Printer & Device Setup
Network Diagram
Label Printer
Supported Devices
Toshiba BVDE
Add a new label printer
Login to your Admin Panel / Backend Area.
Go to System > Printers from the menu on the left.
Click on "Add New Printer".
Enter the following details:
Printer Title: For your printer identification.
Printer Type: Which type your printer is eg. Label, Thermal, etc?
Printer Location: Where your printer will be located in your restaurant.
Printer IP: What is your printer IP Address?
Printer Port: What is your printer Port? The default port of the printer is 9100.
Click on "Add New Printer" on the right bottom of the modal box.
Connect a label printer to the KDS Screen
Go to KDS from the menu on the left.
Under the Profiles tab, you will see "Add New Profile" or select the existing one.
Add/enter the profile details and further down you will see the Label Printer toggle button.
Make sure you turn it ON.
Select your printer from the Available Printers dropdown.
Filter out the categories you want to get printed from the printer.
That’s it, you should be all set up now.
Thermal Printer
Supported Devices
Epson TM88VI
Epson T-90
Black Copper
Add a new thermal printer
Open your FoodBucket app.
Click on the top left menu.
Click on Settings.
Under the system settings, click on Printers & Hardware.
Under the printer settings, click on Add New Printer.
Under the Add New Printer, you will see the following fields:
Fields | Usage |
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IP Address | Your printer IP address e.g. 100. x.x.x, etc. (you can manually enter the IP Address or use the Find Printer button next to the IP Address field). |
Location | It is an optional field. It is your printer location where the printer is located. e.g. Kitchen, Cash Counter, etc. |
Name | Your Printer name can be anything. |
Click on Save in the Bottom.
Tap on your added printer and click Test Printer to test if the printer is actually connected or not.
If the printer is successfully connected it should print a test receipt.
If the printer is not connected it won’t respond to the test print.
Printer Modification
Print Attributes
Fields | Usage |
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Copy Type | If you disable Copy Type, the Customer Copy will not be visible on receipts. |
Order Type | If you disable Order Type, it won’t show any order type eg. Dine, Take Away, Delivery. |
Note | If you disable Note, it won’t be visible on the receipt. |
Void Reason | Mentioned in the image. |
Meal or Deal Items | Mentioned in the image. |
Previous Items on Running Order | If you disable this, it will not Print Previous items on Running Order, it will print only Running Order on Receipts. |
Tagline | Mentioned in the image. |
Footer Note | Mentioned in the image. |
Print Receipt / KOT ( Kitchen Order Ticket)
Fields | Usage |
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Printer Type | Kitchen receipt/Customer receipt. |
Print receipt automatically when a purchase is made | Toggle on & off to handle print receipts automatically. |
Print Customer Copies | No. of Customer Copies |
Print Merchant Copies | No. Merchant Copies |
Print Kitchen Copies | No. of Kitchen Copies |
Receipt Management
Filter Receipts ~ Toggle on & off to turn on the filter applied.
Customize ~ Click on customize to filter out your receipt.
Customize
If you want to customize and filter your receipt, first of all, turn on the Filter Receipt option available in settings and click on Customize. A modal box will appear with three following options:
Categories
Menus
Excludes
Categories
Only the selected categories will be printed on the KOT Receipt if you select the categories and Save them from the top right corner of the modal box.
Menus
Only selected Menus will be printed on the KOT Receipt if you select the Menus and Save them from the top right corner of the modal box.
Excludes
If you select the Excludes and Save them from the top right corner of the modal box then the selected excludes will not be printed on the KOT Receipt.
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