Can I use a Terminal as a receipt printer for a Reader?

Ed6 — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 11:49:59 GMT

We already have a Terminal but need a second device at busy times. I was thinking of buying a Reader as the second device (as it's much cheaper), but if a customer requests a paper receipt can I print one via the Terminal? Thanks for any help.

Re: Can I use a Terminal as a receipt printer for a Reader?

tranguyen — Tue, 04 May 2021 14:09:46 GMT

Hi @Ed6, welcome to the Seller Community 👋!

You can definitely print out a paper receipt for any transactions you processed on the Reader but it is a bit of a manual process.

If the customer prefer a paper receipt, you'd need to:

Go into the Transactions tab within your Square Terminal
Locate and tap the payment you'd like to print a receipt for
Tab Issue or Send Recent > Print Receipt

I hope this will help!

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Can I use a Terminal as a receipt printer for a Reader?

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