ER-A520/ER-A530 INSTRUCTION MANUAL

7
Auxiliary entries
Percent calculations (premium or discount)
• Your register provides the percent calculation for the merchandise subtotal and item entries. You need to
specify in advance whether the register should perform the percent calculation based on the merchandise
subtotal or each item entered.
• Percentage: 0.01 to 99.99%
Percent calculation for the merchandise subtotal
Example
Selling four $1.40 items of dept. 5 and two $2.25 items of dept. 6; all these items are sold for
cash at a premium of 10%
(This example presumes that a premium of 10% has been programmed for the % key.)
Key operation
Print
4 @
140 5
225 6
6Â%a
Percent calculation for item entries
Example
Selling for cash an $8.00 item of dept. 6 at a discount of 15% and another $5.00 item of PLU
90 at a discount of 7.5%
(This example presumes that a discount of 15% has been programmed for the § key.)
Key operation
Print
800 6
§
PLU/
90 PUPC
7 . 5 §
a
57