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After an update several weeks ago, I am unable to assign categories to my kitchen printers. Square sends all categories to each printer. There used to be a setting in the hardware/printer to choose which categories to print. Cannot find it anymore.
This is what Square says but there are no options to select categories:
Assign categories to printers
After you create item categories, you can assign categories to specific printers from your Restaurants POS app.
Open your Restaurants POS app and tap Account > Settings > Hardware > Printers.
Select a printer station or tap Create printer station.
Under Use this printer for, tap In Person Orders.
Toggle on Use this printer for in-person order tickets.
Tap Categories to print and select the categories you want to assign to that printer.
Tap the back arrow and tap Save. What am I doing wrong?
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Hi @MSCB. The confusion here is probably due to two things — Square hasn’t updated their documentation since they implemented printer profiles in Restaurants, and printer profiles add an extra step.
Go to your POS > More > Settings > Hardware > Printers. Select the Profiles tab and select the desired profile. Click “Edit” next to Profile details. Category selection will be located in “Online Orders” and “in Person Orders” sections.
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Hi @MSCB. The confusion here is probably due to two things — Square hasn’t updated their documentation since they implemented printer profiles in Restaurants, and printer profiles add an extra step.
Go to your POS > More > Settings > Hardware > Printers. Select the Profiles tab and select the desired profile. Click “Edit” next to Profile details. Category selection will be located in “Online Orders” and “in Person Orders” sections.
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Piper’s Ice Cream Bar, Covington KY USA
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Click here to see a list of third-party apps I use to add functionality to my Square account!
If my answer resolves your issue, please take a minute to mark it as Best Answer. That helps other sellers who find this thread in the future.
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I am having the same exact problem. My iPad still allows me to select the categories to print, but my Square Terminal will not.
Anyone else having this issue with Square Terminal?
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