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HP bt1300 User Manual

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  • Page 1 User’s Guide Photo of hp bt1300 hp bt1300 Bluetooth wireless printer adapter...
  • Page 2 Independent JPEG Group. Warranty The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting and additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 4 – Configuring Your Printer Adapter Summary of Configuration Steps.......................4-1 Installing the HP Configuration Utility....................4-2 Placing the hp bt1300 into Configuration Mode or Firmware Upgrade Mode ........4-2 Using the Configuration Utility ......................4-3 Chapter 5 – Troubleshooting Verifying Setup ..........................5-1 Verifying Printer Operation .......................5-1...
  • Page 4 Adding a Virtual COM Port to a PC using Other Bluetooth Software ..........A-2 Adding a Printer using the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile ..............A-4 Appendix B – Printing from Non-HP Devices Setting Up a Printer Using the Serial Port Profile (SPP) ..............B-1 Configuring Other Devices using the Serial Port Profile (SPP)............

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    The hp bt1300 Bluetooth wireless printer adapter is a wireless print device that plugs directly into the USB or parallel port of your printer. By using the hp bt1300, you can conveniently print from a Bluetooth-enabled desktop or laptop computer and other devices without using a cable. Refer to the Quick-Install Guide provided in the product package for hardware setup information.

  • Page 6: What's Included In The Box

    (such as a camera) to another Bluetooth device (such as a desktop PC) for storage, editing, or printing. The hp bt1300 can also be used with other Bluetooth-enabled devices that support these profiles. For information on the installation of these other types of Bluetooth-enabled devices, visit the HP web site at http://www.hp.com/support/bluetoothprinteradapter.

  • Page 7: Windows System Requirements

    PDA System Requirements For information on printing to the hp bt1300 from a Pocket PC operating system or a Palm OS-based PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), refer to the information provided in this user’s guide or visit the HP web site at http://www.hp.com/support/bluetoothprinteradapter.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation Procedures

    25-pin Centronics interface. NOTE: If the hp bt1300 does not match up to the parallel port on your printer, you will need an IEEE 1284 B-female to C-male cable adapter to connect the hp bt1300 to the parallel port of your printer. The cable adapter can be ordered on the web at the following web sites or other web sites you may prefer (www.hp.com, www.pccables.com, or www.blackbox.com).

  • Page 9: Installing The Hardware Onto The Usb Or Parallel Port

    If you connect the hp bt1300 to the USB port of the printer, use the supplied Velcro tabs to attach the printer adapter to the printer or other convenient surface.

  • Page 10: Verifying Successful Installation

    Verifying Successful Installation After the hp bt1300 is attached to the printer and powered ON, it will perform a brief startup sequence: 1. The bi-colored LED (amber) and the blue LED will blink three times simultaneously. 2. The bi-colored LED will alternately blink amber and green twice. The blue LED will not light.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 - Printing To Your Bluetooth-Enabled Printer

    How to Set Up and Print from a Compaq Evo Notebook PC NOTE: The following procedure requires a Compaq Evo notebook PC with HP 1.4 or Widcomm 1.4 Bluetooth software. If you need to upgrade your software, go to the HP Support web site at www.hp.com/support/bluetoothprinteradapter.
  • Page 12 2. Click on Search for Devices in Range. 3. Once all available printers are discovered, right-click on the printer you want to install. 3- 2 Printing to your Bluetooth-Enabled Printer...
  • Page 13 4. Select Add Printer from the pull-down menu. 5. Select a driver for the printer you want to install. The Printer Properties window will pop up, allowing you to make modifications to the printer settings. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 3- 3...
  • Page 14 6. Click on OK to add the printer. 3- 4 Printing to your Bluetooth-Enabled Printer...

  • Page 15: Printing The First Job

    Windows application program. 1. From the menu bar of your application, click on File, and then Print. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 3- 5...
  • Page 16 Select the printer name you created, and then click on OK. The hp bt1300’s Serial Port Profile will automatically establish a connection with your PC as indicated by the Bluetooth connection icon, or you may need to manually start the connection in your Bluetooth software.

  • Page 17: Printing Additional Jobs

    After you print the first time, your application will remember the printer you used. If you print again, the job will be sent to the hp bt1300-equipped printer automatically. You can either click on File, Print, and OK, or just click on the printer icon on your application’s toolbar, and then click on OK.

