Why does a hardware receipt carry a barcode?

So the returns desk can recall the whole basket by scanning one symbol instead of keying a transaction number. It is a Code 128 of the receipt ID — store, register, date and sequence — and the human-readable text under the bars is there for when the scan fails.

What belongs in the return-policy footer?

The window in days, whether the receipt is required, and any restocking fee. It is word-wrapped and centred at the foot of the tape, after the totals and before the barcode.

Should a pro account number print on the receipt?

Yes, in the info block. Trade customers reconcile a month of tickets against one account, and a receipt without the account on it cannot be matched.

Retail · receipt template

Hardware store receipt template

Long SKU numbers as a first-class column, two-line item blocks, a pro-account number and a prominent return policy. The barcode at the foot is what the returns desk actually scans.

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The lines a hardware store actually bills

These are the preset line items this page loads into the maker. The price bands are typical, not prescriptive — set your own. The tax column is guidance: materials are taxable in most states and service labour often is not, which is a real per-state distinction covered on the state requirements pages.

Line item	Billed by	Typical	Tax class
Fixings — box	each	$4 – $22	Goods
Timber — per foot	foot	$1.50 – $9	Goods
Paint — gallon	each	$25 – $85	Goods
Power tool	each	$60 – $450	Goods
Hand tool	each	$12 – $65	Goods
Key cutting	each	$3 – $9	Labour
Delivery	order	$25 – $95	Labour

The format this trade issues

The 80 mm trade-counter tape: SKU column, quantity-at-unit-price second line, per-line tax flag, return policy and a Code 128 of the receipt ID.

Get Receipt renders it as Hardware / home improvement — Trade-counter format with an SKU column ahead of each description and a barcode at the foot.

The full field order, alignment grid and physical spec for that format is documented on the hardware receipt with sku lines spec page.

Common questions

Why does a hardware receipt carry a barcode?: So the returns desk can recall the whole basket by scanning one symbol instead of keying a transaction number. It is a Code 128 of the receipt ID — store, register, date and sequence — and the human-readable text under the bars is there for when the scan fails.
What belongs in the return-policy footer?: The window in days, whether the receipt is required, and any restocking fee. It is word-wrapped and centred at the foot of the tape, after the totals and before the barcode.
Should a pro account number print on the receipt?: Yes, in the info block. Trade customers reconcile a month of tickets against one account, and a receipt without the account on it cannot be matched.

Card details on this receipt

Get Receipt prints at most four card digits and has no expiry field anywhere in the app. FACTA forbids printing more than the last five digits, or the expiration date at all, on a cardholder receipt — so a violating receipt is not something this tool can be made to produce, by hand or by the assistant.