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Object documentationPolicy: General

 

These options allow you to define the following information for each policy description:

  • How company policies, headers, or trailers print on customer receipts

  • Where and when to display policies

  • Any type of message to print at the bottom of a receipt

  • Specific text to display on the transaction screen

Structure

Output Options

Screen Element

Description

Output Options

You can display a policy in one place at a time; choose where you want to display the policy:

  • None — Do not display the policy

  • Screen — Display the policy on the POS terminal

  • Signature Capture — Display the policy on the signature capture device

Customer Receipt

Allows you to print a policy on the customer’s receipt

Store Receipt

Allows you to print a policy on the store’s receipt

Electronic Journal

Allows you to print policy lines generated by special characters in the electronic journal

Tender Receipt

Allows you to print a policy on the tender receipt after every tender used in the transaction. For example, if a customer pays with more than one type of tender, such as two different credit cards, a policy is printed for each payment. The customer can then sign for each credit card payment. This field is used with the Split Tender field on the General tab page of the Tender Setup Maintenance screen. For information about Tender Setup, see Tender Setup: General.

Separate Receipt

Allows you to print a policy on a separate receipt

Policy Display Timing

Allows you to choose when you want to display the policy. You set the timing by selecting one of the following options:

  • 0–End of Transaction

  • 1–When Triggered

Policy Display Confirmation

Allows you to choose how you want the cashier to proceed when a policy is displayed. You set the policy display confirmation by selecting one of the following options:

  • 0–Press Any Key to Continue

  • 1–Allow Accept/Reject
Signature Lines Options

Screen Element

Description

Signature Lines 1, 2, 3, 4

Allows you to choose the messages you want printed on the bottom of the receipt. You define signature line options as part of print line maintenance. For more information, see Print Lines.

Suppress Initial Line Feed

Allows you to choose to disable the blank line the system automatically inserts between the printed messages when multiple messages are linked together

Linked Policy ID

Allows you to link this policy to a policy that you have previously defined; choose the policy from the dropdown list