How do I stop bar orders from printing at the bar printer?

Last updated: Jun 1, 2026, 12:36 PM

Learn how to use the Non-Printing Prep Stations setting on a Toast POS device to stop that device from sending tickets to a specific prep station's printer. 

Use the Non-Printing Prep Stations setting on a Toast POS device to stop that device from sending tickets to a specific prep station's printer — for example, so drinks rung in on a bar tablet don't print at the bar printer.

 

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Set Up Non-Printing Prep Stations on a Device

Non-Printing Prep Stations is a device-level setting. You configure it on the specific Toast POS device whose orders you do not want to print at a given prep station's printer. Repeat the steps on each device that should follow the same rule.

 

Note: This setting only changes printing behavior for orders entered on that device. Orders entered on other devices continue to follow your existing prep station routing.

 

  1. On the Toast POS device, navigate to the main menu and select Device Setup.
  2. Select Non-Printing Prep Stations.
  3. Select the prep station (or prep stations) that you do not want orders from this device to print to. For a bar tablet, select the bar prep station so drinks rung in on the bar tablet do not print at the bar printer.
  4. Select Save to apply your changes.

 

Expected outcome: New orders entered on this device will route to your kitchen as usual, but will not print at the selected prep station's printer.

 

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Variation: Stop Handheld Orders From Printing at the Bar

If bartenders are ringing drinks in on a handheld and you do not want those drinks to print a ticket at the bar printer, configure Non-Printing Prep Stations on each bar handheld using the same four steps above. Select the prep station that prints to the bar, then save.

 

If drinks rung in at a terminal still print at the bar printer after you change the handheld setting, that's expected — the setting only affects the device you configured it on. Repeat the steps on every device whose orders should skip the bar printer.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I just set a non-printing prep station at the bar?

Yes — Non-Printing Prep Stations is configured per device, so you can set it on a bar tablet or bar handheld and not on your other devices. The setting tells that one device which prep stations to skip when sending tickets. Other devices continue to print as usual.

 

Also asked as:

    • How do I stop drinks from printing at the bar?
    • Can the bar tablet skip printing at the bar printer?
    • How do I turn off printing at a specific printer for one device?

 

Why are my orders still printing at the bar printer after I saved the setting?

Orders may still be printing at the bar printer because the Non-Printing Prep Stations change only applies to the device where it was saved. If orders entered on a different device — a terminal, a handheld, or the autofire device — still print at the bar printer, repeat the four-step procedure on each of those devices. If you've configured every device and tickets still print at the bar, contact Toast Customer Care.

 

Also asked as:

    • Why is the bar printer still printing drink tickets?
    • I set non-printing prep stations and it's still printing

 

What's the difference between Non-Printing Prep Stations and a "No Print" prep station?

Non-Printing Prep Stations and a "No Print" prep station solve different problems. Non-Printing Prep Stations is a device-level setting that controls which prep stations a single device prints to. A "No Print" prep station is a phantom prep station in Toast Web with no printer assigned — you route specific menu items to it so those items never print anywhere. Use Non-Printing Prep Stations when you want a device to skip printing at a specific printer; use a "No Print" prep station when you want certain menu items to never print at any printer. For the "No Print" approach, see Disable Kitchen Tickets for Certain Items.

 

Also asked as:

    • What's the difference between this and disabling kitchen tickets?

 

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