--- title: "Add a printer to the BizPrint Android app" description: "Find and add a receipt, label, office, USB, Bluetooth or built-in printer in the BizPrint Android app, name it, print a test page and check that it printed." url: https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-add-printer/ section: "Set up" last_updated: 2026-11-12 --- # Add a printer to the BizPrint Android app Section: Set up > Find and add a receipt, label, office, USB, Bluetooth or built-in printer in the BizPrint Android app, name it, print a test page and check that it printed. This page shows you how to add a [printer](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer) to the [BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-android-app) with its **Add printer** screen, which searches for printers near your device. It is for merchants and staff using an Android phone, tablet or Sunmi device as their [station](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#station). It also shows you how to set up a printer that your station already has, so this device can print to it. For step-by-step help with one kind of printer, see: - [Add a network printer to the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-network-printer/) - [Add a Bluetooth printer to the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-bluetooth-printer/) - [Print to the built-in printer of a Sunmi device with BizPrint](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-sunmi-printer/) - [Print shipping labels on a label printer with the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-label-printer/) - [Print full pages on an office printer with the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-office-printer/) ## Before you start - Update the BizPrint Android app from Google Play to the latest version. - Install and connect the Android app. See [Install and connect the BizPrint Android app to your station](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/install-android-app/). - Turn the printer on and load paper or labels. - For a network printer, connect the printer and the Android device to the same Wi-Fi or network. - For a Bluetooth printer, keep it close to the device. If it is not paired with the device yet, put it in pairing mode. Your printer’s documentation explains how. - For a USB printer, plug it into the Android device. Many phones and tablets need a USB adapter for this. ## Open the Add printer screen 1. Open the BizPrint app. 2. Tap **Add printer** under **Printers** on the main screen. The **Add printer** screen opens and starts searching at once. The line at the top shows **Looking for printers nearby**, then how many it found, for example **Found 1 printer**. If a printer is busy with a print job, the search waits and shows **Waiting for printing to finish**. You can also add a printer from the settings: tap the BizPrint logo at the top right of the main screen, tap **Settings**, then tap **Add printer** under **Printers**. ## What the Add printer screen shows Printers appear in these sections, in this order: - **Found**: printers the search found. The line under each name tells you how it connects, for example **Wi-Fi · Port 9100**, **Bluetooth · Not paired yet**, **USB · Plugged in**, or **This device** for the **Built-in printer** of a Sunmi device. Office printers show **Prints full pages**. - **Already on this phone**: printers you already added. They are dimmed. Tap one to open its settings. - **Other Bluetooth devices**: Bluetooth devices that may not be printers. Tap **Show** to list them. - **Other USB devices**: USB devices that may not be printers. Tap **Show** to list them. - **Don’t see your printer?**: ways to add a printer by hand. See [If your printer is not in the list](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-add-printer/#if-your-printer-is-not-in-the-list). ### If a card says the search is off Part of the search can be blocked by a setting on your device. The app then shows a card with a button that fixes it: - **Bluetooth search is off**: tap **Allow**, then allow **Nearby devices** when Android asks. If you refused before, the button says **Open settings** instead, and you allow it in the Android settings for BizPrint. - **Bluetooth is off**: tap **Turn on**. - **Location is off**: tap **Open settings** and turn on Location. Some older Android versions need it to find Bluetooth printers. - **No network**: connect the device to Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Network search needs one of them. When nothing is found, the app shows **No printers found**. Check that the printer is on and close by, and that a network printer is on the same Wi-Fi as the device, then tap **Search again**. ## Add a printer from the list After you tap **Continue**, some printers need one more step: - **A Bluetooth printer that is not paired yet**: the app shows **Pairing with** and the printer’s name. If Android asks for a PIN, enter the one from your printer’s documentation. The app’s tip says it is usually 0000 or 1234. - **A USB printer**: Android asks whether BizPrint may use the USB printer. Allow it. - **A network printer that also prints full pages**: the app shows **This printer prints full pages.** Tap **Set up for full pages** to use it as an office printer. See [Print full pages on an office printer with the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-office-printer/). If it is a receipt or label printer, tap **Cancel**, then add it with **Enter IP address**. 1. Tap your printer under **Found**. 2. Type a name your staff will recognize in **Printer name**, for example “Kitchen”. The app suggests the printer’s own name. BizPrint shows this name in the [BizPrint dashboard](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-dashboard) and in WooCommerce. 