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Digital Florists is the software side of your shop. For the bits that plug into us, we tell you exactly what to buy. For the parts that change every year, like the computer and the touchscreen, we give you a checklist to take to the shop and check your basket before you spend. If you want a model number, head to Tested kit. If you want to walk into a PC shop knowing what to ask for, head to Choose your computer. If you’ve already found something and want a second pair of eyes before you order, head to Send us your basket.

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What’s in this section

Choose your computer

A framework for picking a till PC or laptop: minimum CPU, RAM, SSD, OS support, and what to avoid. No specific models.

Tested kit

Receipt printers, cash drawers, label printers, scanners, and paper rolls we’ve tested by name, with prices and UK suppliers.

Touchscreens

Touch monitors that plug into your till. What to look for, what to avoid, and the Mac driver caveat.

Broadband and Wi-Fi

How to size your line, what type to buy, and how to get Wi-Fi to the back of the shop.

Existing hardware

Switching from another POS? What carries over, what doesn’t, and what to send us before you replace anything.

Send us your basket

Found a PC, monitor, or printer you’re considering? Send us the link before you buy and we’ll tell you if it works.

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How we give advice

Hardware advice from us comes in three flavours. Each page in this section sits in one of them, so you know what you’re getting before you start reading.

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Recommend — named models, prices, suppliers

For the parts of your till that talk directly to Digital Florists Connect, we test specific models and tell you exactly what to buy. That covers:
  • Receipt printers. Star and Epson families we’ve tested are listed on Connect Receipt Printers, with prices and where to buy on Tested kit.
  • Cash drawers. Wired into the receipt printer’s DK port. The APG Vasario sits at the heavy-duty end; commodity drawers fill the budget end. See Connect Cash Drawer.
  • Label printers. Brother QL family and Zebra ZD-series. See Connect Label Printers for setup and Tested kit for rolls and prices.
  • Barcode scanners. Any USB scanner that emulates a keyboard works. We list commodity brands on Tested kit.
  • Receipt and label paper rolls. Exact sizes (80mm thermal, 58mm for the mC-Print2, Brother DK rolls) with UK suppliers.
If it’s on those pages with a price next to it, we’ve used it.

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Framework — criteria, not models

For the parts of your setup that change every year, we won’t name a specific model. The same model name can come back with less RAM or slower storage a year later. Instead, we give you the criteria.
  • Computers. CPU floor, RAM floor, SSD, OS support, what to walk away from. See Choose your computer.
  • Touchscreen monitors. Size, response time, capacitive multi-touch, and the Mac driver caveat. See Touchscreens.
  • Broadband and Wi-Fi. Full-fibre preferred, 10 Mbps per device, mesh coverage for back-of-shop. See Broadband and Wi-Fi.
  • Phones for drivers. iPhone or Android from the last 4-5 years. Any handset that still gets OS updates is fine. See Companion App.
If you want a second opinion on a specific basket against these criteria, use Send us your basket.

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Where we won’t pick for you

A few setups look fine on paper and cause trouble in practice. We’ll always be honest with you about them.
  • Specific till PC models. Models change every quarter. We’d rather give you a checklist that stays current than name a model that might be different next time you look. Send us your shortlist and we’ll confirm it works.
  • All-in-one POS terminals that bundle a PC. You’re paying for a printer and drawer that we don’t use, and you’re tied into one supplier’s replacement cycle. A regular PC plus our tested peripherals is usually cheaper, more flexible, and easier to fix when something goes wrong.
  • Refurbished PCs below the spec floor. A £350 used machine that misses the memory, SSD, or OS-support floor often won’t last the year. If your shortlist falls below the floor, we’ll help you find something that will.

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A note on iPad

iPad isn’t on the refuse list, because the dashboard runs in Safari and a handful of shops do use one as their till. What we recommend against is making an iPad your primary till, because Digital Florists Connect doesn’t run on iPadOS. Without Connect you lose receipt printing, the cash drawer, label printing, and Interflora and eFlorist intake from that machine. For the best possible experience, we recommend the till on a Mac or Windows PC. iPad is then free to be brilliant at what it’s built for: the Companion App on the shop floor and on the road, and the dashboard open in Safari as a glanceable workroom screen.

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Hardware that doesn’t work with Connect

A short list of things we’d flag in your basket. None of these are a personal call; they just don’t connect to our software.
  • Bluetooth-only printers — Connect talks to printers over USB or network. Bluetooth-only models won’t work.
  • Inkjet, laser, and consumer photo printers (HP DeskJet/OfficeJet, Canon PIXMA, Epson WorkForce, Brother HL/MFC) — Connect is built for thermal receipt and label printers.
  • Chromebooks — Connect doesn’t run on ChromeOS. Use a Mac or Windows PC.
  • 32-bit Windows — Connect needs 64-bit Windows. Any machine sold in the last five years is 64-bit by default.
  • Intel Macs — Connect is Apple Silicon only (M1 or newer). Intel Macs sold before late 2020 won’t run it.

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Common questions

Stocking hardware is a different business from making software, and the right kit for a one-till shop isn’t the right kit for a three-till shop. A one-size bundle would force one of those setups to overpay. You buy directly from a supplier we know works, and we help you pick.
Not by model, no. A model we tested last year might not be the same product today. What we can tell you is the spec floor (CPU, RAM, SSD, OS support) and check a specific basket against it. Use Choose your computer for the floor and Send us your basket when you’ve picked something.
If it runs Windows 10 or later (64-bit) or macOS 12 or later on Apple Silicon, hits the RAM and SSD floor on Choose your computer, and isn’t an Intel Mac, it’ll almost certainly work. If you’re not sure, send us the model number through Send us your basket.
The dashboard runs in Safari, so it works in the sense that the till opens. Some shops do this. What you lose is Connect, the desktop companion that drives receipt printing, the cash drawer, label printing, and Interflora and eFlorist intake — Connect doesn’t run on iPadOS. For the best possible experience, we recommend a Mac or Windows PC for the till and keep the iPad for the Companion App or as a workroom dashboard screen. See Touchscreens.
Connect doesn’t run on ChromeOS. The dashboard itself works in a Chrome browser, but without Connect you lose receipt printing, cash drawer firing, label printing, and relay integration. A Chromebook can be a fine second device — it shouldn’t be your till.

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What’s next?

Choose your computer

Start with the spec floor before you spend anything.

Tested kit

Named printers, drawers, scanners, and rolls with prices.

Connect

The companion app that talks to your printers and drawer.

Getting Help

Stuck on a basket or a model? Get in touch.
Last modified on June 2, 2026