This feature was first introduced with Simphony release 18.2.3.
Kitchen or bar staff want to preview orders to get a head start on preparing items that require more prep or cooking time to assist in delivering orders more quickly. Pre-production printing allows servers to send certain menu items to remote printers prior to finalizing the current round.
As workstation operators add items, they can select a Pre-Production Chit (Tender/Media Service Total) button to send the pre-production items to remote printers. For easier recognition, pre-production chits are formatted differently than the output of conventional order chits.
Note:
After an item has been fired via pre-production chit printing, if the operator adds a second item and selects pre-production chit printing again, the system only fires the second item. The first item does not trigger the re-fire of a pre-production chit.