Several problems in the application of short message printer

Q: What does a short message printer look like?

Answer: The SMS printer looks like a miniature printer, with a small antenna to receive mobile wireless signals, and a card slot dedicated to inserting GSM cards on the left side of the printer.

Q: How to calculate the cost of ordering food by SMS?

A: According to the mobile phone tariff standard of mobile phone operators, a short message is generally 0. 1 yuan.

Q: So we don't have to spend money using free text messages?

A: Yes.

Q: Will too many text messages crash?

A: When too many customers send short messages to order food, the short message printer will receive all of them temporarily, and then queue up for printing according to the receiving time. Printing is fully automatic. Only when you receive a short message will the printer sense it and print it automatically. Because it is thermal printing, it is very fast. It takes about a second or two to print a short message.

Q: Is it difficult to order food by SMS? Is there any specific operation mode?

A: It's very simple to order food by SMS. As long as you can send text messages, you can order food. SMS ordering is equivalent to sending the ordering content to the designated SMS ordering mobile phone number. For example, "A sweet and sour pork ribs rice, delivered to Room 208, Opel Building, No.1 Jiangwan Road, Foshan 12".

Q: What information does the SMS printer print when printing SMS?

Answer: When the SMS printer prints SMS, it will print the following information:

1, the sender's mobile phone number,

2. Time of receiving the message

3, the specific content of the message

Q: Is it difficult to operate the SMS printer?

Answer: The operation of the SMS printer is very simple. The first step is to insert a GSM mobile phone card (ordinary mobile phone card). Step 2, turn on the power switch; Step 3, wait for the automatic detection of the short message printer; Step 4: Wait for receiving SMS to print.

Q: How do I know that the text message I sent to the restaurant was received and printed?

A: After the SMS printer receives the SMS and prints the SMS content, the printer will automatically reply a confirmation SMS to the customer. The restaurant can customize the SMS reply confirmation function, and the restaurant can choose to open or close according to the actual situation.

Q: Will the customer number be revealed by using SMS printer?

A: Using a third party to order food by SMS, a very big business risk is that customer information is in the hands of others and will be leaked to competitors at any time. If it is a short message printer, there is no such concern, because it is your own mobile phone card, in your own hands.

Q: Can the SMS printer be connected to a computer?

A: The SMS printer can be connected to a computer through a serial port. While printing the short message, the printer will also send the short message content to the computer for backup storage. This function is performed when the SMS printer is connected to the computer. If the SMS printer is not connected to the computer, it will not affect the normal use of the SMS printer.

Q: What short messages can the SMS printer receive?

A: The SMS printer can receive and print SMS messages from China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, Fetion and QQ SMS. As long as the mobile phone can receive short messages, the short message printer can receive and print them.

Q: Will it be troublesome for customers to send text messages to order food?

A: The customer needs to enter the order text for the first time, and it is not necessary to enter the order text repeatedly when he starts ordering for the second time, because there is a record in the SMS mailbox, and the customer only needs to resend the SMS once, which is very convenient.

Q: What if the SMS printer suddenly runs out of paper?

Answer: When the short message printer runs out of paper, the printer's paper shortage light will light up, prompting that the printing paper needs to be reinstalled, and the unprinted short messages will be temporarily stored. After sensing that there is paper, it will automatically continue to print short messages.