Description

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

• Electronic scale with higher visibility display options.
• Models with receipt printer, label printer (suitable for receipts) or two printers (for receipts and labels).
• Variety of formats.
• Functional and robust design.
• Greater capacity (memory, functions, communications and interconnections).
• High speed and high resolution printers.
• Compliance with EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers.

FEATURES

• Extensive information for each PLU: normal price and offer price, price for weight scales and by kg/100 g, 3 names of 20 characters or 2 names of 30 characters, 20 free texts of 24 characters, 1 text of 3,072 characters (in S-545 and S-547), etc.
• PLU search by code or name.
• Preset keys to programming menus: to change prices, register PLUs or vendors, etc.
• Direct access to 999 PLUs from the keyboard.
• Drill down menus.
• Printing of the scale menus.
• Programmable macros: recording of a sequence of keys to create direct access to any task (reopening of receipt, lists, change in batch number, etc.). Depending on the model, the Star Series scales have macros and preset PLU keys, in addition to 10 specific macro keys.
• Sales and management reports: sales (by article, vendor, time frames, last month, etc.), margins, modified PLUs, etc.
• Fast and reliable communication between scales, with PC and mobile devices (via DWS).
• Stocks management on the scale.
• Option to record normal price and offer price for each article.
• Stock / order mode.

CAPACITY / ACCURACY

• Multirange (3,000 divisions): 6 kg / 2 g – 15 kg / 5 g.
• Optional:
  • Monorange (3,000 divisions): 15 kg / 5 g or 30 kg / 10 g.
  • Multirange (3,000 divisions): 15 kg / 5 g – 30 kg / 10 g.
  • Monorange (6,000 divisions): 12 kg / 2 g or 30 kg / 5 g.

FORMATS

• Hanging (ABS or stainless steel).

CONSTRUCTION

• Highly resistant ABS plastic or stainless steel casing.
• Stainless steel plate.
• Access to all non-metrological components without the need to unseal the scale.

DISPLAYS

• LCD matrix graphic display (W134 x H41 mm or W188 x H55 mm) for vendor and buyer. Possibility of showing: logos, profitability codes, warning messages sent from a PC (on vendor display) and advertising messages with animated effects on buyer display.

PRINTER(S)

• Models available with 1 printer for receipts, 1 printer for labels (also suitable for receipts by changing the paper roll and the working mode) or 2 printers (for receipts and for labels).
• 54 mm thermal printer.
• High resolution (8 dots/mm) and speed (100 mm/sec).
• Cassette for immediate paper roll change (in label printers).
• Optional:
  • Linerless (in label printers).

RECEIPTS

• 15 fonts (6 monospaced + 9 multispaced: more modern and legible).
• Up to 75 items.
• 2 fixed formats + 2 programmable formats.
• 4 logos per receipt.
• Bar codes: EAN-13, EAN-128 and CODE-128.
• Name of vendor.
• 9 payment methods.
• Total in National currency and another 3 currencies.
• Discounts per line and total.
• Loyalty points.
• Customers on account.
• Recipes.

LABELS

• 15 fonts (6 monospaced + 9 multispaced: more modern and legible).
• From W30 x L30 mm to W60 x L150 mm.
• 20 fixed formats + 40 programmable formats.
• 100 logos.
• Bar codes: EAN-13, EAN-128 and CODE-128.
• 60 fields of information.
• 100 programmable texts.
• Manual and automatic pre-packing modes.
• 3 levels of totals.
• Printing of “n” identical labels.
• Printing with 90º, 180º and 270º rotation.
• Automatic adjustment of the paper detection option.
• Packaging date, expiry date and extra date (for any application).
• Alphanumeric batch number.
• 10 types of generic traceability (for meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, etc.) up to 99 products. Included in the prevailing European legislation on bovine traceability.

FOOD INFORMATION

• Compliance with EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers as of 13 December 2016:
  • Minimum letter size: 1.2 mm.
  • Effect (bold, underlined or both) for each character in the text.
  • Possibility of using the general text “G” (3,000 characters) for ingredients, in lower case or UPPER CASE to highlight allergens.
  • Possibility of including a table of nutritional facts.
  • Free texts (20 x 24 characters).
  • For direct sale receipts and labels: possibility of indicating in the PLU name (with an * or other symbol) those that contain allergens and programming a text, such as “* Consult allergens”.
  • Possibility of printing 2 labels for each operation: programmable by PLU, configurable information, 2nd automatic or manual label (also to be used as promotional labels).

COMMUNICATIONS

• TCP/IP Ethernet for interconnection and connection to PC.
• RS-232, for connection to scanner.
• USB
• Optional:
  • Wi-Fi.

SECURITY

• Access to different protected programming menus via configurable passwords.

INTERCONNECTION

• Up to 16 scales per section.

CONNECTIVITY WITH OTHER DEVICES

• PC.
• Bar code scanner (powered by the scale – 5 VDC) to read EAN-13 and EAN-128 bar codes.
• Queueing system.

SOFTWARE (SEE SECTION ON SOFTWARE)

PC software:

• DFS:
  • Programming of scales.
  • Receipt of sales data.
  • Data backup copy.
  • Graphic design of receipts and labels.
  • Design and management of advertising images for graphic display and colour TFT.
• RMS*: 
  • Programming and management of scales.
  • * Does not manage:
    • Images (of articles and advertising.
    • Specific functions of Star scales.
• DLD:
  • Graphic design of receipts and labels.
• Integration tools: in Windows or Linux to facilitate communication with the Back-Office.

Scale firmware:

• DWS (Dibal Web Server): 
  • Allows access to the information on each scale (via passwords) from any computer or mobile device with an Internet browser.

POWER SUPPLY

• Mains: 110 up to 230 VDC.
• Optional:
  • Anti-blackout rechargeable internal battery 24 V and connector to external battery 24 V.