Setting up a new receipt printer via wifi

Material List.  In order to set up your receipt printer, you'll first need to make sure you have all the peripherals needed.

Receipt Printer with Wifi adapter installed.  Receipt printers purchased for use with a wireless network will arrive with a preinstalled, Wifi adapter.  This adapter is snugly installed underneath the printer and has one cable to the USB outlet on the printer for power and an ethernet cable plugged into the printers ethernet port.

Cables.  You will need a power cable for the printer and an ethernet cable to connect the printer to your local network.

Receipt rolls.  Make sure you have 3.125 inch thermal receipt rolls OR 3 inch impact receipt rolls (depending on printer type). To load your receipt roll open the latch on the top right of the printer, place the roll inside, and pull some of the paper through before closing the lid.

Cash drawer (optional).  You may also wish to set up your cash drawer at the same time, to do this you'll need a specialized cash drawer cable. This is similar looking to an ethernet cable but is smaller on one end.  Also, be sure to take note of the labels on this cable.  It is important that each end is plugged into the correct device (Printer vs Cash Drawer)

Unboxing and plugging it all in

Unbox

Plug the printer into a power outlet

Print the Network Configuration and Current IP Parameters Status receipts:

1. Turn the printer off
2. Hold the feed button down and turn the power back on at the same time
3. Release the feed button after turning on the power switch. This will print out two test receipts.

At the bottom of the second page, it will show Current IP Parameters Status. Hang on to this page and make a note of the IP Address, this will be used later.

Connecting the printer to your Wifi Network

Download and install the Star Quick Setup Utility app to your smart phone - The app logo will look like the following image.

Once installed, open the app and follow the onscreen instruction for one or multiple receipt printers.  The app will identify one or multiple Star Micronics receipt printers and walk you through the process of connecting them to your wireless network.  Be sure to have your wifi network password ready.

This app will be used for connecting the new receipt printer to your venues wireless network but can also be handy if the IP address of the printer is required for other setup processes.