Clover Compatible Kitchen Printer Star SP700
By: POSGuys - 10/13/2016

<h2>StarMicronics SP700 Kitchen Printer</h2>

The [Star SP700][2] series of printers is the most commonly used with iOS and Android POS Software for Restaurants.  This impact printer is used to print out kitchen tickets.  Please check with your software/app provider to verify compatibility.

The following ethernet version is compatible with Clover: [SP742ME][3] (Gray) or [SP742ML][4] (Putty)

These kitchen printers are impact printers that use ribbon ([SPE-7060][5]).  The only versions that works with Clover are the ethernet model and wifi model.  For most setups ethernet is recommended over wifi as it is more reliable, easier to setup, and more cost effective.  Using an ethernet interface allows the printer to be placed anywhere in your restaurant/cafeteria/deli/business as long as the ethernet connection is on the same network as the clover station.  The way that it is configured on the station is that in the app settings the app will look for a Star Micronics SP700 printer when it finds one on the network you can select it and it will print all kitchen orders to that printer.  The clover station has no way of knowing that a USB/Parallel/Serial printer is available, it has to be ethernet.

The "E" and "L" models are the same thing Star Micronics just switched from using "LAN" to using "Ethernet" as their preferred description for the interface.  The gray model is available with the new E designation the putty colored model still uses the L.

The "4" in the model number references the auto-cutter, an auto-cutter will partially cut the paper after each print job.  For kitchen printing you will want an auto-cutter over a tear bar as this will keep each order separated and make it easier to hang up the ticket over the line.

The SP742 are also known under the <u>current</u> numerical part numbers: 39336532 (Gray) and 37999310 (Putty)

They were previously available under the numerical part numbers: 37999320 and 39336531

<h3>Setting up the Kitchen Printer</h3>

<ol>
<li>Add paper & ribbon to the printer, plug in the power cord, plug in the ethernet cable to your printer and network, and power on the printer(you should see a solid
    green light) <p>
<li>Turn the printer off, hold down the feed button and
    turn the printer back on, continue to hold the feed button.  The printer will print out two slips of paper showing the configuration of the printer.  The second printout is a network configuration sheet showing the ip address of the printer. <p>
<li>The printer should now be detectable by clover.  On your Clover station, tap Printers Setup app Printers icon, then Tap Search for Available Printers <p>
<li>Select your printer and it should be ready to print to
</ol>

*If you have issues with the printer going offline or one of your pos stations reports an "ip conflict" you may want to use a reserved static ip for the printer.  In order to set a static ip go to a browser on the network with your printer type in it's ip address into the URL and you will go to the printer configuration page.  The default username is "root" with password of "public".  If you need help with this step contact POSGuys at 1-855-POS-Guys and our support team can assist you.

[1]: https://posguys.blob.core.windows.net/content/images/blog/51150/sp700-14.jpg
  [2]: https://posguys.com/receipt-pos-printer_12/Star-Micronics-SP700_805/
  [3]: https://posguys.com/receipt-pos-printer_12/Star-Micronics-SP700_805/39336531_1140963/
  [4]: https://posguys.com/receipt-pos-printer_12/Star-Micronics-SP700_805/37999310_10787/
  [5]: https://posguys.com/receipt-paper_57/Star-IBM_270/SPE-7060_1140871/

Clover Compatible Kitchen Printer Star SP700 By: POSGuys - 10/13/2016

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