Automatic printing of kitchen receipts

**1. Purpose**

1. Automate the entire workflow from order confirmation to instant receipt generation for the kitchen in an Arab restaurant.

2. Automates the synchronizing of POS, online, and delivery platform orders, auto-routing itemized tickets to printers by station (grill, salad, desserts).

3. Prevents manual intervention, cuts latency, integrates modern and legacy kitchen hardware seamlessly, standardizes print layouts, and automates compliance with local food prep regulations.

4. Enables end-to-end automated reporting for kitchen orders, tracks fulfillment times, and allows for customizable ticket logic per cuisine special (mezze, grill, shawarma, etc.).

**2. Trigger Conditions**

1. New order placed via POS system, web, mobile app, or third-party aggregator.

2. Order payment authorized or authorized & captured; includes advance and pay-on-pickup automation.

3. Automatedly triggers upon status change (“pending” → “confirmed”) in the Order Management System (OMS).

4. Special flag, e.g. “kitchen rush” or “VIP customer,” triggers priority automated printing.

**3. Platform Variants**

1. Square POS

• Function/API: Orders API webhook — configure endpoint for “order.created” event to automate print job queuing.

2. Shopify

• App: Order Printer — set to automatedly generate kitchen ticket printout on every “order paid” webhook.

3. Toast POS

• Function: Toast API — enable “OrderNotification” to trigger real-time automated ticket print to networked kitchen printer.

4. Lightspeed Restaurant (K Series)

• Feature: Lightspeed Webhooks for “New Sale” — route payload to PrintNode automated print service.

5. Revel Systems

• Endpoint: OrderStatusChange Webhook — automate print instruction to connected Epson/Star Micronics printer.

6. Square for Restaurants

• API: Automated Printing Rules in Device Management; configure automated ticket per revenue center.

7. Oracle MICROS Simphony

• Integration: Kitchen Display System (KDS) API — listens for new transaction events, automates print commands by kitchen station.

8. Clover POS

• App: Order Receipt Print — attaches to “order updated” trigger for automated batch print.

9. Uber Eats Orders API

• Feature: On “OrderReceived” event, automate payload conversion to print task.

10. DoorDash Drive API

• Endpoint: Order webhook; configure script for receipt automation to kitchen thermal printer.

11. PrintNode

• API: PrintNode API; listens for new job triggers, automates transfer to kitchen printer.

12. Google Cloud Print (legacy)

• Print job REST endpoint; automate order-to-print pipeline on “new order” from any cloud-based system.

13. Star CloudPRNT

• Feature: CloudPRNT API; configure printer to poll endpoint, automates kitchen printing as orders are created.

14. Epson ePOS-Print

• API: ePOS-Print XML; build automation flow to push new orders instantly to compatible devices.

15. WooCommerce

• Plugin: WooCommerce Print Orders; automates print ticket when order status becomes “processing” or “completed.”

16. Zapier

• App: Zapier Webhooks + Print integration; automate “order received” (from any source) to print output.

17. Ordermark

• Function: Integrates multiple third-party platforms; automates unified print for all order aggregators.

18. GloriaFood

• API Webhook: On “order accepted,” automate sending JSON payload to print automation service.

19. API2Cart

• Function: Orders API + Print API; automate cart-to-printer linkage for all connected sales channels.

20. Infor POS

• Setting: Event Handler for kitchen ticketing; configure to automatically generate print tasks on order approval.

21. Fresh KDS

• API: New Order Webhook; automate automated print sync if KDS is paired with physical printer.

22. Chowly

• Integration: Automatedly maps aggregator orders to print jobs for restaurants using older kitchens.

23. Deliverect

• Function: Order Webhook; automatedly routes third-party or direct-online orders to kitchen print queue.

**4. Benefits**

1. Automates order transfer, eliminates errors from handwritten or delayed tickets.

2. Speeds food prep and automates order queue prioritization.

3. Standardizes ticket formatting for multi-lingual Arabic workflows.

4. Paperless or paper-based — automates based on kitchen hardware.

5. High-volume-ready; automates batch printing for rush periods.

6. Allows restaurants to automate tracking, timestamping, and analytics for every kitchen order.

7. Redundancy—automation enables fallback printing if one printer fails.

8. Integrates with kitchen dashboards, automating culinary workflow for maximum efficiency.

9. Reduces labor costs by automatedly cutting manual intervention.

10. Automatable customization by dish, time of day, or chef requirement.