EXP Computer Bluetooth: HP 995C Bluetooth-Enabled Printer - Manual

Application Note
For the HP 995C Bluetooth-Enabled Printer
6/29/2002
1. Introduction
As a technology leader in the wireless networking market, WIDCOMM’s vision is to enable
consumers to easily, conveniently and securely access information and services from their
Bluetooth devices anytime and
anywhere – from homes, offices and public places.
• BTW™ is a set of software drivers and utilities that seamlessly integrate Bluetooth
technology into your desktop or laptop computer.
• The HP 995C is a Bluetooth-enabled inkjet printer manufactured by Hewlett-Packard, Inc.
This document describes the procedure for using the HP 995C printer with the BTW software.
These procedures were tested using the following configuration:
• A desktop or laptop computer with an available USB interface and running the
Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system.
• A USB Bluetooth dongle or CF Bluetooth Adapter.
• Microsoft Office 2000 (including Outlook 2000) installed on the desktop or laptop
computer
• BTW version 1.2.1.5 or later installed on the desktop or laptop computer.
• An HP 995C printer. The printer must be set up correctly, powered up, and loaded with
paper. Both the black-and-white and color ink cartridges must be correctly installed.
NOTE: The procedure on a computer running other versions of the Microsoft Windows
operating system may be slightly different.
The HP Deskjet 995C advertises two services: "InBox" and "Serial Port". The Serial Port
service supports the BTW 1.2 Serial Port Profile (SPP) and works correctly provided that you
install the HP 995C drivers from the CDROM and configure the driver correctly.
The InBox supports the OBEX profile. No special print drivers have to be installed in order to
use this. BTW 1.2 allows you to print business cards, calendar entries, notes, and messages in
this way. There is also a send-to-Bluetooth option that is added to the Outlook 2000 file menu.
However, it does an inquiry on device class of Personal-Computer. As a result, the HP printer
does not show up in the resulting device list.
2. An Overview of the OBEX Functions
All of the four OBEX file types will print using the HP 995C. The advantage to using this
method is that no special print drivers have to be installed. Some of the sequences are rather
odd and may seem inconsistent, but they will work if you know how to use them. The only
failure was encountered when trying to send a calendar 2.0 item (*.ics) file. The text of the
resulting error message indicates that the printer was rejecting the file. This is probably due to
the fact that the HP 995C does not support this file type (see the message dialog shown below).
NOTE: No special print drivers have to be installed in order to use the OBEX functions
under BTW. You do not have to install the print drivers from your HP 995C CDROM in
order to use these functions.