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?Connecting a printer via bluetooth?

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  • 04-08-2009 11:25pm
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    jolo
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'd like to connect our printer to the laptops and PC bluetoothedly(or should that be bluetoothily?). I know I need to buy bluetooth dongles for the Laptops and something similar for the printer.

    There seem to be loads of blutooth dongles for laptops on dealextreme.

    The only thing I've seen for the printer is this

    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.27230

    The printer is a Lexmark all-in-1 with USB connection only - no parallel conn. The above dongle mentions USB conn but looks as if it's only parallel.

    Can anyone tell me if this will do the trick or if I need something different and if so where to get what I need?

    Sorry if this is very dopey but... that's the way I am these days!


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    Jeanious
    Registered Users Posts: 644 ✭✭✭Jeanious


    jolo wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'd like to connect our printer to the laptops and PC bluetoothedly(or should that be bluetoothily?). I know I need to buy bluetooth dongles for the Laptops and something similar for the printer.

    There seem to be loads of blutooth dongles for laptops on dealextreme.

    The only thing I've seen for the printer is this

    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.27230

    The printer is a Lexmark all-in-1 with USB connection only - no parallel conn. The above dongle mentions USB conn but looks as if it's only parallel.

    Can anyone tell me if this will do the trick or if I need something different and if so where to get what I need?

    Sorry if this is very dopey but... that's the way I am these days!

    I looked into this a while ago and packed it in for the lack of information! Though as far as i can tell, youd get a usb cable, somethin like this http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25347, plug the small end into the printer and the normal USB into that gadget and away ya go.

    If ya look at the side of the device you posted, ya can see the USB slot there, so id image that instead of pluggin the printer into your computer, ya stick the USB cable into that device and it transmits and receives bluetooth as normal.

    Lets know how ya get on!


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