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I downloaded Copper to see if it could do what i needed. Seems like it will work fine so i entered in all my items into it one by one into copper. Now i'd like to get inventoria up and running along with it. But how do I take all the items I entered in Copper and get it over to Inventoria?

I would like to see the Copper software improved with the ability to add product images, this would make the programme much more user friendly and would be a popular feature. and add much more colour to the layout.

Can you tell me please how can i change font size and font style in Copper POS?

Need help Asap I just upgraded my Software for copper and after a few uses of my bar-code gun/scanner it quit scanning all it does is recognize the gun on the desktop and in the device manager but it will not scan anything in copper etc it gives me a error within copper saying device not recognized when i go to configure it within copper the barcode reader is a symcode mj-2808-b im not sure if its and issue with copper or with the reader any help would useful

I just want to share my experience using NCH apps especially inventoria, express acc and copper. At the beginning my first impression of NCH apps is focused on the report that not suit with my need. the report are limited and we have to process the imported csv file to make the report that we want. Previously i dont have sufficient knowledge on pos system. My interest is only to record item stock correctly. so i only use Inventoria for all in out stock record. Inventoria allow us to make purchase order, make sales, setting supplier, setting item location, even you can see the gross profit in there. But you cannot input your expense in there, so you cannot generate income report but only the difference between item sold vs item purchased automatically. The sales that you made in Inventoria will not applicable for daily sales, you cannot print proper small receipt like you have seen in the regular store. According to the Inventoria feature as told above, then i try to learn about express account. And express account actually provide you more than inventoria. you can record anything in Express Account, you can record your income from the sales or collected freight or any other income. And you can record your expense like product purchased, salary or office expense. You also can record your sales both direct non invoice sales or sales with invoice. But the paper are printed in large size (A4, legal etc) and again you cannot print small receipt in here, so i think express account are used for accounting statement and not suitable for record daily sales in your store. This will suitable for B to B selling, this will not suitable for store to customer selling. You dont use invoice in the small store instead of small receipt right?! After learn something from inventoria and express account, i give my attention to copper point of sale. You can tell that copper is only allow you to make daily sales like you have seen in mini market store around you. Once the sales/transaction are made, than the small receipt will be printed to your printer, as simple as that. In Copper you will never see the profit report, you will only see the sum of your transaction by item or by salesperson. this is make sense because Copper are designed to be operated by Store Keeper or your employee. And i think we have to agree that Profit report are something confidentially that not all people should have an access into it. In Copper you can have more that 1 account with password to start logon. One thing that still i dont understand is why copper cannot provide the sales based on the customer, though the customer feature are available before you put a transaction. SO WHAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE ? There maybe better practice out there but i just want to share my way to operate those 3 NCH apps, and i hope people can have benefit from this article. After learn Inventoria, express acc and copper, now i decided to firmly define the role and function of each apps respectively as follow : INVENTORIA --> i will only use this as stock database so i input all the product and its detail in here by import it thru csv file. I will not use inventoria to record my sales, but when the time to restocking the items has come, i will make the list of ordered item in Inventoria, and then i will receive the item in inventoria so the stock immediately updated. And how about the cost that you spend to purchased the product from your supplier? that cost are recorded in Express Account. So inventoria will be only functioned as stock database, and the cost you've spent will appear in express account. COPPER --> After you have your database in inventoria, then you have to sync it with copper. By sync it, the stock in inventoria will imported to Copper. As told before, Copper will only allow you to make daily sales transaction. And so be it! i would suggest that every sales are recorded in copper except if your business are B to B selling which need detail paper document, then I would suggest that you dont use copper but express account instead to record your sales. So again, that copper will suitable for Store-customer selling not B to B selling. EXPRESS ACCOUNT --> I think we are all want to know all detail about expense and income. So i suggest express account are functioned to record all transaction. For example, when you finish record your sales in copper, you can see the sum of your transaction daily and then record it in express account by clicking receive a payment - account : general sales. And when you spent cost for restock item, you make the list in inventoria, you receive the stock in inventoria, but you record the cost in Express account by clicking make a payment - account : product purchased. When you have to pay salary of your employee, you record it in express account by clicking make a payment - account : wages & salaries. And dont forget to periodically check the money in your bank account vs the money recorded in express account. Please see also the picture attached. By following this best practice i hope user can : - Having precise report of inventory of the items - Having detail report of expense - income report - Having detail report of the sales, and restock the item precisely - Having proper paper like receipt, invoice and order properly Last but not least, please make sure to backup your data in inventoria and express account. One important thing we should give attention is that if you have multiple business in inventoria or express account please be careful because once you restore your backup data it is applied not only to the active business but to all business that you have in inventoria/express account. so restoring your data may ruin your transaction in your other business otherwise you have to required effort to prevent it. And as the closing of this article i am sorry for my english, i hope you can understand the important message in this article. THANKS !!!!

