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# Print Order

> Rearrange the order items appear on storekit kitchen tickets without changing the customer-facing menu. Print drinks before food or group items by station.

By default, items print on tickets in the same order they appear in your menu. But for kitchen efficiency, you might want a different arrangement - for example, printing drinks before food even if they appear lower on your menu.

The print order setting lets you control how items are arranged on tickets without changing your menu's customer-facing order.

## Setting Up Print Order

1. Go to your [storekit dashboard](https://dashboard.storekit.com)
2. Navigate to **Menu**
3. Click the **printer icon** at the top of the page (next to the Collapse button)
4. Drag categories and items into the order you want them to print
5. Changes save automatically

<Tip>
  Click the three-line icon beside the printer icon to switch back to the normal menu editing view.
</Tip>

## Example Use Cases

### Drinks Before Food

If you have one printer and want drinks to print at the top of the ticket (so the bar can start preparing while the kitchen reads the rest):

1. Open the print order view
2. Drag all drink categories to the top
3. Leave food categories below

### Prep Order

Arrange items by preparation time - items that take longest to prepare at the top, quick items at the bottom. This helps kitchen staff prioritise.

### Station Grouping

Even without split printing, you can group items by station:

1. Grill items together
2. Fryer items together
3. Cold items together

## Print Order vs Menu Order

| Setting         | Affects                       | Use Case                             |
| --------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| **Menu order**  | What guests see on your store | Organised for browsing and upselling |
| **Print order** | How items appear on tickets   | Organised for kitchen efficiency     |

You can have a completely different arrangement for each without affecting the other.

## Print Order vs Split Printing

* **Print order** controls the sequence of items on a single ticket
* **Split printing** sends different categories to different printers

These features work together. If you use split printing, each printer's ticket will follow the print order you've set for the categories assigned to it.