  • Page 18: Using The Hp Bt1300 With A Pocket Pc

    Pocket PCs (available from the HP web site). This procedure requires the HP Mobile Printing Utility for Pocket PC software in order to print to the hp bt1300 and assumes that the Pocket PC has Bluetooth enabled. 1. Download the HP Mobile Printing Utility for Pocket PC from HP’s website using the following web address (http://welcome.hp.com/go/pocketpcprint).
  • Page 19 Pocket PC and install the necessary files. Click on OK as soon as the copying process is complete. 4. As soon as the Pocket PC completes the installation of files copied from the desktop. Tap on Start, and then HP Mobile Printing. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 3- 9...
  • Page 20 5. Tap on Start Using the Program, and then tap on the file you wish to print. 6. To assign a Bluetooth Printer, tap on Print Options, and then tap on More Printers. 3- 10 Printing to your Bluetooth-Enabled Printer...
  • Page 21 Pocket PC, then tap on Add a Bluetooth printer). 8. Choose the appropriate Manufacturer and Model of the printer that is connected to your hp bt1300. Select COM8 as the type of connection, and then tap on Add.
  • Page 22 9. You change the Printer Name, or leave it with its default name. Tap on OK when finished. 10. Verify the print settings, and tap on Print. The Pocket PC will search for a Bluetooth device. 3- 12 Printing to your Bluetooth-Enabled Printer...

  • Page 23: Using The Hp Bt1300 With Bluetooth-Enabled Cellular Phones

    11. As soon as your hp bt1300 shows up with the printer model, tap on the device, and printing will start. Using the hp bt1300 with Bluetooth-Enabled Cellular Phones The following printing procedures apply to Nokia 60 Series mobile phones. Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones from other manufacturers may also be able to print using the hp bt1300.
  • Page 24 Launching the Application After installing the software, the application’s icon appears in the Main Menu of the Nokia Series 60 phone. The most recently installed software is usually placed at the bottom of the list. The location of the print application’s icon can, if desired, be moved higher in this list using the Options menu. 1.
  • Page 25 Images screen. Scrolling up and down allows you to select an image. Images can be selected in the same manner as the phone’s Images application. 2. Print the image by selecting Print in the Options menu. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 3- 15...
  • Page 26 Printing a Message 1. Selecting Messaging allows you to print SMS, MMS, and email messages. SMS messages are simple text messages without pictures. MMS messages can contain as many attachments as the sending and receiving phones allow. Only JPEG attachments in MMS messages can be printed. Email text can be printed.
  • Page 27 When selecting an email with an attachment for printing, you will be asked if you want to continue. Pressing Yes will print the body text of the email, while pressing No will cancel the print operation. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 3- 17...
  • Page 28 Printing MMS messages with unsupported attachments Some types of MMS attachments are not supported for printing. When an MMS message that is chosen for printing contains objects of these types, a dialog box appears asking whether or not you would like to continue with the print request. Pressing Yes prints the parts of the MMS message that are printable.
  • Page 29 Once the desired contacts have been marked, press the Print button to print these contacts. Printing a Calendar Entry Entries entered in the Calendar application may be printed one full day at a time. 1. From the Print screen, select Calendar. The current day will be displayed. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 3- 19...
  • Page 30 2. Highlight a calendar item and press the Options button. 3. Select Print to print the selected calendar item. You can also select a different day by selecting Go to date. Go to today will display items for the current day. Printing a Note 1.
  • Page 31 2. The text of the selected note is displayed for previewing. 3. Select Print from the Options menu to print the selected note. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 3- 21...

  • Page 32: Chapter 4 - Configuring Your Printer Adapter

    Configuring Your Printer Adapter The hp bt1300 is preconfigured to allow you to print right out of the box; however, you may optionally reconfigure the device at any time using the provided Configuration Utility and the instructions provided in this chapter. The Configuration Utility allows you to change the Bluetooth device name, enable/disable the discovery feature, select security features, and update the device’s firmware.

  • Page 33: Installing The Hp Configuration Utility

    Press and hold the test button for at least five seconds until the bi-colored LED cycles between green and amber to indicate that it is in the configuration mode. After the hp bt1300 configuration is complete, the device will automatically reboot. After rebooting, the device will return to a ready state, indicated by a solid green LED (refer to Chapter 5 –...