3. Tap **Continue**. 4. Wait while the app shows **Checking the printer**. It finds out which [printer language](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer-command-set) the printer uses and saves the printer. 5. Wait while it shows **Printing a test page**. The test page is not an order, so it is safe to print at any time. 6. Look at the line about the printer language. It says **Printer language: ESC/POS (detected)** or similar when the app found out the language, or **Printer language: ESC/POS (most common)** when it guessed. 7. Look at the printer. 8. Answer **Did it print?**: - Tap **Yes** when the test page printed. The printer’s settings open. You can check the paper size there. See [Change paper, cut and layout settings for a printer in the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/manage/android-printer-settings/). - Tap **No** when nothing printed, or the page is full of strange characters. The app shows **The test page didn’t print.** Tap **Change language** to choose a different printer language, or **Try again** to print the test page again. The printer languages are: - **ESC/POS (Epson and most receipt printers)** - **StarPRNT (Star printers)** - **ZPL (Zebra and compatibles)** - **TSPL (TSC and most generic label printers)** Your printer’s documentation tells you which one it uses. Some printers call this “emulation”. ### Add a USB device from Other USB devices If your USB printer is not under **Found**, it may be under **Other USB devices**. 1. Tap **Show** under **Other USB devices**. 2. Tap the device. 3. Read **Is this a printer?**. BizPrint sends the device a test page, so continue only if it is a receipt or label printer. 4. Tap **It’s a printer**. 5. Follow the steps in [Add a printer from the list](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-add-printer/#add-a-printer-from-the-list), from step 2. Android may ask you to allow BizPrint again each time you plug the printer in. If a USB printer is waiting for permission, the main screen shows **A USB printer needs permission**. Tap **Allow** on that card, or tap **Allow USB** on the printer’s settings page. ## If your printer is not in the list Under **Don’t see your printer?**, choose how to add it by hand: - **Enter IP address**, for network printers. See [Add a network printer to the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-network-printer/). - **Choose a paired Bluetooth printer**, for printers already paired in the Android settings. See [Add a Bluetooth printer to the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-bluetooth-printer/). - **Full-page printer (enter address)**, for office printers that support IPP, AirPrint or Mopria. See [Print full pages on an office printer with the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-office-printer/). - **Android print dialog**, where someone picks the printer and taps Print for each job. See [Print full pages on an office printer with the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-office-printer/). A printer you add by hand skips the test page. Its settings open as soon as you save it. Tap **Test print** there to check it. To find a Bluetooth printer that is not paired yet, turn it on, keep it close and put it in pairing mode, then tap **Search again**. Printers that only use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) are not supported. ## Set up a station printer on this device Your station may already have printers that were added on another device, or on this device before the app was reinstalled. The app lists them under **Printers** with **Set up on this phone**. They keep their name, so the WooCommerce printer locations that use them keep working once you set them up. The app does not ask for a name, because the printer keeps its station name. A Bluetooth printer that is not paired yet is paired first, and a USB printer needs Android’s permission, as described in [Add a printer from the list](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-add-printer/#add-a-printer-from-the-list). 1. Tap the printer that shows **Set up on this phone**. The **Set up printer** screen opens and searches for printers. 2. Tap the printer under **Found**. 3. Follow the rest of the steps in [Add a printer from the list](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-add-printer/#add-a-printer-from-the-list), from step 4. If the printer is not under **Found**, add it by hand instead: 1. Tap one of the options under **Don’t see your printer?**. 2. Fill in the details. 3. Tap **Save**. The printer’s settings open. 4. Tap **Test print**. ## Check that it worked 1. Open the BizPrint app. The printer is listed under **Printers** on the main screen. 2. Click **Stations** in the menu of the BizPrint dashboard. 3. Click your station. 4. Check that the printer appears in its **Printers** list with the name you chose. ## Next step Add the printer to a [printer location](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer-location) in WooCommerce. Follow [Set up a WooCommerce printer location for an Android station with BizPrint](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-printer-location/). ## Related pages - [Change paper, cut and layout settings for a printer in the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/manage/android-printer-settings/) - [Install and connect the BizPrint Android app to your station](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/install-android-app/) - [Fix common problems with the BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/troubleshooting/android-app/) Need help? Contact BizPrint support at .