Setting up the Bridge for USB and stubborn printers

The kitchen printer is an old USB model plugged into a mini-PC under the pass. It has no network port at all, and the main terminal is at the front counter.

1. 1On the mini-PC, open POS › Printing and, in the Bridge card, download it for macOS or Windows. Install it; it runs in the menu bar / system tray.
2. 2Open it and choose Sign in, then Open your Dashboard. Your dashboard shows Connect a terminal for a Menulisa Bridge: check the code matches, pick the branch, type a Bridge name — Kitchen mini-PC — and press Approve & connect.
3. 3No browser on that computer? In the Bridge choose Have a pairing token?. On the dashboard, under Pair this branch, give it a New bridge name and press Pair bridge; paste the Pairing token into the Bridge, or Download config file and use Import a config file…. The token is shown only once; if you lose it, pair again.
4. 4Within a moment the Bridge shows Online on the dashboard. It lists the printers it finds; add the kitchen printer on the dashboard with Add printer › USB and its Windows printer name exactly as that computer lists it (for example XP-A260H). Test print.

• Tickets for that printer — from the main terminal, phones, iPads and QR orders alike — travel to the Bridge and down the USB cable.
• In the Bridge’s Activity, every ticket says who printed it: Bridge, Main terminal (printed straight from the POS, the Bridge wasn’t involved) or Bridge · fallback.
• If the mini-PC is off, the card says when it was last seen and its tickets wait until it comes back.
• A stolen or retired PC: press Revoke bridge. You’ll see Revoked “Kitchen mini-PC” and it stops working instantly.