Self-service scales STAR Series (500 Range)

Main characteristics

• Electronic scale with different high visibility display options.
• Models with label printer.
• Functional and robust design.
• Great capacity of memory, functions, communications and interconnections.
• 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, etc.
• PLU search by code or name.
• Preset keys to programming menus: to change prices, register PLUs, etc.
• Direct access up to 208 PLUs from the keyboard.
• Drill down menus.
• Printing the scale menus from scale printer.
• Sales and management reports: sales (by article, time frames, last month, etc.), margins, balance available in the cash drawer, 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

• Multi-range (3,000 divisions): 6 kg / 2 g - 15 kg / 5 g.
• Optional:
  • Mono-range (3,000 divisions): 15 kg / 5 g or 30 kg / 10 g.
  • Multi-range (3,000 divisions): 15 kg / 5 g - 30 kg / 10 g.
  • Mono-range (6,000 divisions): 12 kg / 2 g or 30 kg / 5 g.

Available format

• Self-service.

Construction

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

Displays

• Backlit LCD segment display (W150.2 x H43.4 mm). Showing weight, price/ kg, total, tare and name of article.
• Optional:
  • LCD matrix graphic display (W134 x H41 mm). Possibility of showing: logos, profitability codes, warning messages and advertising messages with animated effects.

Printer

• 1 printer for labels.
• 54 mm thermal printer.
• Resolution: 8 dots/mm; speed: 100 mm/sec.
• Cassette for immediate paper roll change.
• Optional:
  • Linerless.

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.
• Barcodes: 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 sensor.
• 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.

* It prints the following barcodes: EAN-13, EAN-128 and Code 128; It reads the following barcodes: EAN-13 and EAN-128.

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 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, 2^nd 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.
• Optional:
  • USB.
  • Wi-Fi.

Security

• Access to different protected programming menus via configurable passwords.

Interconnection

• Up to 16 scales per section.

Connectivity with other devices

• PC.
• Barcode scanner (powered by the scale –5 VDC–) to read EAN-13 and EAN-128 barcodes.
• Cash drawer.

Software (See section on software)

PC Software:

• DFS:
  • Programming of scales.
  • Receipt of sales data.
  • Data backup copy.
  • Graphic design of receipts and labels (DLD).
  • Design and management of advertising images for graphic display.
• 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 from any computer or mobile device with an Internet browser.

Power supply

• Mains: 110 up to 230 VAC.

Energy consumption

• 6.5-91 W (depending of the conditions of use).