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Chapter 5
Using PreScan
PreScan Mode
PreScan is designed for use in queuing situations where customers might change from one
queue to another depending on wait times, or where customers form a single line to feed
multiple checkstands. In this case, a roving sales assistant scans item bar codes into memory and
bags them. A PreScan control card containing a bar code unique to that transaction is scanned
and handed to the customer. Alternatively, customer loyalty cards can often be used as PreScan
control cards.
When the customer reaches the checkstand, the cashier scans the PreScan control card or
customer loyalty card using the existing Magellan scanner, which then interfaces with the
handheld unit to recall all stored bar code data for that customer. In this mode the handheld can
store data from multiple customers, and only the data associated with the specific control card is
transmitted to the POS at the end of the transaction.
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