When creating printer templates, it is possible to further modify the layout of templates within Advanced Layout Settings. From the Printer Templates page, click on the printer template type to modify (ie Receipt, Bar or Kitchen, or Email Receipt). In the pop-up window for the printer template selected, scroll down to Advanced Layout Settings where there are four sub-sections: Adjust Margins, Show/Hide, Miscellaneous Settings, and Enable/Disable. Please note that particular options for each sub-section will differ depending on the printer template selected. The article below outlines the Advanced Layout Settings for Receipt, Bar or Kitchen, and Email Receipt printer templates.

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Adjust Margins

Manually adjust the margins of the selected printer template.

Click the buttons below to preview setting options and descriptions for each printer template type.

"Adjust Margins" Advanced Layout Settings for Receipt templates

Below customer	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below payments	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below ticket items	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Above ticket items	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 50
Top of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 50
Right-side of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Bottom of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 100
Left-side of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Use percent for ticket margins	When box is selected, margin values will be percentages
Below greeting	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below total price	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below VAT	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below promotional text	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 20
Below Category totals	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below signature	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below tips	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below suggested tips	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Add item count bottom margin	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0

"Adjust Margins" Advanced Layout Settings for Email Receipt templates

Above ticket items	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below ticket items	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Top of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Right-side of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Bottom of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Left-side of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Use percentage for ticket margins	When box is selected, margin values will be percentages

"Adjust Margins" Advanced Layout Settings for Bar or Kitchen templates

Above ticket items	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 50
Below ticket items	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Top of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 100
Right-side of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Bottom of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 100
Left-side of ticket	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Use percentage for ticket margins	When box is selected, margin values will be percentages
Add item count bottom margin	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0
Below customer	Adjust margin value, automatically set to 0

Show/Hide

Manually adjust what appears on the selected printer template, according to the printer type. For Receipt printers, choose to show or hide items such as price, modifiers, and payment information. For Kitchen or Bar printers, choose to show information such as the course name, floor, or server.

Click the buttons below to preview setting options and descriptions for each printer template type.

"Show/Hide" Advanced Layout Settings for Receipt templates

Show sequence number on top	Display or hide sequence number at top of receipt
Show creation date	Display or hide the creation date and time of the receipt instead of the current date and time
Show creation user	Display or hide the creation user instead of user printing the receipt
Show void reason	Display or hide reason for cancelled order
Header of ticket items	Display or hide bold text header "# Item" and "Price" for receipt items
Price	Display or hide total unit price
Unit price	Display or hide individual unit price
Modifiers	Display or hide modifier items
Modifier group name	Display or hide the group name for modifiers
Hide modifier prices	Display or hide prices for modifiers
Only show menu name	Display or hide the menu type that items are from
Course name	Display or hide the name for coursing (ie, Starter, Main, Dessert)
Payment information	Display or hide how the customer paid
Header of payment information	Display or hide bold text header "Payment" for payment type
Category totals	Display or hide the totals for product categories
VAT summary	Display or hide Value-added tax summary
Show total items	Display or hide number of items ordered to display below total price
Show room and guest name	Display or hide the room number or guest name (for use with property management system integrations)
Show extra room and signature	Display or hide lines for a guest to fill in their room, name, and signature if they have not yet paid when the receipt was printed (for use with property management system integrations)
Hide table name	Display or hide the table name from the top of the receipt

"Show/Hide" Advanced Layout Settings for Email Receipt templates

Header of ticket items	Display or hide bold text header "# Item" and "Price" for receipt items
Modifiers	Display or hide modifier items
Modifier group name	Display or hide the group name for modifiers
Show menu information	Display or hide the menu type that items are from
Course name	Display or hide the name for coursing (ie, Starter, Main, Dessert)
Show room and guest name	Display or hide the room number or guest name (for use with property management system integrations)

