How to connect a Zebra ZQ630 printer to Wi-Fi?
TB WMS · settings · Last updated August 17, 2026 · Version 1
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This article will teach you how to put a Zebra ZQ630 on shop Wi-Fi with the Zebra Printer Setup Utility app on iPhone or Android.
WMS sends labels to Zebra ZQ630 printers over Wi-Fi (ZPL to the printer IP). The printer must join your warehouse network before Settings → Label Printer can reach it. You configure Wi-Fi from a phone using Zebra’s Printer Setup Utility (the Zebra print / printer setup app on the App Store or Google Play). The phone talks to the printer over Bluetooth only long enough to push Wi-Fi settings — WMS itself prints over Wi-Fi, not from that phone session.
Steps
- Install Zebra Printer Setup Utility on an iPhone (App Store) or Android (Google Play). Turn on Bluetooth on the phone and power on the ZQ630.
- Open the app and tap Discover Printers. Select your ZQ630 by serial number (the Bluetooth entry).
- Open Connectivity Settings, then Wireless.
- Choose DHCP unless your IT team gave you a reserved/static IP, subnet, and gateway. Tap Next.
- Enter the shop Wi-Fi name (SSID), security mode, and password. Leave Wireless Band on All unless IT specified a band. Tap Next, then Apply to push settings to the printer.
- When the app asks to reset the printer, tap RESET. After restart, the ZQ630 should join Wi-Fi. Confirm the printer IP in the app or by printing a printer configuration/network label from the Zebra menus.
- In WMS on a Tire Base Android, go to Settings → Label Printer, enter that IP, Save, and tap Test Printer. The Android and printer must be on the same Wi-Fi.
Conclusion & best practices
Zebra documents this same flow as “Configuring Wireless Network Using Zebra Printer Setup Utility.” If Test Printer still fails, the usual causes are the wrong SSID/password, guest Wi-Fi that blocks device-to-device traffic, or an IP that changed after DHCP — reserve the printer in your router or use a static IP from IT. Related: How to set up a label printer in WMS? and Why won’t labels print from my phone?.