To enable registration card printing at your hotel, the following setup is required.
Activate OPERA Controls
From the Administration menu, select Enterprise, and select OPERA Controls.
In the Front Desk group, set the Print Registration Cards for Accompanying Guests parameter to On.
The Age Threshold to Print Registration Card setting must have a numeric value set to define the minimum age required for a guest to have an individual registration card printed.
Printing an Individual Registration Card
From the OPERA menu, go to Bookings and select Reservations and select Manage Reservation. Select the Arrivals predefined search and select a reservation from the search results.
Click I Want To… and click Registration Card.
In the Select Guests panel, select the guests you want to add to the registration card. If you have the View Identification Details task granted, you can select the Show Masked Information link to view masked fields, such as the birthdate.
Select a printing delivery option. The following options can be selected: Preview/Print, Email, and Fax.
Choose a template for the registration card. The system defaults the appropriate registration card template based on pre-defined rules. You can select an alternate registration card template to print.
Click Process. The system generates and prints the registration card for the selected guests.
Printing Batch Registration Cards
From the OPERA menu, go to Bookings and select Reservations Workspace and select Registration Cards.
Search for reservations by entering a Property and Arrival Date for your search. You can also select additional search criteria to refine your search results. Click Search. The system shows reservations matching all search criteria.
Select each reservation for which you want to print a registration card. You can also click All Reservations to print cards for all the reservations that appear in the search results.
In the Select Guest panel, select Primary Guests and Accompanying Guests or select Primary Guests only. Selecting Primary Guests and Accompanying Guests prints individual registration cards for both the primary guests and eligible accompanying guests for all selected reservations. Selecting Primary Guests only prints the registration cards for primary guests and only ineligible accompanying guests appear on the registration card of the primary guest.
Select a printing delivery option. The following options can be selected: Preview/Print, Email, and Fax.
Choose a template for the registration card. The system defaults to the appropriate registration card template based on pre-defined rules. You can select an alternate registration card template to print.
Click Process. The system generates and prints registration cards for the selected reservations in alphabetical order based on the primary guests. The registration cards for the accompanying guests are printed and grouped by reservation.
Parent topic: Registration Card Conditions and Assumptions