POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual Contents 1. Manual Information..............................3 2. Instruction Before Wi-Fi Setting..........................3 3. Connect Printer to Master Device Through Wi-Fi....................5 4. Shift Wi-Fi Mode / Set Parameters Through Web or Utility Tool................6 4.1 Shift Wi-Fi Mode / Set Parameters Through Web..................6 4.2 Shift Wi-Fi Mode / Set Parameters Through Utility Tool................
POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 1. Manual Information This Wi-Fi Operation Manual provides information on POS printer’s Wi-Fi settings. We maintain ongoing efforts to enhance and upgrade the functions and quality of all our products. Product specifications or user manual content may be changed without prior notice. 2.
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(take TP806 as an example) under this URL to obtain download page of the Utility Tool Installation Package) Regarding the installation method of Utility Tool, please refer to HPRT Utility Tool for POS Instruction_Rev.1.5 ( Click this URL to obtain: http://www.hprt.com/manuals/HPRT_Utility_Tool_for_POS_Ins_Rev.1.5.pdf...
POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 3. Connect Printer to Master Device Through Wi-Fi 1) Turn on the printer which is defaulted as AP mode. In the master device, select and click “Connect” at “POS_WIFI” hot-spot in the list of the wireless network connection. Type in the password (the default password is 12345678), and the “POS_WIFI”...
POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 4. Shift Wi-Fi Mode / Set Parameters Through Web or Utility Tool 4.1 Shift Wi-Fi Mode / Set Parameters Through Web 1) After the printer is successfully connected to the master device through Wi-Fi, open the browser and type in the IP address 192.168.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 2) Click “Login” and enter into the following interface. In the master right corner, you can switch the languages of the displayed interface. 3) In “Work Mode”, Change the AP mode to STA mode, click “Save”, but don’t restart the printer.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 4) Enter into “STA Setting”, click “Scan”, select the wireless internet that you want to connect to. For example, select “prtwireless” and click “OK”, then type in the password of this wireless internet, select “Enable” in “Obtain an IP address automatically” , and click “Save”.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 5) Click “Restart”, When the interface appears “Rebooting Successful!”, manually restart the printer, so the STA setting is effective.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 6) Click “OK” in “Restore”, then manually restart the printer, so the restore factory setting is effective. Notes: 1)In the above setting process, wait until all the parameters are set before restarting the printer. 2)Wi-Fi settings do not take effect until the printer has been restarted...
POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 4.2 Shift Wi-Fi Mode / Set Parameters Through Utility Tool Take TP808 as an example in the following steps. All the settings are effective only on the printers with Wi-Fi function. 1) Click “Advanced Settings”-> “Wi-Fi Setting” in Utility Tool, click “Read” to obtain the current status of printer.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 2) WiFi Module supports AP mode and STA mode, and default as AP mode. ■ Under AP mode, printer will be used as a wireless network access point, computer or other mobile devices can connect to this Wi-Fi. Module Version Current Module Version WiFi Mode...
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual If it’s necessary to modify SSID and IP address, click “Set” after modifying, then restart the printer.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual ■ Change from AP mode to STA mode. ● Choose STA under Wi-Fi mode, the interface is shifted to the following screenshot: POS_WIFI...
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual ● Click “Scan”, choose a connectable “hot spot” from SSID options. type in the password of Wi-Fi that you want to connect to. ● Click “Set”. After it is set successfully, the printer would restart automatically. SSID The SSID name that is chosen after scanning “hot spot”...
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual ● After the printer is restarted, short press the power button 3 times, so that the current Wi-Fi parameter information can be printed. ● After completing the setting, connect the computer to the Wi-Fi that the printer connects to, click “Modify Printer”, choose “TCP/IP”, and set the IP address the same as the printer’s IP address, then click “OK”.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual Notes: When the printer is failed to connect with its master devices, please check if the settings are correct, and please check if the master devices and the printer are on the same network segment. When parameter setting error occurs, which leads to the failed connection, please reset the Wi-Fi parameter by the following way 1) or 2): 1) For TP808 (with built-in Wi-Fi module), shortly press the power button five times, so that the Wi-Fi parameter would be reset.
3) Install the printer driver (take TP808 as an example) in the master device. ( Please refer to the Driver Manual at http://www.hprt.com/Downloads.html 4) In the master device, click “Start”——“Settings”——“Device”——“Device and Printers” (take Windows 10 operation system as an example) to find the icon of the printer driver TP808 that you just installed.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 6) Under the function “Ports”, click “Add Port”. In “Printer Ports”, choose “Standard TCP/IP Port”, and click “New Port”.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 7) Click “Next”. 8) Type in the printer’s IP address ( the IP address is available from the Self-Test Page of the printer), click “next”, enter “Detecting TCP/IP Port" state.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 9) After a few seconds of detection, the "Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard" interface is popped up, then click "Next". 10) Click “Finish”.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 11) Under the function "port", choose the port that you just added, and click "Apply".
POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 6. Shift Wi-Fi Mode / Set Parameters Through POS App 6.1 Connect printer to mobile device via Wi-Fi. 1) Turn on the printer with Wi-Fi function. It’s Wi-Fi mode is defaulted as AP mode which has a wireless network access point named “POS_WIFI”, and its IP address is 192.168.1.1.
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3) Install the App “POS Editor” in the mobile device. • Under Android system, download the “POS App” APK file in HPRT website (http://www.hprt.com/Downloads.html), and then use it to install the App “POS Editor” in the mobile device. • Under iOS system, download and install the App “POS Editor” directly from the App Store in the mobile...
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 4) Click “POS Editor” icon on desktop of mobile device. 5) Click “Current connection” and choose printer module TP808 that you want to connect with, click “OK”.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 7) When the mobile device is connected successfully with the printer via its “POS_WIFI”, it shows the interface as the following screenshot. “Text print / Self-test page print / Image print / File print / Barcode print / Test print” are available for usage.
POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 6.2 Shift Wi-Fi Mode / Set Parameters Through POS App 1) Click the setting button “ ” on the upper left corner, and the following settings (“Function setting/Parameter setting/ port setting / Save printing Setting”) are available for usage.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 2) Click “Port setting”, choose “Wi-Fi”, and the Wi-Fi parameters can be set.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual 3) Shift the Wi-Fi mode from AP to STA mode. Take the following steps to set: ① Change the Wi-Fi mode to STA mode.
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual ② Click “Hot-spot name” -> “Scanning hot-spot” -> choose a hot-spot. (For example, choose “WYX iPhone”)
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POS Printer Wi-Fi Operation Manual ③ Type in the password of the hot-spot“WYX iPhone”, and then click “Save” at the upper right corner, so the printer is successfully connected to this hot-spot. ④ Check the network connection of the mobile device, it’s also connected to the same hot-spot (“WYX iPhone”) that the printer is connected to.
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