  • Page 34: Using The Configuration Utility

    Using the Configuration Utility (Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP) NOTE: The hp bt1300 must be placed in configuration mode before you can change any user-defined settings or update the device’s firmware. NOTE: To use the Microsoft Bluetooth stack, you must be running the Windows XP operating system with SP1 (Service Pack 1) installed in order to communicate with the hp bt1300.
  • Page 35 Next to continue. NOTE: If security is enabled in the hp bt1300, you may be required to provide a passkey before a connection is established. If a passkey is required, a passkey screen will appear, prompting you to enter the appropriate passkey.
  • Page 36 In this case, if you forget the address of your Bluetooth-enabled printer, you will not be able to access your hp bt1300 and will have to reset the printer adapter to factory defaults in order to access the device and change its configuration.
  • Page 37 Apply to finish. Clearing all link keys will require each device to authenticate again. 6. Click on the Firmware tab to update the hp bt1300 firmware. Updating the firmware will not change the configuration of the device.
  • Page 38 Specify the location (path) of the firmware file (xxxxx.bin), and then click on Install to load the file into the flash-file memory area of the hp bt1300. You will be reminded that all changes that have not been applied will be lost. Click on OK to continue.

  • Page 39: Chapter 5 - Troubleshooting

    NOTE: When an error occurs on the printer, the print job will be delayed and the hp bt1300 will indicate an error and wait indefinitely for user intervention to clear the error condition on the printer. When the error condition is cleared and the printer is back on line, the print job will resume.

  • Page 40: Verifying Bluetooth Communication

    Verify Bluetooth communication by going to your Bluetooth network neighborhood to see if the hp bt1300 and other devices are listed. If you can see other Bluetooth devices, but the hp bt1300 is not listed, perform a cold reset on the hp bt1300 by removing power and then reapplying power while simultaneously holding down the test button.

  • Page 41: Troubleshooting By Symptom

    Troubleshooting by Symptom Use the following steps to help identify and resolve hp bt1300 problems. Refer to the previous pages in this chapter to ensure that the general operational conditions for the device have been met before proceeding with the specific conditions listed in the table below. For each condition listed in the following troubleshooting table, perform each action item in the order presented until the problem is resolved.
  • Page 42 Cycle the bt1300 power, and then try discovering the printer adapter again. Perform a cold reset on the bt1300 to return the printer adapter to factory default settings (the device will be set to “discoverable”). If the bt1300 still cannot be seen in your list of discovered devices and other Bluetooth devices are listed, call HP technical support.

  • Page 43: Frequently Asked Questions (Faq)

    Go to the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support/bluetoothprinteradapter) and check for the latest firmware revision. Print a self-test page by pressing the test button on the hp bt1300 printer adapter and then comparing the firmware revision date with the firmware date shown on the web site.
  • Page 44 When I update my firmware, do I lose my configuration or link keys? No, but you will lose your configuration and link keys if you perform a cold reset. To view a list of supported printers and Bluetooth clients, go to the HP web site: http://www.hp.com/support/bluetoothprinteradapter.

  • Page 45: Self-Test Page Example

    Self-Test Page Example HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 5- 7...

  • Page 46: Led Status Indicators

    LED Status Indicators State Bluetooth Power/Status Description LED (green, (blue) and amber) Power on self test Blinking Blinking Green Blinks for the duration of the power on Blue self-test. Ready Solid Green Self-test passed. Device ready. No Bluetooth Blinking Device is waiting for a Bluetooth connection or Blue connection –...

  • Page 47: Test Button Sequences

    After a brief pause (LED is off), the selected mode will be indicated one time as a confirmation before the device automatically reboots. After the device reboots, you can print a test page as a record of the hp bt1300’s settings. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide 5- 9...

  • Page 48: Chapter 6 - Where To Get Help

    NOTE: Before contacting hp technical support, please refer to Chapter 5 – Troubleshooting in this manual or the hp web site to isolate any problems, and be sure to write down any error messages. Also, make sure that you have the serial number of the product (located on the product label) available when you contact hp technical support.

  • Page 49: Appendix A - Setting Up A Virtual Com Port

    NOTE: If your hp bt1300 is connected to a printer, it will be listed as “<name of printer> bt1300 (XX:XX)” where XX:XX is the last four digits of the hp bt1300’s address, which can be found on the hp bt1300 or on the self-test page (e.g., HP LaserJet 4200 bt1300 (99:85)).

  • Page 50: Adding A Virtual Com Port To A Pc Using Other Bluetooth Software

    Bluetooth sending devices will keep the connection active until forced to disconnect. Also, other users will not be able to use the hp bt1300 while the connection is active with your Bluetooth sending device. Adding a Virtual COM Port to a PC Using Other Bluetooth Software...
  • Page 51 6. Select File and Print from your Windows application. If you previously associated the COM port with the hp bt1300, your print job should print immediately. If you did not previously make this association, then you will be prompted for the device you want to use. If this is the case, select the name of the HP printer adapter you wish to use, and then click on the appropriate button to establish a connection and print.

