1. A multi-lingual output device for output of transactional information for a given customer, the device comprising: a data base for determining what transaction information needs to be outputted, the local language in which the information is to be outputted, and a plurality of preferred languages of the customer in which the information is to be outputted, and means for storing more than one customer language; and, a local transaction subsystem in communication with said database, wherein said local transaction subsystem includes input device receiving means for accepting an input device and output generating means for generating a signal to an output device, wherein the database further comprises means for storing more than one preferred customer language, the output device is a printer disposed to produce a printed device, and the input device is disposed to determine the customer's preferred language by the customer selecting the preferred language to print transaction information wherein the database includes information relating to the predefined priority of printing or displaying the preferred languages so that the language with the highest priority is printed or displayed first, and wherein the customer indicates a plurality of preferred languages, and wherein the priority in which the plurality of preferred languages are printed or displayed is set by the customer.