"Show/Hide" Advanced Layout Settings for Bar or Kitchen templates

Show sequence number on top	Display or hide sequence number at top of chit
Show creation date	Display or hide the creation date and time of the order fire instead of the current date and time
Show creation user	Display or hide the order creation user
Header of ticket items	Display or hide bold text header "# Item" and "Customer #" on chit
Show seat number	Display or hide the customer/seat number on the order
Modifiers	Display or hide modifier items
Modifier group name	Display or hide the group name for modifiers
Show menu information	Display or hide the menu type that items are from
Course name	Display or hide the name for coursing (ie, Starter, Main, Dessert)
Show total items	Display or hide number of items ordered
Show room and guest name	Display or hide the room number or guest name (for use with property management system integrations)
Top of kitchen/bar chit	Display identifying info on top of chit such as Sequence number, Floor, Number of customers, Server, Receipt number, Customer, Date, or Order type (Takeout/Delivery)
Bottom of kitchen/bar chit	Display identifying info on top of chit such as Sequence number, Floor, Number of customers, Server, Receipt number, Customer, Date, or Order type (Takeout/Delivery)

Misc. Settings

Misc. (Miscellaneous) Settings include various setting options. For instance, sort the layout of printed items on a receipt by their product name or PLU, or choose to combine or separate repeat order items on a receipt. If there are multiple Kitchen printer templates at your restaurant (ie, Hot and Cold kitchen prep stations) you may have selected Notification Templates within the advanced options of product categories. If you wish to create a Kitchen Summary printer template, be sure to select the Summary Notification Template setting so that orders are not duplicated on the Kitchen Summary printer.

Click the buttons below to preview setting options and descriptions for each printer template type.

"Miscellaneous" Advanced Layout Settings for Receipt templates

Order tickets items by	Organize items by name (alphabetical, with menu type first), PLU, modified date, or seat number. "None" is default setting
Order ticket modifiers by	Organize item modifiers by name (alphabetical) or PLU. "None" is default setting
Promotion Frame Thickness	Set promotional text frame thickness as thin, medium, thick, or none (no border)
Promotion Frame Width (%)	Set promotional text frame margins by percentage values
Combine Discounts	Set discounts to be displayed as separate or combined values
Combine Items	Set multiple items to be displayed as separate or combined
Trim Discount Information	Set full discount information to display, such as tax rate on discounts
Category totals filter	Define specific categories to appear on receipt by creating category filters (ie, Drinks, Mains, Lunch)
Suggested tips	Add a suggested tip percentage amount to display below promotional text
QR Code	When enabled, the company address [FROM] and customer address [TO] will be inserted into the QR-code to generate a route. This will only work when a customer is attached. For Website, Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Waze. "None" (no QR Code) is default setting
Reset sequence number	Set sequence number on receipt to reset after specified number (default is set to 100)
Round to 5 cents	Set currency values to round to five cents
Currency	Manually set currency type by inputting currency symbol
Secondary currency	Set a secondary currency if your region has more than one currency type (ie, Switzerland)
Exchange rate	The secondary currency will be calculated by multiplying the set exchange rate value
Tax Name	Enter a specific tax name
Split items by customer	Set items to be split by customer if more than one customer is on the receipt
Summarize items	Set items to be summarized Never, Always, or When swipe payment is added

"Miscellaneous" Advanced Layout Settings for Email Receipt templates

Order ticket items by	Organize items by name (alphabetical, with menu type first), PLU, modified date, or seat number. "None" is default setting
Order ticket modifiers by	Organize item modifiers by name (alphabetical) or PLU. "None" is default setting
Combine items	Set multiple items to be displayed as separate or combined
Combine items with different modifiers	When selected, modifiers will appear on same line below items
Uncombine items	Set items to always be separated, even if the user has inputted the items as combined
Show items on fire ticket	When enabled, course items will once again appear (in smaller font) when the course has been fired
Course line width	Adjust course line width
Course margin width	Adjust course margin width
Margin width between items	Select margin width between items
Show course indicators	When selected, there will be a line between courses
Summary notification template	For use when Notification Templates have been enabled within product categories. Be sure to select Summary Notification Template if this printer template is for a Summary printer so that orders are not duplicated on your Kitchen Summary printer

