PLU = Price look upwhen you set up your cash register, you will have the option to set up PLU s and the associated price and tax/no-tax information. What that means is that you assign serial numbers or Identification Numbers to your products. And when you want to ring up a customer, all you have to go is punch in the 2-4 digit PLU number and voila the price and taxes ring up together.lets say i have 4 items:1. Item1 = $1 + 8% sales tax --- PLU = 00012. Item2 = $2 + 8% sales tax --- PLU = 00023. Item3= $3 + no-tax --- PLU = 00034. Item4 = $4 + no tax --- PLU = 0004when a customer wants to buy 2 Item3 and 1 Item4; Here s how i ring up in my cash register:qty 2 , PLU 0003 (CA)qty 1 , PLU 0004 (CA) (Subtotal)Total price displayed = $10Receipt prints out with details2 Item3 $61 Item4 $4Tax $0Total $10For the taxable items, the tax will be calculated at 8% for this example and will be added to the subtotal when it is displayed.Thats how PLU works. its a pain in the rear to set it up the first time, but it make your ongoing operations very smooth. it is especially useful for data mining later on!
It is the barcode that you see on all items. You know, they scan the PLU and the item and price comes up automatically on the register. Someone (you) has to input the information into the system for each item. I don t think you need it unless you have many, many items.
