How much are paper tickets costing your kitchen?
Receipt-printer rolls, jams, reprints and printer upkeep add up quietly. Put in your numbers and see the monthly bill, then compare it to a digital kitchen display at $10/mo billed annually per location.
Your kitchen
What it costs
Estimate only. Printer upkeep assumes ~$15/location/month for rolls delivery, jams, reprints and amortised hardware. Adjust the per-ticket cost to match your rolls. small-kds is $10/mo billed annually per location after the $1 first month, unlimited screens.
Why paper costs more than the roll
It is not just the paper
A cheap thermal roll hides the real cost: a jam at the Friday rush, a reprint when a ticket smudges, an order missed because the printer ran out. A screen never jams and never runs out of paper.
Every station needs its own slip
Grill, expo, bar: each printed order multiplies. A kitchen display shows the same order on every screen for one flat price, so adding a station costs nothing extra.
Do I need new hardware?
No. small-kds runs on any spare Android tablet or iPad. Connect Square, pick your location, and orders appear live. No new POS, no printer.
How is small-kds priced?
$10/mo billed annually per location with unlimited screens, first month $1. Monthly billing is $12/mo. Prices are shown in your local currency and any sales tax is added at checkout.