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title: "Bluetooth Printer & Printer Failover | SpotOn Sidekick"
canonical: "https://help.spoton.com/space/SK/1600422044/Bluetooth%20Printer%20%26%20Printer%20Failover%20%7C%20SpotOn%20Sidekick"
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**Quick Links**

> Macro (toc)

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## Bluetooth Printer

| **Action** | **Display** |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Select **Printers **from the BOH | ![image](media://ec9ad95c-2cd3-434a-b7c0-183662972512) |
| 2. In the **General Information** section, use the **Model** drop down menu to select the option **Epson M30** | ![image](media://dedc5f8d-21f9-48c7-a884-c6f3b8b2c955) |
| 3. Using the** Kind** drop down menu, select the option for **Local** | ![image](media://594a7cf9-d829-480a-9202-e4963570c0e0) |
| 4. Using the **Connection** drop down menu, select the option for** Bluetooth** | ![image](media://f949ec25-6b48-4269-9daf-aac91b47e944) |
| 5. Power on the printer and wait for the LEDs to stop blinking | ![image](media://6986b41a-ad49-4157-b5d5-c568006846e3) |
| 5. Go into the SpotOn app and either in Table Layout or the login screen select **Printer status** | ![image](media://6bbe86c3-16b1-4057-9adc-8a77c2f4cbce) |
| 7. Select the **Search Printer** button<br>> ⚠️ Note: If the device is using Android version 6 or above you will need to go into the the Android settings. In the **app manager** select the SpotOn app. Then in **Permissions **enable all (e.g. location, camera, microphone, audio, storage) | ![image](media://f014b4f4-25bf-4eb2-9615-667ea8c69bb0) |
| 8. From the list of printers, tap on the TM-M30ii printer you want to connect to | ![image](media://2b28154f-8466-4756-90f4-fa223f66a70b) |
| 9. After tapping the printer you will see a notification that you can connected to the printer | ![image](media://048340cf-f2ac-4de9-8e46-3b39eef99603) |
| 10. Shortly following the notification that the TM-M-30ii was connected the you’ll need to press **Pair**<br>- This will complete the setup and you can now print to the Epson TM-M30ii. | ![image](media://94d3fc02-463d-44e0-91ef-20f533c621cf) |

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## Create Printer Failover

There is not currently a way to reprint the kitchen requisition ticket. This feature is coming in the next phase, until then you’ll need to setup print fail over for the kitchen requisitions.  

Please see [Failover Print Routing ](https://spotonteam.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SK/pages/762314779/Printers+SpotOn+Restaurant+BOH#Failover-Print-Routing)for additional information.

| **Action** | **Display** |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Select **Printer Failover **from the BOH | ![image](media://c6f2b98a-352f-4c4c-81ad-740c3817f64a) |
| 2. Select the **New Item (+) **button | ![image](media://0578bd63-b192-4f8f-b98b-14209ceb6f80) |
| 3. Click on **New Print Failover**, located under No Location<br>4. Enter in a **Name** for the printer failover and use the** Location** drop down menu to select the appropriate location | ![image](media://6076bb76-97bd-4d12-974a-4d25dab9062b) |
| 5. In the **Printers in Failover **section, input a **1 **next to the printer you want to failover to | ![image](media://61d4be3d-d280-443a-b970-6d89369dcac2) |
| 6. Return to the Administrative menu of BOH and select **Printers** | ![image](media://ec9ad95c-2cd3-434a-b7c0-183662972512) |
| 7. In the **Printer Failover Settings** section, check **Enable Printer Failover **<br>8. Use the **Print Failover Plan **drop down menu menu to select the failover you just created | ![image](media://53065511-da47-4c51-a786-dd68357848ca) |