Overview
In a hospitality business, you may wish to automatically send a print our of an order to a kitchen and/or bar printer. We call these "Order Slips". An example order slip may look like:
Order Slip Groups
You can group the items you sell into Order Slip Groups to control what is sent to your printer. The above example shows a "Hot Drinks" and a "Bar Snacks" order slip group.
Creating an Order Slip Group
- Navigate to: Settings -> Hospitality.
- Navigate to the "Printer Groups" section.
- Click the "+ Add new" button at the bottom of the list.
- Enter the name for your Printer Group. E.g. "Coffee".
- Select the printer that this group should be sent to.
- Press the "Save..." button.
Assigning an Item to an Order Slip Group
Once you've created your Order Slip Groups, you need to assign your items to the relevant groups.
- Navigate to: Items.
- Select the inventory item you wish to configure.
- Click on the edit button next to the option you wish to configure.
- Select the relevant "Order Slip Group". If you do not wish to send an item to a printer clear the dropdown field.
- Set the "Order Slip Name" field. This is the text that will print for the item on the order slip.
- Press the "Save..." button.
Configuring an Order Printer
- Sign on to your iPad as a user with Register Manager privileges.
- Tap the Quick Pad icon.
- Tap the Printer Setup button.
- Tap the "Add Printer" button.
- Tap the "Next" button.
- Enter a name for your printer. E.g. "Main Kitchen".
- Select your printer.
- Set the Printer Type to "Order Slips".
- Select whether to print either Kitchen/Bar/Misc items.
- Tap the "Save" button.
Your items which are assigned to the relevant order slips will now printer when:
- You save the items to a table.
- Or you complete payment on a sale which hasn't been saved to a table.