Follow the steps listed below to effectively integrate a printer into your shop’s operations and enable flawless printing of tickets and receipts.

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Connect a Printer to Wi-Fi

  1. Position the printer near a wall outlet and a Wi-Fi router.

  2. Remove the printer backing to access the power and ethernet ports. These can be found underneath the printer:

  1. Connect the power and ethernet cables to the proper ports:
  1. Turn the printer on using the power button in the top right corner:
  1. The blue lights on the printer’s status bar will begin to blink. After a minute, they will stabilize, and the printer will be connected to ethernet:
  1. When the printer is fully configured, only the power and ethernet symbols will be lit up in blue:

If these lights are not on, your printer is not properly configured to connect to the POS and will not be able to print tickets or receipts.

  1. Once stabilized, the printer will print a short ticket listing an IP address:

Make sure to hold on to this slip, as the IP address will be needed to connect the printer to the POS device.

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Connect a Printer to the POS

  1. Log on to the Point of Sale. Once signed in, click on the 3 line icon at the top left of the screen > select the gear icon in the bottom right corner:
  1. Click on the Printer Settings tab. Click Add Printer.
  1. Complete the following information to set up a proper connection the POS:

Printer Name: Input the name you would like the printing route displayed under. Common examples include: Receipt Printer, Kitchen Printer, Make Tickets, etc.

IP Address: Enter in the exact IP address listed on the small slip that printed when the printer was first turned. Ensure the IP address on the printed slip matches the address typed in here, including all periods.

An IP address listed as ‘192.168.192.168’ is an invalid IP address, indicating the device is not connected to the internet.

Cash Drawer Attached: If this toggle is turned on, this indicates that a cash drawer is attached to the printing route. This toggle must be on for a physical cash drawer to function with your POS.

Learn more about cash drawers compatible with Dripos printers here.

Printer is Enabled: If this toggle is turned on, this printing route will be able to print and receive tickets.

Host Device: Select the device that will receives all tickets to be printed. Most commonly, this is set to a main register or ticket screen device.

Tickets can only be re-printed from the transaction screen on the host device.

  1. Once complete, click Save in the top right corner:
  1. The new printing route will then be listed under the printer settings page:

Next, receipt templates must be created in order for customer receipts and make tickets to print.

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