Here you can learn to configure Kitchen Categories so that particular items go to specific kitchen printers and KDSs.
Before you start
Ensure your menu set up in the Company
Back office
Assign Kitchen Categories
| All products are attached to the Default category when the menu is first created. If you would like to create separate categories so that their respective products (e.g Dessert, Drinks, Pizza, Pasta) go to their respective KDSs.
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Company : Management > Menu > Menu Setup > Categories > Kitchen Categories > New Kitchen Category
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New categories will then be listed under the Kitchen categories table Now you can assign the Products to this new Kitchen Category
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In bulk by Management > Menu >Menu Setup > Edit Category > Select Printer Category > Update Category
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This action will assign all Products in this Category to this Kitchen Category | Printer Category will return to Please Select once saved, but the Kitchen Category will have been assigned, which you can double check by following the instructions below
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Individually by Management > Menu > Products > Search Product > Edit > Select Kitchen Printer Category || A Product can only be assigned to one Kitchen Category, but a Kitchen Category can be assigned to multiple Kitchen Printers or KDS here Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen || (C) after the Kitchen Category name denotes a Kitchen Category created in the Company Menu
Kitchen Printers
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Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen > Kitchen Printer Listing
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Edit > To add the Kitchen Categories to this Printer
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New Kitchen Printer > To add a new physical Kitchen Printer
Kitchen Display (KDS)
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Store : Setup > POS > Kitchen > Kitchen Displays
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Edit > To add the Kitchen Categories to this Printer
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New Kitchen Printer > To add a new physical Kitchen Printer