar-codes-from-label-printing-scales-on-point-of-sale 

Use the UPC-A format

start Barcode with 2

followed by a 5 Digit PLU or SKU (where you enter a 5 digit SKU in Square)

Then the 5 digit code of the price where the last 2 digits are cents

Followed by a check digit that is created by your software or you may have to calculate this.

UPC-A is 12 Digits long:

1st - 1 where 2  Identifies as UPC-A so first character is always 2

next 5 - SKU (PLU) is also only 5 characters or numbers long

next 5 - 5 digit price where last two are cents

last  1 -  This is the calculated number

1+5+5+1 = 12 digits long

How to Calculate the Check digit for a UPC- A price embedded barcode :

AI Overview

To calculate the check digit for a UPC-A code, you sum the digits in odd positions (starting from the rightmost digit, excluding the check digit), multiply by three, then add the sum of the digits in even positions. Finally, divide by 10 and subtract the remainder from 10 to get the check digit. If the remainder is 0, the check digit is 0. 

Here's a more detailed breakdown:

1. Assign Positions: Number each digit in the UPC-A code from right to left, starting with 1 for the check digit. 
2. Sum Odd Digits: Add all the digits in odd-numbered positions (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11). 
3. Multiply by Three: Multiply the sum obtained in step 2 by 3. 
4. Sum Even Digits: Add all the digits in even-numbered positions (2, 4, 6, 8, and 10). 
5. Add Results: Add the result from step 3 and the result from step 4. 
6. Modulo 10: Divide the sum from step 5 by 10 and find the remainder. 
7. Check Digit: If the remainder is not 0, subtract it from 10. This result is the check digit. If the remainder is 0, the check digit is 0. 

Example:

Let's say the first 11 digits of a UPC-A code are 03600024145. 

1. Positions: 0 (1), 3 (2), 6 (3), 0 (4), 0 (5), 2 (6), 4 (7), 1 (8), 4 (9), 5 (10), x (11)
2. Sum Odd: 5 + 4 + 0 + 6 + 0 = 15
3. Multiply: 15 * 3 = 45
4. Sum Even: 4 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 3 = 10
5. Add: 45 + 10 = 55
6. Modulo: 55 % 10 = 5
7. Check Digit: 10 - 5 = 5. The check digit is 5.

Therefore, the complete UPC-A code with the check digit would be 036000241455. 

If this is too complicated you can use a Barcode generator like : https://www.simplybarcodes.com/barcode_check_digit_calculator.html 

In the above image Tap or Click  to verify your not a robot as indicated in the Blue Circle

Then enter your 11 digits in the UPC area as indicated by the Green Arrow

Press Calculate and the you can see where the Red arrow points the last digit is now a 3.

Type that 12 digit barcode of 2[Redacted]3 to print as a barcode and your scanner at the front POS should read the Barcode as item 83872 (SKU) with a price of $9.99.

If you have a Computer with a Label printer this is very easy to do with your label printers software.   I am not sure if Square allows for a UPC-A barcode to be Created using a SKU of 5 digits with a imputted price like this.  This is what Scales print out as a Label, but you can do it to embed the price like this.