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Point of Sale Solution Back Office Printer Types

September 22, 2025

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How to add a printer type to associate with items

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If your business uses prep-printers, warehouse printers or kitchen printers, you can create individual printer type names, such as a prep-printer 1, bar printer, salad printer, etc. to be used for assigning printers to individual items. When an item is assigned to a printer is ordered, a ticket will print on that printer or the ticket will display on the KDS screen.

Watch the video:

  • In this video, you will learn how to add a printer type to the Back Office of your Point of Sale Solution.
  • In Point-of-Sale Back Office select Basic Settings > Items.
  • On the Printer Types tab, click Add New.
  • Enter the name of the new printer type.
  • Click Save. The printer type you create will be added to the dropdown options that display when you are adding a product.
  • To edit the name of the printer, click the Edit icon. To Delete the printer, click the Delete icon to remove the printer type.


To add a printer type

  1. In the Point of Sale Solution Back Office, select Basic Settings > Items
  2. On the Printer types tab, click Add new.
     Manage Printer Types page with the Add new button highlighted.
  3. Enter the name of the new printer type. 

    Printer Details pop up to create new name.
  4. Click Save. The printer type you create will be added to the dropdown options that display when you are adding a product. 
  5. To edit the name, click the Edit icon or click the Delete icon to remove the printer type.
     Edit icon highlighted under printer type actions.

Once you have created a Printer type, you will need to associate a printer with the printer type



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