Configure Printer Order Device

You can configure order chits to send to a printer at the kitchen when checks are service totalled on a workstation.

1. Select the revenue center, click Setup, and then click Order Devices.
2. Insert an order device record for the printer (for example, Kitchen Hot Printer), and then double-click the record to open it.
3. On the General tab, select 1 - Remote from the Device Type drop-down list, select 0 - Printer from the Primary Device Type drop-down list, and then select the appropriate printer record from the Device drop-down list.
4. If you have a backup printer, select the Backup Device from the drop-down list.
5. From the Order Device Redirect drop-down list, select the printer order device that you created in Step 2.
6. From the Menu Item Printing drop-down list, select the items to route to this KDS:

   • 0 - All Items: Select to route all menu items.

   • 1 - Only Items with Condiments: Select to route only menu items with condiments.

   • 2 - Only Items without Condiments: Select to route only menu items without condiments.

7. From the Condiment Sort Type drop-down list, select how to sort the condiments on the order chits. Condiment sorting only works if you have set Menu Item Classes option 30 - Sort Condiments by Print Group for the parent menu items.

   • No condiment sorting: Select to list condiments in the order in which they are entered on the check by the workstation operator. Allowed condiments sort in the order assigned in Condiment Sets, if configured.

   • Sort allowed condiments: Select to sort only allowed condiments based on the print group. The sort order configured for allowed condiments in Condiment Sets is discarded. If required condiments are ordered in between allowed condiments, the required condiments remain in the same position in which order they were ordered.

   • Sort all condiments: Select to sort all condiments based on the print group, regardless of condiment type.

8. Configure the following Print Settings:

   Table 17-5 Order Devices Printer Settings

   Field	Description
   Max # Lines per Chit	Enter the maximum number of lines (0 to 99) to print on each page of an order chit. Oracle MICROS roll printers print 6 lines per inch.
   Sort/Consolidation Method	Select the parent menu item sort and consolidation method for this order device.
   Language	Select the primary language for the order device. This field only shows the languages that are assigned to the property in the Property Parameters module.
   Language 2	To print the output in a second language, select the secondary language.
   Language 3	To print the output in a third language, select the third language.
   Line Feeds Before Order	Enter the number of lines to advance before printing the order on order chits.
   Line Feeds After Order	Enter the number of lines to advance after printing the order on order chits.

9. Click the Options tab, and then select the appropriate printer options as described in the following table:

   Table 17-6 Order Devices Printer Options

   Option	Description
   1 - On = Print Trans Emp Name and #; Off = Print Chk Emp Name and #	Select this option to print the employee name and number of the transaction operator on the order chit. Deselect to print the employee name and number of the check operator.
   3 - Print Dopplebon	Select this option to print a separate order chit for each menu item in the current service round (dopplebon style). Deselect to print one order chit for all menu items in the current service round (the default printing style).
   4 - Print Dopplebon Summary	Select this option to print an order summary chit before printing an order's dopplebon order chits. Deselect to suppress dopplebon summary chit printing
   6 - Print Seat Numbers with Individual Items	Select this option to print seat numbers with each individual menu item. If the order device is set to consolidate (Sort/Consolidate Method on the General tab), the seats print as a Seat Header above the detail item.
   7 - Print Revenue Center Name on Orders	Select this option to print the revenue center name with each order sent to this order device. The name prints in double-wide characters. Deselect to suppress printing the revenue center name.
   9 - On = Print void marker before Void; Off = Print Void in Red	Select this option to print a VV VOID VV line, in red or inverse, in front of voided menu items. Deselect to print voided items in red, without the VV Void VV line.
   10 - Print Condiments in Red (Overrides Print Class Settings)	Select this option to print condiments in red ink or in inverse. Deselect to print condiments in red/inverse or in black, depending on the Print Class Red/Black option setting.
   11 - Print Both Menu Item Names	Select this option to print both names entered for a Menu Item Definition on the order chit. Deselect to print only one name. When this option is deselected, the name that prints is determined by the Menu Item Definition's Menu Item Class option Print Name 2 on Order Output Instead of Name 1.
   13 - Print Guest Check Info Lines Before Header on Order Device	Select this option to print guest check information lines before the order device header.
   14 - Print Guest Check Info Lines After Header on Order Device	Select this option to print guest check information lines after the order device header.
   15 - Print Guest Check Info Lines After Trailer on Order Device	Select this option to print guest check information lines after the order device trailer.
   16 - Print Secondary Items	See Configure Secondary Printing for more information.
   21 - Exclude Voids	Select this option if you do not want voids of previous round items to be sent to the kitchen.
   22 - Intersperse Different Languages	If you are printing in more than one language, select this option to print the menu item in each language before printing any condiments. For example, the output will be menu item name in language 1, menu item name in language 2, 1st condiment in language 1, 1st condiment in language 2.
   24 - Print Dining Course Header	Select this option to print a dining course header and to group the menu items by dining course.
   25 - Format Prefix On Separate Line	Select this option to print the prefix on a separate line above the condiment. Deselect to print the prefix on the same line as the condiment that it modifies.
   26 - Print Single Wide	Select this option to print orders in single-width characters. This supports longer menu item names, but has the drawback of not being as readable from a distance.

10. Click Save.
11. Select the property, click Setup, and then click Workstations.
12. Double-click the workstation record for which to assign the printer order device, and then click the Order Devices tab.
13. Select the printer order device from the Order Device Output list, and then click Save.