diff --git a/apps/web/src/SetupWizard.tsx b/apps/web/src/SetupWizard.tsx
index 199678c..7e7e116 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/SetupWizard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/SetupWizard.tsx
@@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ function CategorySection({
   const [formFor, setFormFor] = useState<Assignment | "new" | null>(null);
   const [warnings, setWarnings] = useState<string[]>([]);
 
-  // Binding categories need a controller to point at first.
-  const isBound = category !== "access";
+  // Binding categories need a controller to point at first. Printers do NOT bind
+  // (role + failoverRank route print jobs — see printer-routing.ts), so they are
+  // addable on a controller-less box (e.g. the lab bench testing a USB printer).
+  const isBound = category !== "access" && category !== "printer";
   const blockedNoController = isBound && controllers.length === 0;
   const editing = formFor && formFor !== "new" ? formFor : undefined;
 
diff --git a/wiki/log.md b/wiki/log.md
index f3b5233..557771b 100644
--- a/wiki/log.md
+++ b/wiki/log.md
@@ -2477,3 +2477,11 @@ June park-buzi install defaulted under $HOME). [[appliance-provisioning]] §7a n
 root_directory after every install + the sed one-liner fix; also notes `sudo systemctl restart
 periphery` → "unit not found" (user unit) and that the single-use onboarding key survives a
 pre-connect crash.
+
+## [2026-07-07] update | Setup: printers addable with NO controller configured
+
+Lab bench (USB printer test, no relays on hand) hit a SECOND printer/relay coupling the
+2026-07-06 fix missed: the category section's add-button gate ("Shto fillimisht një kontroller…")
+blocks every non-access category while zero controllers exist. Printers are now exempt there too
+— the binding fix removed the requirement inside the form; this removes the gate in front of it.
+A controller-less box can configure + test a printer.