# Force Post

### Force Post

There may be situations where you need to obtain an authorization for a credit card sale directly from the card issuer. In such a case, you must manually enter the authorization code provided by the issuer into the terminal to complete the transaction. 

#### **To enter the authorization code for a force post transaction:**

1. Touch **Operations** and touch **Force post** from the menu.<br>

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2. Enter the Merchant password and then touch **Confirm**.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: If you have previously disabled password protection for force post transactions, the terminal will not ask for the password.
{% endhint %}

3. Using the number pad, enter the Authorization code provided by the card issuer and touch **Confirm**.
4. Tap, insert, or swipe the payment card.
5. After confirming the force post transaction, the terminal prints the merchant copy of the transaction receipt. To print the customer copy, touch **Print receipt** or touch **No receipt** if no customer copy is requested.


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