  • Page 52: Adding A Printer Using The Bluetooth Serial Port Profile

    My Bluetooth Devices, etc.) and search for all Bluetooth devices in range. A window will appear that displays all the discovered Bluetooth devices. 2. Locate your hp bt1300 Bluetooth wireless printer adapter icon, right-click on it, and then select Discover Available Services. You may also search for the available services by just double- clicking the hp bt1300 icon.
  • Page 53 3. Right-click on the Serial Port Profile icon and select Connect to Bluetooth Serial Port to attempt a connection with your hp bt1300. You may also do this by just double-clicking on the Serial Port Profile icon. A window will come up showing that your PC is attempting to establish a connection with your hp bt1300.
  • Page 54 4. Once a connection is established, the Bluetooth software window will appear and a Serial Port Profile Bluetooth icon will appear, indicating that a connection is currently active. NOTE: Other users will not be able to connect to the hp bt1300 while the connection is active with another host.

  • Page 55: Appendix B - Printing From Non-Hp Devices

    3. After you have set up the device to print over Bluetooth, you must use the device’s discovery program to locate the hp bt1300 Bluetooth wireless printer adapter and associate the hp bt1300’s COM service. You should now be able to print.
  • Page 56 2. Click on Add a printer to launch the Add Printer wizard. Click on Next to continue. B- 2 Printing to Non-HP Devices...
  • Page 57 Play printer, and then click on Next. 4. Under Use the following port, select the COM port number from the drop-down list that was previously assigned by your Bluetooth software application, and then click on Next. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide B- 3...
  • Page 58 5. Select the manufacturer and driver of the printer that your hp bt1300 is attached to, and then click on Next. 6. Type in a name for the printer you just created (e.g., printer in conference room, Dave’s printer, sales department printer, etc.) or leave the suggested default name, select Yes if you want to use it as your default printer, and then click on Next.
  • Page 59 8. Click on Next to print a test page; otherwise, select No, and then click on Next to continue. NOTE: The Bluetooth device must be selected in order for a self-test page to print. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide B- 5...
  • Page 60 9. Click on Finish to complete the Add Printer Wizard. 10. If the printer driver has not been previously installed, the driver files will be copied in the Windows system folder. B- 6 Printing to Non-HP Devices...
  • Page 61 11. Once a test page has been successfully printed, click on OK to continue. Your new printer will now be listed in the Printers and Faxes Manager window. You are now ready to print to your hp bt1300 from any application.

  • Page 62: Configuring Other Devices Using The Serial Port Profile (Spp

    Bluetooth link instead of a serial port). To send a job to a printer connected to an hp bt1300, you will need to setup your printing application so that it uses the serial port profile. When you want to print over the Bluetooth link, use the discovery program to select the printer equipped with the hp bt1300.

  • Page 63: Product Specifications

    Product Specifications Components Specification Model bt1300 Bluetooth wireless printer adapter (J6072A) Processor Coldfire MCF5272 Flash Memory 16 Mbits RAM Memory 64 Mbits Processor Speed 66 Mhz Interfaces Supported USB 1.1 Host (full speed), Bluetooth 1.1, IEEE 1284 – 1994 Parallel...

  • Page 64: Appendix D - Safety And Regulatory Notices

    The product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 72/23/EEC and the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and carries the CE marking accordingly. This product was tested in a typical configuration with Hewlett-Packard Company products. HP Printer Adapter User’s Guide D- 1...

  • Page 65: Declaration Of Conformity

    Declaration of Conformity (according to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN45014) D- 2 Safety and Regulatory Notices...

  • Page 66: Regulatory Information

    (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. The radiated output power of hp bt1300 Bluetooth wireless printer adapter is far below the FCC radio frequency exposure limits. Nevertheless, the HP Print Adapter shall be used in such a manner that the potential for human contact during normal operation is minimized.

  • Page 67: Glossary

    Cold Reset Used to set the hp bt1300 to factory defaults. To perform a cold reset, press and hold the test button while applying power to the device.
  • Page 68 Link key A key used to securely pair devices. Non-Discoverable Prevents the hp bt1300 from being seen in the “Bluetooth Neighborhood”. Derived from the standards originally used for *OPP (Object Push Profile) infrared communications, the Object Push Profile is relatively easy to implement in these devices (e.g., mobile phones, PDAs).

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