Recommended Hardware, Peripherals & Computer Specs

We’ve put together a guide to help you understand the recommended specs for using Geelus. At the bottom of the page, you will find a guidance document with detailed specs.

Although Geelus is compatible with a wide range of devices and tablets, each type of hardware and OS has different compatibility with peripheral hardware. This includes thermal printers, scanners, and cash drawers. Before you make a purchase, please carefully check the guideline below. This will help ensure everything will work together.

COMPUTERS AND TABLETS

Geelus is designed to run on all devices. This makes it unique from other POS systems. It is strategically designed to work on all kinds of operating system from Windows, Mac, Linux and all kinds of devices such as PC, laptop, tablets and phones.

Computers, Laptop & Desktop PCs

Windows

FULL VERSION – Windows 7 and newer versions supported
PERIPHERALS (PRINTERS, CASH DRAWER, BAR-CODE SCANNER) – Supported

FULL VERSION – All versions of Mac are supported
PERIPHERALS (PRINTERS, CASH DRAWER, BAR-CODE SCANNER) – Supported

Linux

FULL VERSION – All versions of Linux are supported
PERIPHERALS (PRINTERS, CASH DRAWER, BAR-CODE SCANNER) – Supported (Check the notes under printer support)

Tablets / Phones

iPad & iPhone

FULL VERSION – Supported
PERIPHERALS (PRINTERS, CASH DRAWER, BARCODE SCANNER) – Supported

Android

FULL VERSION – Supported
PERIPHERALS (PRINTERS, CASH DRAWER, BARCODE SCANNER) – Supported

Windows

FULL VERSION – Supported
PERIPHERALS (PRINTERS, CASH DRAWER, BARCODE SCANNER) – Supported

PERIPHERALS

Peripherals are things like receipt printers, cash drawers and scanners; in other words, items that you use with your computer or tablet to enhance functionality. Like with computers and tablets, Geelus has some recommendations for peripherals that will help ensure your system works smoothly.

Peripherals

TOUCH SCREEN

Any size or brand of touch-screen will work. Choose a model that fits your price range and environment
Geelus works on any size of a display.

Instead of buying a separate touchscreen monitor, you can choose to buy an “All-in-one” computer that comes with touch screen. This works best in terms of compatibility and performance.

Alternatively, instead of buying a touchscreen computer or a separate screen, you can choose ANY tablet (iPad, Android and Windows)

MOUSE AND KEYBOARD

When using a desktop computer like Windows or Mac, you will need a mouse and keyboard.

However Geelus designed to work perfectly fine when using a tablet or mobile phone.

RECEIPT PRINTER

The receipt printer is used to print receipts for customers and store.

Fully tested models:

Epson: TM-T20, TM-T20II, TM-T82II , TM-T88V
Star: TSP100 (Windows only)

Recommended: Epson Models

The RJ connector at the back of the printers will connect to your cash drawer to trigger the drawer open.

Notes:

For Linux, only the Ethernet interface is supported.
For iPad, iPhone and all Android devices, only the Ethernet models are supported.

TAG PRINTER

Tag printer is used to print dry cleaning/laundry tags to be stapled to the item.

This printer is only necessary for dry cleaning or laundry businesses.

Fully tested model:

• Bixolon SRP275 Impact

Recommended: Samsung Bixolon SRP 275 with Auto Cutter USB and Ethernet Models
Notes:

For iOS and Android devices we only support Ethernet interface.
For Linux, only the Ethernet interface is supported.

CASH DRAWERS

All the RJ11 or RJ12 cash drawers work as long as your printer has the RJ port.
Recommended: any RJ cash drawers.

BAR-CODE SCANNERS

As a general rule, if you can plug a bar-code scanner into your computer, and scan a bar-code into Notepad, it should work with Geelus, as barcode scanner works like a keyboard (scanning a bar-code is the
same as typing some numbers/letters – just really quick)
You can use any kind of bar-code scanner as long as it supports Code 39 standard.

Recommended brand: The most reliable and fast barcode scanner brand is Motorola, Symbol or Zebra.

WHERE TO BUY?

You can buy the peripherals from POS online stores or simply from ebay.com or amazon.com local websites. Amazon and eBay are worldwide selling sites so you can instantly check wherever you are. Below are some sample searches for ebay.com and amazon.com websites.

Click on the country and then the device name to go to the relevant website search: