Automatically print your Resto orders
Resto Print Android ApplicationUse our free Resto “Auto Order Print” mobile application to manage your Resto orders. Connect it to a bluetooth thermal printer to automatically print new orders as they arrive. Print on demand too. Never miss an order!
Use our free mobile app to auto print your orders as they arrive!
Resto also offers a free Android mobile application to manage your Resto orders. Simply install our app on a phone. Connect it to your orders email address and assign your default bluetooth thermal printer. Then leave it running. It will check for new orders every 60 seconds and if it finds one it will both play a sound and auto print the order (if you have assigned a printer of course).
You can use either bluetooth or network thermal printers, like the one pictured here. Get that plus a cheap Android phone…that’s all you need to auto print your Resto orders. That and our free mobile app, of course:)
Resto's simple pricing
R4200 shop set up
- +R800 monthly hosting fee
- includes adding menu
- setting shop to your needs
R5000 White label addon
- includes custom domain mapping
- includes styling per your brand
- like having your own website...
Automatic printer app free
- Free mobile application
- Connect to bluetooth printer
- Auto print new orders
How to use this app
How to setup the Resto app
How to setup auto printing using our free “Resto Print” mobile application
1. Get a thermal printer and pair it
Get a bluetooth thermal printer like this one. Pair it to your phone/tablet.
You can get it from Takealot, it is made by Andowl.
2. Install our app
Visit the playstore to install our app on your Android phone/tablet.
Or scan this code to get our app on your phone/tablet. Open the app (approve and ok all permissions needed)
3. Connect it to the email address* where you send orders (dedicated email box works best here)
4. Connect it to your printer
5. Wait for orders**
*There are just two things you need to set up on the Gmail side first:
1. Enable IMAP in Gmail settings
Gmail → Settings → See all settings → Forwarding and POP/IMAP → Enable IMAP → Save
2. Create an App Password (important)
Gmail won’t accept your normal password for IMAP connections — you need a special App Password:
- Go to myaccount.google.com → Security
- Enable 2-Step Verification (required first)
- Then go to Security → App Passwords
- Create one named e.g. “Order Print App”
- Copy the 16-character password it gives you
Then in the app settings:
- Email:
youraddress@gmail.com - Host:
imap.gmail.com - Port:
993 - SSL: ✅ on
- Password: the 16-character App Password (not your normal Gmail password)
**Troubleshooting
| Situation | Notification shows |
|---|---|
| Just enabled monitoring | Order Monitor Active — Starting up… |
| Clean check, no orders | Order Monitor Active — Monitoring — last checked 14:32:05 |
| Order arrived and printed | Order Monitor Active — 1 order(s) received — last checked 14:33:07 |
| IMAP connection failed | Order Monitor Active — Error: IMAP error: authentication failed |
| Print failed | Order Monitor Active — ⚠ Order received but print failed: … |
| Monitoring turned off | (notification disappears) |
FAQ
What do we need to supply?
For your shop you need to supply all your product infomation, payment information, logo and contact details.
You'll also need something to receive and print orders. We offer multiple options in terms of sending orders.
Who owns everything?
The software remain our property always. But you own your data. You may export your data at any time AND you may request that we delete all data at any time. By this we are referring to product data, client data and order data only.
Please see the Software liscense agreement on registration.
Do you supply delivery drivers?
No. We are a software service only. We do not supply delivery drivers or vehicles of any sort. We supply the software that you need to manage your own delivery drivers and vehicles.
So how does it actually work?
When you register and sign up for your Resto shop we will set it up as quickly as possible with the information you have provided. If anything is missing we'll be in touch with you. As soon as that is done you can refer your clients to the URL we will give you, to place their orders online. We'll give you a QR code too.
Depending on how you set it, orders will either be emailed to you or sent to a designated Whatsapp number. Or you can use our free app to auto print any orders you receive.
Does it work for multiple branches/locations?
Yes.
It is as simple as adding a new location details for each location you want to serve from. Orders for each location will be sent to the location's email address or Whatsapp number. Or you can buy one of our auto printers for each branch.
How do you market my restaurant?
We do not market your restaurant in any way. You will have to get your own clients to use your Resto shop. Tell them about it or put up information in your restaurant to make them aware that you have an online shop.
Future expansion plans include a directory of restaurants using Resto services. When we launch this, any existing clients will get free entry into this directory (and mobile app).
