Available worldwide, the popular Optimum L4150 and L4250 payment terminals received EMV approval. Previously, these terminals were adopted by large pharmacy chains, department stores, grocery stores, mass market retailers and other major U.S. multi-lane merchants. With its EMV approval, these Optimum terminals are now available for the international markets.

These Optimum multi-lane payment terminals are built around a 200MHz 32-bit Intel XScale® processor that delivers industry-leading speeds and processing capabilities of 250 million instructions per second (MIPS), a quantum leap over the 1.6 MIPS computing power of competitive products. These models include large, bright displays that provide an easy and intuitive customer payment experience, an exclusive bi-directional dual-sided magnetic stripe reader. This helps increase speeds at the checkout lines by enabling cards to be swiped in any direction. Additional connectivity options are available, such as:

• RS-232 connection
• USB connection
• Ethernet connection

Another feature is our easy, no-coding integration and customization of the user interface with Hypercom’s advanced Forms Processing Engine (FPE) software,

The Optimum multi-lane, multi-application card payment terminals offer customers a choice of display options:

• Full-color touchscreen
• Monochrome touchscreen
• Greyscale touchscreen

Additionally, the customer has the option to add a fully integrated RF contactless reader to support the rapid growth in contactless payments. All Optimum multi-lane models also provide the ability to handle multi-step transactions such as credit/debit authorization and loyalty points calculation without cashier intervention, and significant ease-of-use and ease-of-integration benefits.

The Optimum L4150 is Hypercom’s PCI PED online and offline approved, high-performance multi-lane payment and advertising terminal. Easy to use and attractive at the same time, using Hypercom’s innovative, dual-sided, bi-directional magnetic stripe reader means your customers won’t have to deal with frustrating fumbles. In fact, you get accurate card data reads well beyond normal swipe-speeds so you can reduce lane slowdowns and cashier interactions. The sleek, compact design of the Optimum L4150 saves valuable counterspace, and its size does not increase when options are added. The bright 65,536 color, 1/4 VGA display and integrated capacitive touch system, that includes a transparent glass top screen, are designed to facilitate customer-activated transactions and to implement campaigns in the lane.

The Optimum L4250 terminal is the first PCI PED approved multi-lane payment terminal that supply out-of-the-box, plug-and-play secure PIN entry without the need for add-on components. The Optimum L4250 terminal is a high-performance signature capture payment device with a 220x80 pixel 16-greyscale LCD touchscreen that is suited to retail branding. It also features a recessed 13-key keypad with an integrated privacy shield to safeguard consumer data during PIN entry, EMV-approved smart card reader and an optional integrated contactless RF reader that supports cards and key fobs from American Express®, MasterCard® PayPass® and Visa® Contactless payment programs.