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Connecting two devices to one printer

dmcb — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:33:44 GMT

We have a square stand at our front register and use just an iPad with square for our driver thru, what is the best way to connect both devices to one printer?

Re: Connecting two devices to one printer

rtfulk — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:07:12 GMT

@dmcb If you. Have a printer that is connected to your router, by either WiFi or Ethernet you can connect both. I know Star Micronics has one that will work with Square. The link is below.

https://squareup.com/shop/hardware/us/en/products/receipt-printer-usb-ethernet

This is how you will connect it.

Plug your printer into your router using an Ethernet cable.
On both your Square Stand and your Drive-Thru iPad, connect to the same Wi-Fi network that your printer is plugged into.
In the Square POS app:

Go to More → Settings → Hardware → Printers.
Tap “Add Printer” → Select your LAN printer from the list.
Name it (e.g., “Kitchen Printer” or “Receipt Printer”).
Set up what it should print (receipts, order tickets, etc.).

Repeat on the second device — the same printer should appear under “Available Printers.”

Both devices can print receipts or tickets to the same printer simultaneously.

Re: Connecting two devices to one printer

Donnie-M — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:07:21 GMT

IF your printer is connected to your stand / register via USB, then connecting a 2nd device will be the issue, as RT said, a network version of the printer solves all your problems. Sometimes with the printers, you can get little add in cards to connect them to the network via a plug in, or even a dongle. They have little usb to network adapters for things like this.