---
title: "What you need to use BizPrint"
description: "The account, devices, printers, store software and internet connection you need before you set up BizPrint."
url: https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/requirements/
section: "Start here"
last_updated: 2026-11-12
---

# What you need to use BizPrint

Section: Start here

> The account, devices, printers, store software and internet connection you need before you set up BizPrint.

This page lists everything you need before you set up BizPrint: an account, a computer or Android device to act as your [station](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#station), a [printer](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer), and the place your orders come from. It is for merchants, staff and developers planning a new setup, whether you will print with the [BizPrint desktop app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-desktop-app) or the [BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-android-app).

## A BizPrint account

You need a [BizSwoop account](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizswoop-account) to sign in to the [BizPrint dashboard](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-dashboard). A new account starts with some free prints, so you can try BizPrint before you choose a paid plan. See [BizPrint plans, print limits and usage](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/plans-and-limits/) and [BizPrint pricing](https://getbizprint.com/pricing/).

## A computer or Android device for your station

A station is the device that receives your [print jobs](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#print-job) and sends them to your printers. It must stay switched on, with the BizPrint app running, whenever you want things to print. You can use either of these:

**The BizPrint desktop app**, on one of these computers:

- Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 11, 32-bit or 64-bit.
- A Mac with an Intel processor or Apple silicon.
- Linux on a 64-bit Intel or AMD processor, or on a 32-bit or 64-bit ARM processor. The Linux app comes as an AppImage file.

You can download it at <https://getbizprint.com/download/>.

**The BizPrint Android app**, on an Android phone, tablet or Sunmi point of sale device running Android 8.0 or later. To print formatted pages (HTML), the device also needs Android System WebView, which is built into Android on most devices. Install the app from Google Play, and keep it updated to the latest version.

An iPhone or iPad cannot be a station. You can still send print jobs from one, for example by printing an order from your store’s admin, and they print on a printer connected to your station.

Not sure which one to pick? See [Desktop app or Android app: which BizPrint station should you use?](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/desktop-or-android/).

## A printer

What kind of printer you can use depends on your station:

- **With the desktop app:** any printer the computer can already print to, such as a receipt printer, a label printer or an office printer. It can be connected by USB, over your network, or shared from another computer, as long as it is installed on the computer and works from other programs.

- **With the Android app:** one of these printers:

  - A receipt printer that understands the ESC/POS or StarPRNT [command set](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer-command-set).
  - A label printer that understands the ZPL or TSPL command set.
  - A full-page office printer that supports IPP, AirPrint or Mopria, or any printer the device can print to through the Android print dialog. With the Android print dialog, someone taps **Print** for each job.
  - The built-in printer of a Sunmi device.

  A network printer must be on the same Wi-Fi or network as the device. A Bluetooth printer must use classic Bluetooth: printers that only use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) do not work with the app. A USB printer must be plugged into the device. In WooCommerce, a [printer location](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer-location) for an Android station can use either [output format](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#output-format), **HTML** or **Plain Text**. See [Set up a WooCommerce printer location for an Android station with BizPrint](https://docs.getbizprint.com/set-up/android-printer-location/).

## Somewhere your orders come from

BizPrint prints orders and documents sent from one of these:

- **A WooCommerce store**, with the [BizPrint plugin for WooCommerce](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-plugin-for-woocommerce). Your site needs WordPress with the WooCommerce plugin installed and active, and PHP 7.2 or later. Some add-ons need a newer PHP version: Product Mapping for Print Manager needs PHP 7.4 or later. The plugin is free on WordPress.org.
- **A Shopify store**, with the [Auto Order Printer](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#auto-order-printer) app. See [Set up BizPrint for your Shopify store with Auto Order Printer](https://docs.getbizprint.com/shopify/set-up/).
- **Your own app or website**, using the BizPrint Print API. See the [BizPrint for developers overview](https://docs.getbizprint.com/developers/).

## An internet connection

Your station must be able to connect to the internet the whole time it is printing. If it goes offline, what happens to new print jobs depends on a dashboard setting. Pending jobs are sent again by themselves when the station is back. Archived jobs are not sent again by themselves. Before you reprint an archived job, check the paper at the printer, the job’s [status](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#print-job-status) in the dashboard, and whether the station is still printing, and wait for it to finish. If you use WooCommerce, also check the [**Print Job Queue**](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#print-job-queue) on the **Support** tab of **Print Manager** and wait for any pending or processing jobs there to finish. Never create another job while the first one is **pending**, **connecting-to-printer** or **processing**. See [Choose what happens to BizPrint print jobs when a station is offline](https://docs.getbizprint.com/manage/archive-offline-jobs/).

If you use WooCommerce, your store must also be online, because the station loads each printout from your store when it prints.

## Related pages

- [Choose your BizPrint setup path](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/choose-your-setup/)
- [Desktop app or Android app: which BizPrint station should you use?](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/desktop-or-android/)
- [How BizPrint works: accounts, stations, applications and printers](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/how-bizprint-works/)
- [BizPrint glossary](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/)

Need help? Contact BizPrint support at <https://getbizprint.com/support/>.