In a restaurant environment things can change quickly, so it is possible to manage printer routing for Prepare Slips on-the-fly from POS. This allows a manager to instantly set up a redirection from any POS terminal, without having to edit records in Cinema Manager.

For POS printer routing, any Workstations required must have the Kitchen Print Routing button made available. A system setting is used to customise the security approval required.

Configuring the printer routing POS button

Note: This procedure will add the Kitchen Print Routing button to all workstations that share the same POS Button Layout.

1. Determine which POS Button Layout is used by your workstation and open this in Cinema Manager > Maintenance > POS Button Layouts.
2. Open the POS Button Layout for editing.
3. Select the Visible checkbox for the Kitchen Print Routing button.
4. (Optional) Assign the Positon you want the button to appear in.

Configuring printer routing security

This system setting is accessed in Cinema Manager or Head Office under Maintenance > System settings.

Redirecting prepare slips

1. On POS, press Kitchen Print Routing: More > Kitchen Print Routing.
2. Enter security approval if required by the setting SecurityKitchenPrintRouting.
3. On the Workstations page:
   1. Select a Workstation Group.
   2. Choose a Workstation, or select All Workstations.
   3. Select the Prepare Area you wish to redirect, for example: Kitchen 2.
   4. Select the area you wish to redirect to, for example: Main Kitchen.
   5. Select how long the redirection should remain in place.
4. On the Prepare Areas page:
   1. Select the Prepare Area you wish to redirect.
   2. Select the area you wish to redirect to.
   3. Select how long the redirection should remain in place.
5. On the Printers page:
   1. Select a Backup Printer for a Network Printer.
      If the network printer goes offline or becomes unreachable due to an error, the backup printer is used.
   2. Select the network printer you wish to redirect to.
      Any Prepare Slips that would normally be printed by the network printer are redirected to the specified printer.
   3. Select how long the redirection should remain in place.
6. Press Done to finish printer routing and return to POS.

See also:

• Printer routing
• Setting up items for printer routing
• Setting up workstations for printer routing
• Setting up service areas for printer routing
• Setting up network printers for printer routing
• Printer routing from POS
• Printer routing based on check IDs