Barcode billing that needs no setup
A barcode scanner is a keyboard. It types the code and presses Enter - and Zembook's item field is already waiting for exactly that. So scanning works the moment you plug one in, with nothing to configure, on the sale screen, the purchase screen, Fast Stock Entry and Item Master.
Buy any USB scanner
There is no supported-devices list to check and no driver to install. A ₹800 USB scanner and a ₹5,000 one behave identically as far as Zembook is concerned, because both present themselves to Windows as a keyboard.
This is the honest first answer to anyone asking how to scan into Zembook: buy a USB scanner. It already works.
Print labels for your own items
Goods that arrive without a barcode get one you print. Zembook prints barcode and price labels from the item master, so a shop can put its own code on loose or unbranded stock and then scan it like anything else.
Scanning is not only for the bill
The same scanner speeds up the parts of the day nobody enjoys. Fast Stock Entry takes a long list of items far quicker when each one is scanned rather than typed, and physical stock verification - counting the shelf against the books - is exactly the job a scanner was made for.
For items sold with a warranty against a specific piece, serial numbers are scanned in on the purchase and out on the sale, because Enter moves to the next box rather than closing the list. The whole carton goes in without touching the keyboard.
Questions people ask
- Which barcode scanners does Zembook support?
- Any USB one. A barcode scanner presents itself to Windows as a keyboard, so there is nothing to install and no compatibility list - if it types into Notepad, it works in Zembook.
- Can I scan with my phone instead of buying a scanner?
- Not today. A phone cannot act as a USB keyboard without special hardware, and the honest answer is that a cheap USB scanner costs less than the time spent working around not having one.
- Can Zembook print barcodes for items that do not have one?
- Yes. Print your own labels from the item master and scan them like any other code.
The full capability list for this area
This page covers the parts worth explaining. The complete list lives on the features page, which is the single index every one of these pages links back to.