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title: "What is BizPrint?"
description: "BizPrint is a print service for commerce that prints orders from your store or app on printers at your business."
url: https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/what-is-bizprint/
section: "Start here"
last_updated: 2026-11-12
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# What is BizPrint?

Section: Start here

> BizPrint is a print service for commerce that prints orders from your store or app on printers at your business.

This page gives you a short overview of BizPrint: what it does, where your orders can come from, and what kinds of [printers](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#printer) it works with. It is for merchants, staff and developers who are new to BizPrint, whatever store or app you use.

## BizPrint in a few sentences

BizPrint is a commerce based print service. It takes orders from your online store, your point of sale or your own app, and prints them on printers at your business: at the front counter, in the kitchen, or in the warehouse.

You can print an order by hand when you need it, or let BizPrint print new orders automatically, so staff see each order on paper without opening a screen. Each request to print a document is called a [print job](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#print-job), and you can follow every print job in the [BizPrint dashboard](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-dashboard).

## What BizPrint prints

BizPrint prints the documents a store needs to handle an order, for example:

- Receipts for customers.
- Order tickets without prices, for the kitchen or the people who pack orders.
- Packing slips, pick lists, invoices and delivery notes.
- Shipping labels and address labels.

In WooCommerce, you choose the layout of each printout with a [template](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#template). Developers can also send PDF documents they create themselves with the Print API. See [Serve the document to print with the BizPrint Print API (print by URL)](https://docs.getbizprint.com/developers/print-by-url/). Printers on desktop [stations](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#station) accept PDF documents, and printers on Android stations accept PDF, HTML or plain text documents. Label printers on Android stations also accept ZPL or TSPL label code.

## Where your orders come from

BizPrint receives print jobs from one or more order sources:

- **WooCommerce.** The [BizPrint plugin for WooCommerce](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-plugin-for-woocommerce) connects your WordPress store. Its settings appear as **Print Manager** under the **WooCommerce** menu. It can also print orders taken in Jovvie Point of Sale.
- **Shopify.** The [Auto Order Printer](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#auto-order-printer) app connects your Shopify store.
- **Your own app or platform.** Developers can send print jobs from any system with the BizPrint Print API.
- **AI assistants.** The [BizPrint MCP server](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-mcp-server) runs on your own computer and lets an AI assistant, such as Claude Desktop, list your printers, send a document to a printer and check how a print job went.

Each order source connects to your BizPrint account through an [application](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#application) that you create in the BizPrint dashboard.

## Where the printing happens

BizPrint prints through a station: a computer or Android device at your business that runs a BizPrint app and is connected to your printers. You can use one station or several, for example one at the counter and one in the kitchen.

- The [BizPrint desktop app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-desktop-app) runs on Windows, Mac and Linux computers. It can print to any printer the computer can use, such as a receipt printer, a label printer or an office printer, whether it is connected by USB, over the network or as a shared printer. It prints formatted pages and PDFs.
- The [BizPrint Android app](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/#bizprint-android-app) runs on Android phones, tablets and Sunmi point of sale devices. It prints formatted pages, PDFs and plain text to receipt printers, label printers and office printers, connected by Wi-Fi or network, Bluetooth or USB, and to the built-in printer of a Sunmi device.

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. To compare the two apps in more detail, read [Desktop app or Android app: which BizPrint station should you use?](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/desktop-or-android/).

## What you need to get started

To use BizPrint you need a BizPrint account, at least one station with a printer, and an order source. Some features are available on some plans only. For plans and what they include, see <https://getbizprint.com/pricing/>.

## Related pages

- [How BizPrint works: accounts, stations, applications and printers](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/how-bizprint-works/)
- [Choose your BizPrint setup path](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/choose-your-setup/)
- [What you need to use BizPrint](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/requirements/)
- [BizPrint glossary](https://docs.getbizprint.com/start-here/glossary/)

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