Which printers and connections are supported

Four brands, four ways to connect

The app is built for Epson, Star, Zebra and Bixolon printers. It can reach a printer over your network, over Bluetooth Low Energy, over Bluetooth Classic, or over USB.

Not every brand is documented for every connection. Epson and Bixolon are network, Bluetooth Classic and USB. Star and Zebra add Bluetooth Low Energy to those three.

USB is on this list because the tablet version has it. The iPad version does not, and that is a restriction Apple places on accessories rather than a choice made here.

What this build cannot do

It cannot print. The function that decides whether a given printer and connection can be driven returns no for every combination there is, without exception and without a setting that changes it.

There is also no screen on the tablet for configuring a printer yet, so there is nowhere to enter one even in principle.

This article exists so that the support table can be read for what it is — a description of what the software is designed to speak to — rather than as a report of printers that have worked.

If you are buying a printer now

Wait, or buy one you would want anyway. Nobody here has printed on any of these four brands, so a recommendation from us would be a guess with your money attached to it.

The paper widths in the software are stated defaults rather than measurements, and the source says so itself. Do not order stock against a number from this product until somebody has printed on it.

Where this came from

Every statement above was read out of the source code named below, and the build re-reads those files and fails if a statement stops matching them. This article carries no claim that was not measured from one of these files.

• android/app/src/main/kotlin/online/minirestaurants/kds/print/PrinterDescriptor.kt
• android/app/src/main/kotlin/online/minirestaurants/kds/print/PrinterSupport.kt