Systems and methods for configuring mobile devices for printing to wireless printers

A method of configuring a wireless device for communicating with a wireless printing peripheral, the method comprising:

• determining, by the wireless device, available wireless printing peripherals, wherein the available wireless printing peripherals include one or more wireless printing peripherals;
• selecting a desired wireless printing peripheral from the available wireless printing peripherals;
• identifying a first test protocol from a plurality of predetermined protocols for wireless communication between the wireless device and the desired wireless printing peripheral;
• sending, by the wireless device, a first test communication from the wireless device to the desired wireless printing peripheral using the first test protocol, wherein the first test communication includes a first success indicator associated with the first test communication, and further wherein the desired wireless printing peripheral producing an output that includes the first success indicator is indicative of a successful communication between the wireless device and the desired wireless printing peripheral;
• displaying, by the wireless device, a first plurality of indicators on a user interface of the wireless device, wherein the first plurality of indicators includes the first success indicator and at least one mock indicator;
• prompting, by the wireless device, a user to indicate the successfulness of the first test communication to produce the output;
• and
• configuring the wireless device to communicate with the desired wireless printing peripheral using a valid protocol that includes the first test protocol responsive to the user indicating that the first test communication was successful, wherein the valid protocol produces a desired visual output from the desired wireless printing peripheral when a communication is sent from the wireless device to the desired wireless printing peripheral using the valid protocol.