================= Connect a Printer ================= When using your *IoT Box* in Odoo, you could need to use a printer. Doing so is easy and convenient as it can be done in a few steps. Then, you can use it to print receipts, orders or even reports in different Odoo apps. Connection ========== The IoT Box supports printers connected through USB, network or Bluetooth. `Supported printers `__ will be detected automatically and will appear in the *Devices* list of your IoT app. .. note:: The printer can take up to two minutes to appear in your devices list. .. image:: media/printer_01.png :align: center Link the Printer ================ To Work Orders -------------- You can link *Work Orders* to printers via a *Quality Control Point* to print labels for manufactured products. To do so, you need to create a *Quality Control Point* from the *Quality* app. Then, you can select the correct manufacturing operation and the work order operation. In type, choose *Print Label* and hit save. .. image:: media/printer_03.png :align: center Now, each time you reach the quality control point for the chosen product, a *Print Label* button will appear. .. image:: media/printer_04.png :align: center To Reports ---------- You can also link a type of report to a certain printer. In the *IoT* app, go to the *Devices* menu and select the printer you want to set up. .. image:: media/printer_05.png :align: center Now, go to the *Printer Reports* tab. .. image:: media/printer_06.png :align: center Hit edit and then, click on *Add a line*. In the window that shows up, check all the types of reports that should be linked to this printer. Click on select and save. .. image:: media/printer_07.png :align: center Now, each time you click on *Print* in the control panel, instead of downloading a PDF, it will send it to the selected printer and automatically print it. Print Receipts from the PoS --------------------------- You can link a printer to your *Point of Sale* app so you can print receipts directly from your *PoS*. Doing so is really easy. Go to your *Point of Sale* app and open your *Point of Sale* settings, under *Configuration*. There, click on *Edit* and check the *IoT Box* feature. Then, choose your *Receipt Printer* from the dropdown. .. image:: media/printer_08.png :align: center Now, you will be able to print different kinds of tickets from your *POS*: **receipts**, **sale details** and **bills**. Receipts are printed once the order is validated. The process is automated when you enable the feature in your *PoS* configuration. Sales details can be printed by clicking on the printer icon on the navbar at the top of the *PoS*. It will print the details of the sales of the current day. .. image:: media/printer_09.png :align: center As for the bill, it is only available in restaurant mode. In your restaurant settings, activate *Print Bills* and a *Bill* button will appear in the left panel of the *PoS*. .. image:: media/printer_10.png :align: center Print Orders in the kitchen --------------------------- In restaurant mode, you can send order tickets to the kitchen. To do so, go to the *PoS* app and open your *PoS* settings. Then, tick *Order Printer*. .. image:: media/printer_11.png :align: center Now, go to the *Printers* menu. Hit create, select the printer from the dropdown and, in the *Printer Product Categories* field, choose all the categories of products that should be printed on this printer. .. image:: media/printer_12.png :align: center In the *PoS*, when you add or remove a product from one of the selected categories, the button *Order* will be green. If you click on it, the IoT Box will print a receipt on the corresponding printer.