Bluetooth vs Lexmark

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After buying (and returning) and IOGear BT printer adapter I found it
would not work with my Lexmark printer. Despite several searches, I
finally found the info on this group that these "cheap" printers are
not BT compatible.

Can anyone suggest a few printers they would recommend that ARE BT
capable?

Also, how does one determine the "passkey" for a device. My searching
results in many people referring to the "manual for the device" but
I've never seen a passkey in mine. Even tried the last four of the
device number (and every combo) and 0000 or 1234 but none ever work.

thanks for your help,
Phil
 
PM said:
After buying (and returning) and IOGear BT printer adapter I found it
would not work with my Lexmark printer. Despite several searches, I
finally found the info on this group that these "cheap" printers are
not BT compatible.

Can anyone suggest a few printers they would recommend that ARE BT
capable?

Also, how does one determine the "passkey" for a device. My searching
results in many people referring to the "manual for the device" but
I've never seen a passkey in mine. Even tried the last four of the
device number (and every combo) and 0000 or 1234 but none ever work.
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I'm not quite sure what you want to do, but for networking type things,
generally look for a network enabled printer, with an ethernet port on
it.
 
Actually, it's pretty simple. Have a notebook and a PDA for home use
and use BT between them. Want a BT printer I can stick in the BR (out
of sight) and print on, as needed from anywhere in the house.

Thanks,
Phil
 
PM said:
Actually, it's pretty simple. Have a notebook and a PDA for home use
and use BT between them. Want a BT printer I can stick in the BR (out
of sight) and print on, as needed from anywhere in the house.
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A friend of mine got a wireless router with adsl from maplins to share
his internet connection between desktop and laptop, and allows the
laptop to print to his Brother All-in-one machine (the model number has
an N at the end and has a big sticker on it that says network!)
Obviously thetas using wLAN rather than bluetooth, can the PDA do that,
or would it need some wireless network adaptor of its own.

When looking for the network router it may be worth looking on ebay for
refurbs, I picked up a decent enough Netgear one that way, does both
wired and wireless network, although I keep the wireless turned off.
When I turn it on it can detect two, sometimes three other wireless
networks, only one of which is secure, so I know what to do anytime I
lose my internet connection!
 
"PM" said:
Actually, it's pretty simple. Have a notebook and a PDA for home use
and use BT between them. Want a BT printer I can stick in the BR (out
of sight) and print on, as needed from anywhere in the house.
Click to expand...

Phil-

I have an HP Deskjet 450 with the optional Bluetooth interface. I have
successfully printed from both the Palm T3 and a Macintosh PowerBook via
Bluetooth.

It turns out that printing via Bluetooth is painfully slow. It is about
ten times faster printing from the PowerBook via a USB cable connected
directly to the printer. (And the dried ink is water soluble!)

Fred
 
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