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 |
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Windows 2000 |
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IVT BlueSoleil™ |
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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.
Step 7: Connect the two devices.
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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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