# Preparation Areas

## Setup - Advanced Setup

**Preparation Areas** are used when we have to **send orders** for the items we are selling to be prepared on a **preparation printer**, such as in the kitchen.

Here, you can define different **Preparation Areas** so that the items are sent to the right place for each of them.

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In this screen you will add the **Preparation Areas.** Press the <img src="https://3463728548-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M3tgh9KI6GtQ6RBAEz9%2F-M4UNTT5qE88662gZlGS%2F-M4UNre1df7-djt_z-BI%2Fadd_item_red.png?alt=media&#x26;token=06c5b46f-34d5-45e1-b770-cc6150363f94" alt="" data-size="original"> button to add a new preparation area. If you want to edit/delete existing preparation areas, double tap on them.

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Here you can **enter the data** for the new preparation area:

* ***Code:*** By default, the system generates a sequential code, which can be changed as long as it is unique.
* ***Name:*** Here you enter the name of the **Preparation Area**.
* ***Kitchen printing type:*** Here you must define the type of printing in kitchen: One receipt per order or One receipt per item.
* **Enter the text size:** Here you define the text size of the receipt for this group: Normal size or Large size.
* **Print prices:** Here we select whether the receipt of this group will print the price.
* **Print header & footer message:** Here we select whether the receipt of this group will print header and footer.
* **Kitchen printers:** Here you select to which **kitchen printer** the items in this group will be sent. It is also possible to **choose more than one**, so that a preparation receipt including this item will be printed on each of the selected printers.

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In this example, you can see that all Items assigned to the KITCHEN Preparation Area will be sent to Kitchen Printer 2 and Kitchen Printer 3.

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You can create as many Preparation Areas as you wish. For example, Drinks can be sent to **Bar** and the rest of the dishes to be prepared, Meat, Fish, Pizza, Pasta, etc., can be sent to **KITCHEN**.