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ProgressRV
Level 1

Is there a way to print a sales receipt or invoice with fewer clicks? We have to click 5 times before the print job makes it to the printer.

Is there a way to print a sales receipt or invoice with fewer clicks? 
We have to click 5 times before the print job makes it to the printer. This may sound petty but when we are trying to move customers through as efficiently as possible it really slows us down. 
We are an RV repair shop so we’re seasonal but in the summer months it is very busy around here. 
Our first click brings up the print/preview pop up. We click “print or preview”. Third click is “print” inside the QBO print preview window. This opens a new QBO preview tab on our browser. Fourth click opens what I believe to be the printer’s preview window. Fifth click sends the job to the printer. 
I vaguely remember from many years ago there was a way to turn off a printers “print dialogue box”. Although I haven't been able to find this setting, maybe it would save one step. We use both PC and Mac computers with QBO. 
I couldn’t find anything covering this topic by searching the QBO community website. 
Thank you for any help you can provide. 
Jim
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Giovann_G
Moderator

Is there a way to print a sales receipt or invoice with fewer clicks? We have to click 5 times before the print job makes it to the printer.

 I know a quick way to print a sales receipt or invoice. ProgressRV.

 

I can see how printing your sales form in just a few clicks would be beneficial to you. I'll share an easy way to do this.

 

In QuickBooks Online, you can print sales receipts or invoices by batch or per transaction by going to the Sales menu and then to the All Sales tab. I'll show you how.

 

  1. Go to the Sales menu, then All Sales.
  2. Locate the invoice or sales receipt you want to print.
  3. You can click the Print option under the Action column if want to print a Sales receipt. Then, you can click the dropdown arrow and choose Print for the invoice.
  4. Checkmark the transactions if printing by batch, then click the Batch actions dropdown and choose Print transactions.
  5. Once done, hit the Print icon.

 

I've also included this article if you want to personalize your sales form to display only the information relevant to your business: Customize invoices, estimates, and sales receipts in QuickBooks Online.

 

If you have further questions or other QuickBooks concerns, please let me know. I'll be here to help you.

OECMJ
Level 2

Is there a way to print a sales receipt or invoice with fewer clicks? We have to click 5 times before the print job makes it to the printer.

That's a work around.  If I just created an invoice, and I want to remove PRINT PREVIEW and just print while still in the freshly created invoice, why can't I do that?  I don't need to preview something that is a template that I use everytime.

JamesAndrewM
Moderator

Is there a way to print a sales receipt or invoice with fewer clicks? We have to click 5 times before the print job makes it to the printer.

Thanks for joining the thread.

 

Currently, the option to remove Print Preview is unavailable in QBO. As we value your suggestions, I recommend sending your feedback to our Product Development Team. Here is how:

 

  1. Go to the Gear icon.
  2. Select Feedback.
  3. Enter a brief description of your product suggestion and click Next.
  4. Type your email address.
  5. Once done, click Send Message.

 

Also, feel free to visit our Feedback forum page to see a list of other QuickBooks users who have already suggested this feature and the recent updates in QuickBooks.

 

I'll also add this article for future reference: Fix QuickBooks Online printing issues on browsers for Windows.

 

The Community always welcomes you for further inquiries. Have a great day ahead!

Falcon Aero
Level 1

Is there a way to print a sales receipt or invoice with fewer clicks? We have to click 5 times before the print job makes it to the printer.

I have the same issue. For every invoice and packing slip, we have to click 7 times, including closing out preview boxes that don't close automatically. This is ridiculous. Especially when compared to the desktop version, which required 2 clicks I believe. This seriously needs to be updated to be able to turn off, or bypass some steps. Another reason why I despise the online version compared to the desktop. We have to pay twice as much for the product, that doesn't really produce any benefits for us, compared to the desktop version.

naturescape1
Level 2

Is there a way to print a sales receipt or invoice with fewer clicks? We have to click 5 times before the print job makes it to the printer.

I agree.  It's ridiculous that you have to click more than 3 times- sometimes as many as 12!  I'm so tired of it.  And the general answer is always the same.  "I'm sorry this is happening.  Please send feedback.  Yada yada."  Or here's a work around.  "If you want to do something else, here's how to do that."  It's a joke.

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