Hi all I know this topic has appeared many times but I cannot find an answer. I have installed both. Have both running but Copper will not sync with Inventoria. Says 'unable to connect throught 192.168.0.6 port 1097'. I have tried IP static, Automatic named computer as both are running on one laptop and the same problem. This is very frustrating and if not solvable will mean I cant use the software. Any answer would be really appreaciated. Seems silly that they cant talk to each other when they are one machine! Regards Jason

Hi there, I recently purchased copper and inventoria but whenever i make a sale on copper the stock does not go down on inventoria. Any ideas?

hi there, I recently purchased copper and inventoria. but when i sell something from copper the stock levels do bot go down in inventoria. can someone help is there a button you must press?

What is difference between paid and not paid version? Does the software have ability to automatically open cash drawer after each cash sale? Thanks in advance

Hi please can you tell me of your company software through which i can use pos machine customer display while doing sale.I am using Digipos Customer display.Your help needed. Thanks

Hi All, I have installed copper and inventoria in a same machine and I have done syncing also between these two software. I have added a new item in both Inventoria and Copper POS with same Item code on both. I have done a bill in Copper POS in the item which entered both with same bar code. After the bill there is no stock change in Inventoria, the stock quantity still remain same. Kindly suggest me how to add new item to get the stock change impact from copper to Inventoria.

Hi I'd like to link the 3 programs above together. Is this possible? Will a transaction in Copper be recorded in both ExpressAccounts & Inventoria simultaneously? Has anyone been able to do this? I'd like to know before I buy. Thanks Warwick

Hello, First of all thank you for your great products. Does Copper support Barcode Printing Scale? Can Copper decode the barcode that printed by scale ? I want to buy barcode printing scale for my supermarket but i think that Copper can not decode that barcode. For example: The barcode which is printed by scale contains these numbers: 0 002900 002500. Number 002900 is the potatoe's item number. And 00250 means that the potatoe's weight is 250 grams. So devolopers can add the option for barcode printing scales. We add the item number 2900 as Potatoe and Copper determines item and weight (250 gr) then multiples the potatoe's 1kg unit price(for example 3 dollars) to weight (250 gr) .. 3*0.250= 0.750 dollars. I think that that's great idea and the devolopers will add this function easily I am waiting for your answer, Best regards, Yusif from Azerbaijan.

Hi, For the developers really as I dont think this can be done at the moment? I wonder if it would be possible to add a jpg instead of text in the footer position on A4 receipts. We currently print a simple form first and then use this pre printed paper for receipts, Would be good to be able to print this on one go. Also an advert or offer could be added easily to every receipt? Barry

I purchased and installed Inventoria on my laptop for my business. I have since bought a desktop that we willbe using and want to switch computers. I have successfully installed it to the new computer (it is within the 60 days of purchase). My sync worked fine on my laptop but I cannot get inventoria and copper to sync on my desktop. I have checked ports/ip addresses and firewalls. I am at a loss. I keep getting cannot connect through port... I have tried both 1097 and 1096. Anyhelp would be appreciated. Thank you!

both copper and inventoria are sync and properly ported. after transaction it rejects the connection... any ideas? tnx

Hi, I just started looking into the NCH software and got a little stuck while setting up ... What i have so far: Inventoria - sync active Copper - in sync with Inventoria Accounts Express - in sync with Inventoria My problem: Copper does not sync the sales to Inventoria and/or accounts express. It only updates the quantity in Inventoria. Is that expected behavior or am i missing something? Thanks in advance for any help or ideas.

When trying to sync with Inventoria from copper, with an item count of 2-3 thousand, I get a Synchronisation error. Server failed to respond to connection attempt. with 1 item, it works fine import my list? fail

Hi everyone, I desperately need some guidance! I just bought a 2nd hand POS system (IBM) for our new RC Hobby Shop here in Arizona. The previous owner had "Copper POS" installed but removed it before he sold it to us. I decided to try it out for our needs. OK so here is the trouble: RE: the barcode scanner (it is a Symbol M-2007). It scans (makes the high-pitched "beep" sound) but nothing shows up on the computer screen! It's as if it is reading air! I read someone else's thread re: the same problem, and did what they said to do (open Copper, then 'add item' then scan) and still nada. The troubleshooter in the guidebook says something about 'host type' and also something about changing the device settings. I can't figure out how to do any of that. What is a 'host type'? Where do I go to change the device options? A prompt reply (or replies!) would be graciously accepted and appreciated. >smile!< Thank you everyone, Sandra Amazing RC Hobbies