SMC Networks SMCBT-EDR Hardcopy Cable Replacement, Print a Document Using a Bluetooth Printer

SMC Networks - IVT BlueSoleil™ User Manual

10 Hardcopy Cable Replacement

10.1 Introduction

The Bluetooth Hardcopy Cable Replacement profile (HCRP) provides services to replace the cable between a host and peripheral device with a Bluetooth link. The most common devices using these services are laptops and desktop computers, however other devices are not excluded.

The HCRP profile can be used in the following scenario:

♦ Print a document using a Bluetooth Printer.

10.2Print a Document Using a Bluetooth Printer

This section outlines how to print a document from Computer A (client) using a Bluetooth Printer (server)

Computer A:	Bluetooth Printer B:
Notebook/Laptop, PIII, 800MHz, 128M	Bluetooth Printer
A Bluetooth USB dongle
Windows 2000
IVT BlueSoleil™

Step 1: Insert the Bluetooth USB dongle into the computer.

Step 2: Start BlueSoleil™ in the computer.

Step 3: Set device name of the computer to anything you want. Here it is named Computer A.

♦In the BlueSoleil™ Main Window of Computer A, click Tools My Bluetooth Device. Enter ‘Computer A’ in the device name field in the My Bluetooth Device window.

Step 4: Turn on the Bluetooth printer to provide the HCRP service for Computer A.

Step 5: Search for Bluetooth devices on Computer A

In the Main Window, double click the ‘My Device icon’. Wait a few seconds. The discovered surrounding devices appear.

Step 6: Search the HCRP services of Printer B.

Double-click the printer named ‘Printer’. The HCRP service icon turns red.

Step 7: Connect the two devices.

♦Double-click the HCRP service icon to connect Computer A and the Bluetooth printer.

Step 8: The connection is established.

♦After the connection setup is completed, a dashed line between the My Device icon (or ‘center ball’) and the Bluetooth Printer icon appears and the HCRP service icon turns green. (Figure 10.3)

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