Set up BizPrint for your Shopify store with Auto Order Printer
This page shows you how to connect your Shopify store to BizPrint with Auto Order Printer, the BizPrint app for Shopify. It is for Shopify store owners and the people who set up printing for them. Auto Order Printer prints with the BizPrint desktop app, so your printers must be connected to a computer that runs it.
When you finish, your store is connected to BizPrint and has a printer location: a set of print settings that says which printer to use and what the printout looks like.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”Before you start, you need:
- A BizPrint account, which you manage in the BizPrint dashboard. See Create your BizPrint account.
- A station: a Windows, Mac or Linux computer that runs the BizPrint desktop app and is connected to your printer. See Create a station in the BizPrint dashboard, Install the BizPrint desktop app on Windows, Mac or Linux and Connect the BizPrint desktop app to your station.
- The web address of your Shopify store.
The computer must stay on and connected to the internet and to the printer to receive print jobs.
Install Auto Order Printer
Section titled “Install Auto Order Printer”- Install the Auto Order Printer app in your Shopify store from the Shopify App Store.
- Open your Shopify admin.
- Click BizPrint: Auto Order Printer under Apps. The app opens inside Shopify.
Until setup is finished, the app shows a banner, Finish Setup to Start Printing Automatically. You can click Launch Quick Start Guide in it to follow the same steps on the BizPrint website.
Create an application for your store
Section titled “Create an application for your store”An application is the connection between your store and BizPrint. It has its own Public Key and Secret Key. You also give it a webhook address from the app, so BizPrint can tell your store about print jobs. See Add the webhook address to your application.
- Sign in to the BizPrint dashboard in your web browser.
- Click Applications in the menu.
- Click the plus (create) icon next to the My Applications heading. The Create Application screen opens.
- Type a name you will recognize in the Name field, for example your store name.
- Type the web address of your Shopify store in the URL field.
- Open the Platform list.
- Choose Shopify.
- Open the API Version list.
- Choose REST API.
- Leave the Webhook URL field empty for now. You add it in Add the webhook address to your application.
- Read the note on the screen and tick its checkbox, if a checkbox appears. On some plans it appears when you have used all the applications your plan includes, and Create stays unavailable until you tick it. For plan details, see https://getbizprint.com/pricing/.
- Click Create.
The page for your new application opens. It shows the application’s Public Key and Secret Key, each with a copy button.
Enter the keys in Auto Order Printer
Section titled “Enter the keys in Auto Order Printer”- Open BizPrint: Auto Order Printer in your Shopify admin.
- Click the Application tab. It shows Application API Keys.
- Copy the Public Key from your application in the BizPrint dashboard.
- Paste it into the Public Key field in the app.
- Copy the Secret Key from your application in the BizPrint dashboard.
- Paste it into the Secret Key field in the app.
- Select REST API under API Version. Do not choose Legacy API [Not recommended].
- Click Save Changes.
Add the webhook address to your application
Section titled “Add the webhook address to your application”The app shows an address in its Webhook Url field (only for the REST API version). BizPrint needs this address in your application to finish the connection.
- Copy the whole address from the Webhook Url field on the Application tab of the app.
- Sign in to the BizPrint dashboard.
- Click Applications in the menu.
- Click your application.
- Paste the address into the Webhook URL field.
- Click Update next to the field.
Your store is now connected to BizPrint.
Create your first printer location
Section titled “Create your first printer location”- Click the Printers tab in the app.
- Click Create your first printer location.
- Type a name for the printer location in Description, for example “Front counter”.
- Select your printer in the Printers box. Each printer shows whether it is online or offline. If your printer is missing, check that your station is connected and that the printer is added to it.
- Choose a template under Template, for example Customer Order Receipt.
- Change the other settings if you want to, for example add your logo under Appearance with Upload.
- Save the printer location.
Next step
Section titled “Next step”Make new orders print by themselves. See Print Shopify orders automatically with Auto Order Printer.
Related pages
Section titled “Related pages”- Print Shopify orders automatically with Auto Order Printer
- Print a Shopify order from the order Print menu with Auto Order Printer
- Fix Shopify printing problems with Auto Order Printer
- Connect the BizPrint desktop app to your station
Need help? Contact BizPrint support at https://getbizprint.com/support/.