Sharp EL-1197PIII Calculator --- 3rd installment of the Sharp EL

Some people can get away with using a simple calculator, but when you are in an office setting, it becomes necessary to have something that can not only do the job well, but go beyond your requirements. With my particular settings, the Sharp EL-1197P Calculator is something that can get any statistical job done correctly. It is a desk calculator, with a built in printer, that makes receipts available to keep with the records that you are working on. That is not to say that everyone needs this type of a calculator in their office setting, but that something with as many functions as this one can be very helpful to you. Plus, the simplicity with which this calculator is understood and put into practice makes it a really great tool for both the new user and the season pro.

The EL-1197P has a large blue fluorescent, 12-digit display and prints characters in black or red at 4.3 lines per second on standard paper rolls. This allows a lot of work to be done in a short amount of time. Also, with the 12 digit screen (an upgrade from the 10 digit screens), it makes it very easy to work with large numbers, and extend the decimal point a few places. Clarified as a business and scientific calculator, it includes many functions necessary for statistical analysis and higher level math. This can serve as a bonus if you are located in an office that works with statistical theorems or equations that take a lot of work to complete. That being said, it is easy to understand why Sharp has kept this basic model, and has just improved upon it over the years.

This device can be boiled down to being called an "adding machine", because it gives the user the ability of leaving a paper trail of all calculations being done at any given moment. With the fast printing of the machine, and the watchable paper roll at the top, it is easy to use when adding together lists of numbers, or compiling data at a single sitting. For example, if you are in the business of accepting checks, this is a great machine to use as a tally for all checks that have come in, because you can type them in, and go back to make sure everything has been added in. With the counting feature that the device has, you will even see how many checks you have entered in. Cross-referencing how many you think that you should have, you will be able to say with certainty that everything has been entered correctly.

With the bonus features of serving as both a clock and as a calendar, this model by Sharp has a lot to offer over its competition. This means that when you are not using it as a calculator, that you can have it to other settings which can be just as useful in the office. Speaking from experience, you can never have enough clocks or calendars around a busy office. An electronic printing calculator is something that has really been beneficial to have around the office, because it makes it so easy to complete calculations, and have the print-out to show just how you arrived at a specific total. I highly recommend the Sharp EL-1197P Calculator because there is nothing better out there for the money you could pay for this one. It gets the job done, allows for corrections to calculations, and gives you the best excuse not to do things by hand.



Available Functions (buttons):

*Attached metal paper holder.
*Large blue fluorescent Display.
*Item Counter.
*Average Calculation.
*Grand Total Function with selector.
*Calendar and Clock.
*Conversion Function.
*Time Calculation.
*Tax Function.
*Built in Cost/Sell/Margin


Specifications:

*Display 12-digit (14mm)

*Printing Color Black and Red

*Printing Speed Approx. 4.3 lines per second

*Print Head Type Ribbon

*Power AC Power

*Dimensions -- (w x h x d) 8 3/4" x 12 7/8" x 3 1/16"

*Weight 4.2 lbs.