--- title: "Send a test print from a BizPrint printer location in WooCommerce" description: "Use the Test print button on a printer location to check that your printer, template, and settings work, using your newest WooCommerce order." url: https://docs.getbizprint.com/print/test-print/ section: "Print" last_updated: 2026-11-12 --- # Send a test print from a BizPrint printer location in WooCommerce Section: Print > Use the Test print button on a printer location to check that your printer, template, and settings work, using your newest WooCommerce order. This page shows you how to send a test print from a [printer location](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer-location) in the [BizPrint plugin for WooCommerce](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-plugin-for-woocommerce). It is for store owners who are setting up or changing a printer location for a desktop or Android [station](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#station). ## What a test print is A test print is a real [print job](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#print-job). BizPrint takes your newest WooCommerce order, the one with the latest date, and sends it to every [printer](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer) in the location. It uses the location’s saved [template](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#template) and settings. A test print still follows the location’s mapping rules from Product Mapping, Shipping Mapping or Metadata Mapping (add-ons included with some plans). If your newest order does not match the location’s rules, nothing prints there, and the test does not tell you whether the printer works. It is not a sample page with made-up data, so the printout shows a real customer’s details. If you want to look at the layout without printing, click **View Sample** instead. See [Preview a BizPrint printout in WooCommerce with View Sample](https://docs.getbizprint.com/print/view-sample/). The test print uses the settings you last saved. If you changed a setting, click **Save Changes** first. ## Before you start - Save the printer location. The **Test print** button does not appear while you are creating a new location. - Your store needs at least one order. Without an order, the **Test print** and **View Sample** buttons are not shown. - Make sure the printer has paper and the station is running. For a desktop station, the [BizPrint desktop app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-desktop-app) must be open and connected. - If the location prints to a [BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-android-app) station, check its [**Output Format**](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#output-format) and the printer’s paper settings in the app. See [Set up a WooCommerce printer location for an Android station with BizPrint](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-printer-location/). ## Check before you print Do not send a test print to a printer that is in use for real orders without telling your staff. A test print prints your newest order again, like any other order. Do these checks first, so a test does not repeat or mix with a real order that is still printing: 1. Look at the paper at the printer for your newest order’s printout. If it already printed, the test prints it again. 2. Check that the printer has paper, shows no error, and is not in the middle of a real order. 3. Check the [print job status](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#print-job-status) of the latest jobs in the [BizPrint dashboard](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-dashboard). See [View print jobs and their status in the BizPrint dashboard](https://docs.getbizprint.com/manage/print-jobs/). 4. Wait for the station to finish anything it is still printing, whatever status the job shows. 5. Go to **WooCommerce** > **Print Manager** in WordPress. 6. Click the **Support** tab. 7. Check **Queue Status** in [**Print Job Queue**](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#print-job-queue). 8. Wait for any pending or processing jobs to finish. See [View and retry failed print jobs in WooCommerce with the BizPrint Print Job Queue](https://docs.getbizprint.com/manage/print-job-queue/). Do not send a test while a job for that order is **pending**, **connecting-to-printer** or **processing**. Never place or re-create an order to get a test printout. ## Send a test print 1. Do the checks in [Check before you print](https://docs.getbizprint.com/print/test-print/#check-before-you-print). 2. Go to **WooCommerce** > **Print Manager** in WordPress. 3. Open the **Printers** tab. 4. Click the name of the printer location in the **Description** column. 5. Click **Test print**, under the **Description** box. 6. Wait for the notice that says **Test print initiated, view log for details**. 7. Look at the printer for the printout. ## Check the result The notice only means the test was started. It does not prove that anything printed. To check: 1. Look at the printer for the printout. 2. Open the print jobs for that printer in the BizPrint dashboard. See [View print jobs and their status in the BizPrint dashboard](https://docs.getbizprint.com/manage/print-jobs/). To review what the plugin did, see [Turn on and read the BizPrint print log in WooCommerce](https://docs.getbizprint.com/manage/print-log/). If nothing printed, first check whether your newest order matches the location’s mapping rules. Then see [WooCommerce says the BizPrint print job was sent, but nothing printed](https://docs.getbizprint.com/troubleshooting/sent-but-not-printed/). Do not click **Test print** again and again. If a print request could not reach BizPrint, the plugin may keep it in the **Print Job Queue** and try again later, which can print extra copies. Before you try again, do every check in [Check before you print](https://docs.getbizprint.com/print/test-print/#check-before-you-print) again. If the layout looks wrong, see [Fix BizPrint printouts that are cut off, too long or the wrong size](https://docs.getbizprint.com/troubleshooting/layout-problems/). ## Related pages - [Verify your first BizPrint printout from WooCommerce](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/verify-first-printout/) - [Preview a BizPrint printout in WooCommerce with View Sample](https://docs.getbizprint.com/print/view-sample/) - [Create a printer location in the BizPrint plugin for WooCommerce](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/create-printer-location/) Need help? Contact BizPrint support at .