@jeffknouse it uses thermal receipt paper with 2 ¼” x 50’ dimensions.  first look there are options $38 for 100 rolls on Amazon http://a.co/d/2SRDyRI

@lawjj Yes! The square terminal will also take manual keyed in payments!

Hope it works for you, and hope to hear your experience if you get it!

Hey @square_marc

You can absolutely use multiple readers/terminals/registers with a single cash drawer as long as that cash drawer is connected via an Ethernet Printer - as yours is! And you can absolutely use the Terminal with a separate Printer - you do not need to use the built in printer.

Your set up should totally work with the Terminal!

Hey @Glowskin - Square Terminal is not compatible with Appointments at this time, but your proposed workflow is possible! You can start the checkout process on the Appointments app from another device and then save it as a ticket. From there, you can open that ticket on Square Terminal, hit Charge, and then hand to your customer to pay.

Hope that helps!

I’m using an iPad.  I have the open tickets option “on”.  I cannot see how to save it as a ticket. 

here are the steps to using open tickets.  It is great for transferring a transaction from one device to another.

I can't get this to load at the moment, I'm getting a server error from Square, but I believe this is the right link.

https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/5337-use-open-tickets-with-square

If you can't afford to buy this device then you shouldn't use it. The transaction fees are much higher than the swiper/dip/tap reader you already have. That is unless you only take credit card purchases for above 50 dollars. The devil is in the details.

Hi @priormaille, thanks for your interest in Square Terminal! 

First, yes you can connect compatible hardware to the Terminal using the accessories hub. Accessories — receipt printer, cash drawer and bar code scanner — can be connected to the hub via USB, and the hub is plugged in to a power source. You can see how to set up hardware accessories in this video at 1:54. 

Also important is to make sure the printer and cash drawer you have already are compatible with Terminal! Head to this Support Center article to confirm: Hardware Compatibilty by Device.

Second, you are right, financing for Square hardware isn't available in Missouri yet. I don't have a timeline for when financing will be available in Missouri but we are always working to increase coverage! We'll announce any updates. 

Great post.  We've also had problems in actually getting it to work at certain venues: https://youtu.be/1f1rI_JaUX4

@priormaille, from your description it sounds like your printer is an ethernet printer, meaning you are connecting to it via WIFI.  the new Square Terminal will print to this printer, you will not have to connect it to the Terminal.  But this isn't really gaining you anything as the cash drawer that is plugged into the printer can't directly attach to the Square Terminal hub as that is for USB cash drawers which your drawer isn't if it is hooked up to your printer so you would still need the printer and cash drawer.

It seems in your situation you are doing fine and I don't see spending $400 making your situation any better, especially if you don't think you can afford the purchase.

Hey @indianathomas

I can definitely sympathize with not being able to connect to WiFi networks with a landing page. Hopefully there will be a software update at some point to remedy this!

In terms of not working with the Royal cash drawer or printer, they’re not on the Square Compatibility List (https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/6334-hardware-compatibility-by-device) so yea, they definitely wouldn’t work with any square device (without the extreme workaround you showed for the printer and iPad) not just Terminal.

Hopefully you could return them?

yeah, that was my first thought as soon as he said royal, I paused the video and told my wife that drawer isn't even supported, as the cash drawer isn't supported.  It sounded like the cash drawer was more like a printer driven drawer that had an RJ45 to USB adapter as he referenced an adapter multiple times.  I've wondered why there was an adapter like that before because it is quite the jump in price to go from a printer driven to USB driven drawer, and I guess now we know why because they don't work.

While I do wish Square supported more printers and drawers I'm sure it is more complicated than just adding one line of code.  They have added Epson support in the last year or so so maybe more will come over the year.  

As for the internet with a landing page that does suck that they didn't think that part thru as that is needed all over the place to get on public wifi.  Personally, for my business when I go to public markets I don't use their provided internet, as it may suck or not be working, I bring my own hotspot wifi router so I know that I will be good to go.  Only $10 a month as an additional line on our att account.