Printing

In addition to sending orders to physical screens Kitchen iQ can also print an order ticket based on a number of different rules that can be configured, printed order tickets can be useful when serving food or for areas where there is no availability of a physical screen.

Printing Topics

Adding New Printer References
Adding New Print Rules
Field Settings & Information

Adding New Printer References

Follow these steps to add a new printer reference:

Click Add
Enter the following details, Name
Click Save

Adding New Printing Rules

Follow these steps to add a new printer rule:

Click Add
Select the Station | Order Destinations (optional can be left at All) | Courses (optional can be left at All)

One or more Order Destinations and Courses can be added to each printing rule
Select the print basis
- All Items are Active - will only print when all items are active
- First Item is Active - will print a ticket when the first item is active, only 1 ticket will be printed, subsequent items that become active will not set any printing rules
  - Print Item Only - if selected only the individual item will be printed
- Any Item is Active - will print a ticket each time an item becomes active
  - Print Item Only - if selected only the individual item will be printed
Select the required printer reference | set the number of copies to print
Click Save

Printer references are assigned to physical printers setup within a site configuration

Field Settings & Information

Printer References

Printer references are used when configuring printing rules

The following table of information describes each of the printer reference fields:

Field	Description
Name	The name given to the printer reference (used in the printing rules configuration and assigned to physical printers)

Printing Rules

Printing rules define when items will print.

The following table of information describes each of the printing rules fields:

Field	Description
Station	Drop down to define the station that is us to be used for the print rule
Order Destinations	Drop down to define order destinations - this can be used as an additional print rule filter parameter, if the print rule can apply to any the default of "All" can be left selected
Courses	Drop down to define courses - this can be used as an additional print rule filter parameter, if the print rule can apply to any the default of "All" can be left selected
Print Basis	Drop down to define the basis for printing All Items are Active - will only print when all items are active First Item is Active - will print a ticket when the first item is active, only 1 ticket will be printed, subsequent items that become active will not set any printing rules Print Item Only - if selected only the individual item will be printed Any Item is Active - will print a ticket each time an item becomes active Print Item Only - if selected only the individual item will be printed
Printer Reference	Drop down to define the printer reference
Copies	Input to specific the value of tickets to print