"Miscellaneous" Advanced Layout Settings for Bar or Kitchen templates

Order ticket items by	Organize items by name (alphabetical, with menu type first), PLU, modified date, or seat number. "None" is default setting
Order ticket modifiers by	Organize item modifiers by name (alphabetical) or PLU. "None" is default setting
Combine items	Set multiple items to be displayed as separate or combined
Uncombine items	Set items to always be separated, even if the user has inputted the items as combined
Combine items with different modifiers	When selected, modifiers will appear on same line below items
Show items on fire ticket	When enabled, course items will once again appear (in smaller font) when the course has been fired
Course line width	Adjust course line width
Course margin width	Adjust course margin width
Margin width between items	Select margin width between items
Show course indicators	When selected, there will be a line between courses
Summary notification template	For use when Notification Templates have been enabled within product categories. Be sure to select Summary Notification Template if this printer template is for a Summary printer so that orders are not duplicated on your Kitchen Summary printer

Enable/Disable

Select which lines are visible or hidden on a printer template. On Receipt templates, select settings such as Underline title or enable a Tip Line for manually adding a tip amount on a printed receipt. On Kitchen printer templates, select settings such as enabling a Line between seat number.

Click the buttons below to preview setting options and descriptions for each printer template type.

"Enable/Disable" Advanced Layout Settings for Receipt templates

Underline title	Select or deselect option to have receipt title underlined (if a title has been entered in template settings)
Line below ticket items	Select or deselect option to have line between ticket items and subtotal amount
Line below change	Select or deselect option to have line below total change due
Line below customer info	Select or deselect option to have line below customer info
Line above receipt header	Select or deselect option to have line above receipt header
Line below receipt header	Select or deselect option to have line below receipt header
Line below promotional text	Select or deselect option to have line below promotional text (if promotional text has been entered in template settings)
Underline promotional text	Select or deselect option to have promotional text underlined
Line below total price	Select or deselect option to have line beneath total price
Underline greeting	Select or deselect option to have greeting underlined (if greeting has been entered in template settings)
Line below split payments	Select or deselect option to have line below split payment types
Line below VAT	Select or deselect option to have line below Value Added Tax (VAT)
Line below category totals	Select or deselect option to have line below item category totals
Line below tips	Select or deselect option to have line below tip amount when bill has been paid and payment included a tip
Tip line	Select or deselect a line to display for manually adding a Tip Amount on paid receipts once the bill has been printed
Line below suggested tips	Select or deselect a line to display below suggested tip % amount (if suggested tip % has been set within Misc. settings)
Add total items subline	Select or deselect a line to show below total items, if total items are selected under the "Show/Hide" advanced setting option

"Enable/Disable" Advanced Layout Settings for Email Receipt templates

Line above receipt header	Select or deselect option to have line above receipt header
Reset sequence number	Set sequence number on receipt to reset after specified number (default is set to 50)
Line below receipt header	Select or deselect option to have line above receipt header
Line below ticket items	Select or deselect option to have line between ticket items and subtotal amount
Line between seat number	Select line to display between orders with multiple seats

"Enable/Disable" Advanced Layout Settings for Bar or Kitchen templates

Underline title	Select or deselect option to have receipt title underlined (if a title has been entered in template settings)
Line above receipt header	Select or deselect option to have line above receipt header
Reset sequence number	Set sequence number on receipt to reset after specified number (default is set to 100)
Line below receipt header	Select or deselect option to have line above receipt header
Line below ticket items	Select or deselect option to have line between ticket items and subtotal amount
Line below customer info	Select or deselect option to have line below customer info
Add total items subline	Select or deselect a line to show below total items, if total items are selected under the "Show/Hide" advanced setting option
Line between seat number	Select line to display between orders with multiple seats

What’s Next?

At the bottom of each printer template pop-up window, view which product categories are linked to each printer template. For more information on how to link product categories to printer templates, see Assigning categories to printer templates.