Receipts are printed or digital documents that serve as proof of a transaction. With Lightspeed Restaurant, you can customize your receipts from the Back Office and edit templates as needed. By editing the receipt template, you can control which information is printed on your receipts and change their appearance to suit your business needs.
Receipt templates cannot be deleted.
Understanding receipt types
There are three different types of receipts: Normal, Notes, and Invoices. See the table below to understand how they differ.
Receipt type | Description |
Normal mode | Print layout for customer receipts. |
Note mode | Print layout for draft customer receipts. |
Invoice mode | Print layout for invoice receipts. |
Editing receipts
To edit receipts, choose the printing type (mode) and then configure its design.
- From the main navigation bar of the Back Office go to Configuration > Printing > Receipt.
- Select the mode desired to modify (Normal, Note, or Invoice).
Change content
Should you need to change the content for any reason, you could follow these action points.
- At the left side of the editing area hover over the rows. Rows that are editable will change into an input line.
- Select the row desired.
- Enter your new information.
- Select Apply changes.
Change layout
If you want to edit the layout, follow these steps.
- Select the row desired to change layout options.
- At the right side of the editing area you can use editing tools to customize the rows selected.
- Make your changes for the layout. The specific formatting tools are explained by hovering on the buttons and in the table below.
- Select Apply changes.
Button | Icon | Description |
+ Change logo | ![]() |
Use this button to add or change a logo. |
Align left | ![]() |
With this option your entered text will be left-aligned. |
Align center | ![]() |
This option aligns the entered text to the center. |
Align right | ![]() |
This option aligns the entered text to the right. |
Normal text | ![]() |
Set the text to normal size and width. |
Bolded text | ![]() |
Format the text in bold. |
Double width | ![]() |
This option doubles the width of the text. |
Double height | ![]() |
This option doubles the height of the text. |
Double width/height | ![]() |
Combine double width and height. |
Upward | ![]() |
Set a specific line higher. |
Downward | ![]() |
Set a specific line lower. |
Text in upper case | ![]() |
Display the whole text of the row in capital letters. |
Replace with company name | ![]() |
You can switch between your company or trade name. |
Remove line | ![]() |
Delete the line. |
+ Add header line | ![]() |
You can create a new line in the upper area of the receipt for further layouting. |
+ Add footer line | ![]() |
For further layouting, you can create a new line in the bottom area of the receipt. |
TSE compliance in Germany
For merchants located in Germany, receipts printed at your Restaurant POS display two types of timestamps. The first timestamp is in the receipt header and shows when the receipt was issued, according to the time zone configured on your device. The second timestamp is required and is in the signature area. This timestamp indicates the start and end times of the ordering process and is presented in UTC (marked by “Z” at the end), resulting in a time difference between the two timestamps. The timestamp in the signature area cannot be edited.
What’s next?
We're glad you've made it this far. Now that you know everything important about receipt templates, you should continue with the next topic to familiarize yourself with letter formatted invoices as well.