Bluetooth Printing |
All IQSI mobile products
support a wide variety of portable (on-site) printers.
These
include IrDA (Infrared) and Wireless (Bluetooth) enabled printers,
and USB-based printers with a Bluetooth 'dongle' inserted in the USB
port.
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Although it is impractical to provide details
for configuring all printers and scanners, below you will
find general configuration guidelines applicable to most printers,
and scanners. First, please consult the manual that came with your
product.
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IQSI
Product's printing support use the Bluetooth
"Serial Port Profile" - which means that supported Bluetooth hardware and
software connect to a Bluetooth-enabled printer using a serial port
selection (COM1 - COM8). Below are specific instructions for several
Bluetooth solutions. But you should be able to print using any Pocket PC
Bluetooth device that supports the "Serial Port Profile" using two basic
steps: the Bluetooth manager software should allow you to "search" for
available Bluetooth printers it can find. Then you will use the manager
software to select the desired printer and assign it to a serial port.
Finally, you need to determine which serial port should be used and then
select that from the software's Select Printer screen. |
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Setting
up Bluetooth Manager and Searching for your Printer:
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Start Bluetooth Manager. |
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If
you haven't search for devices or have added a BT printer since last
search, tap Search menu at bottom (below left). |
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After search is complete, check any BT printers found (below right) and
tap Save and then OK. |
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Connect to Serial Port:
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At
main Bluetooth Manager screen you should now see all the BT devices
found by the search and selected for use (below left). |
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You
now want to assign your printer to the Serial Port... Tap on the printer
icon to get to it's Device Information (below right). |
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Tap
on Actions menu and "Connect to Serial Port" (below left). This will
take a short time to complete. Now tap OK to return to Devices list. |
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After a time, you may get a "Serial Port connection... terminated"
message (below right). You can tap OK and ignore this. |
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Determine Serial Port Assignment: |
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At this point, the
Compaq Bluetooth manager is all set to support printing to your
Bluetooth-enabled printer. Your last step is to find which serial port
to use for printing. At the main Bluetooth Manager screen, tap Tools
Menu and "Settings for All Devices" (below left). |
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At the Settings
screen , tap "Serial Port" tab. Note the entry for "Outbound Com Port"
(COM8 in screenshot below right). |
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Printing with Compaq Bluetooth: |
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Now
go to your printing software and, at the "Select Printer" screen, select
your printer. Tap the "Port" list and select the assigned COM port
(below left). |
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Now
tap "Start Printing" and your Bluetooth printing should be underway. |
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When
things don't print: |
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Make sure that the Bluetooth "radio" is turned on - go to Today
screen (Start menu -> Today), tap BT icon at lower right of screen and,
at popup menu, tap "Turn radio ON". |
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If you go to print and it looks like data is being sent to the
printer but nothing prints out, go to Compaq Bluetooth Manager (Start
menu -> Bluetooth Manager) and double-check the following (see above for
instructions on how to perform these functions):
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You have "discovered" your printer. |
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You have connected the printer to the Serial Port |
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The printer is powered on. |
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Some time after "connecting" a discovered printer to serial
port, you may get the message "Serial Port connection to <printername>
was terminated". You can ignore this... you should be able to print to
your Bluetooth-enabled printer successfully. |
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If you use the Bluetooth Manager to discover a printer and then
"connect to serial port" and then later do a soft-reset of your device,
Bluetooth Manager will not indicate which printer is assigned the serial
port. However, Bluetooth Manager will retain the serial port assignment
and you do not have to select this again unless you change which printer
you are using. |
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Printing
Using Anycom CF Card |
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Anycom offers two options for Bluetooth printing: using their
Bluetooth CF card with a standard
Bluetooth-enabled printer, or combining the CF card with their proprietary
Bluetooth Printer Module. These
offer different printing steps as shown below:
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Printing
with Anycom CF card and Standard Bluetooth-enabled Printer: |
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Use
the Anycom Bluetooth Wizard to discover and set up the printer for
printing... tap Start menu -> Programs folder -> Bluetooth Wizard (below
left). |
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In
the Bluetooth Wizard, select Serial Port Connection and Next... |
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Select local port... note the port number (COM5 below left). You will
use this port later with your printing software. Tap Next. |
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Turn
on your Bluetooth-enabled printer and tap OK (below right). |
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The
Wizard will search for Bluetooth devices in range... this may take
several minutes. |
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After device discovery, scroll through the list of devices found and
select the printer (below right). Tap Next. |
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After receiving a "success" message (below left) tap Finish. |
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Go
to your printing software. Select the correct Printer type (HP PCL
below) and then tap Port list to select COM port (see previous steps).
Now tap "Start Printing" and your Bluetooth printing should be underway. |
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Printing with Anycom CF card and Anycom Printer Module: |
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To
print with the combination Anycom Bluetooth CF card and Printer Module,
go to printing software and, at the "Select Printer" screen, select your
printer. Tap the "Port" list and select the "Anycom Bluetooth Card"
entry (below left) |
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Tap
"Start Printing" and you will see the "BlueCard Printing" screen (below
right) which will establish connection and print to the printer that has
the Anycom Printer Module attached. |
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Printing
Using Socket Bluetooth CF Card |
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To
print with the
Socket Bluetooth CF card, start the printing software and,
at the "Select Printer" screen, select your printer. Tap the "Port" list
and select the "Bluetooth: Socket CF Card" entry (below left) |
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Tap
"Start Printing" and you will see the "New Bluetooth Devices" screen
(below right). |
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If
you have not already searched for Bluetooth devices in range, or if you
do not see the printer you want to print to and press "Find" button, you
will see "Bluetooth Device Search" screen (below left). |
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Tap
on the desired printer and tap the "Select" button to begin printing
(below right). |
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