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Printing QR Codes for Products and Recipes

Jenny Vaughn
Updated

Speed up your inventory process with QR codes! You can now generate and print QR codes for any product or recipe, making it faster and easier to count items using your mobile device as a barcode scanner.

Once the setup is complete, your team can scan items directly onto inventory, reducing search time and improving accuracy. 

What You’ll Learn

Related: Barcode Scanning with your Mobile App

 

Video Walkthrough


Printing Options

No special printer is required - any inkjet printer will work. You have a few flexible options:

  • Print on sticker labels (Avery label templates are supported - 1" x 2-5/8" Blank Rectangle Labels)
  • Print on standard paper using any inkjet printer

Print in bulk from a count sheet or by selecting multiple recipes at once. 

Print Individually by the recipe or the product. 

 

Printing QR Codes from a Count Sheet (Recommended)

This is the fastest and most common way to generate QR codes for your entire inventory, printing both products and recipes at once.

  • Log into MarginEdge on your computer.
  • Go to Inventory > Count Sheets.
  • Click "Print QR Codes".
  • Select the count sheet you want (e.g. Full Inventory).
  • Choose the number of copies.
  • Click Print.

Your QR codes will generate in a printable format, organized in the same order as your count sheet.

 

Printing a QR Code for a Recipe

You can print QR codes for an individual recipe or for multiple recipes at once. 
IN BULK:

  • Go to your list of recipes and select all applicable recipes. 
  • Click "Print" > "Print QR Code"

 

INDIVIDUAL RECIPES:

  • Go to your recipe (menu item, prep item, or bar item).
  • Click "Print" > "Print QR Code"

 

Printing a QR Code for a Single Product

Use this when you only need one item.

  • Go to Inventory.
  • Select a product.
  • Click "Print QR Code"

Using QR Codes During Inventory

Once your QR codes are printed, you can scan them in the mobile app while taking inventory.

  • Open the MarginEdge mobile app.
  • Go to Take Inventory.
  • Open your inventory count.
  • Tap the barcode icon.
  • Scan a QR code.

The app will automatically jump to that item in your count sheet.

Enter the quantity and continue scanning the next item.

This allows you to move quickly through inventory without searching for items manually.