BT-0260 Printer Combo Adapter USER’S GUIDE (For Windows XP Bluetooth Driver) VERSION 1.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME .................................................................. 1 Features ............................................................... 1 System Requirements ................................................ 1 Before You Start ...................................................... 2 Connecting your Bluetooth USB Adapter with PC ............... 2 BT-0260 Printer Combo Adapter .................................... 2 Getting to Know Your BT-0260 Printer Combo Adapter .........
WELCOME Thank you for your purchase of the BT-0260 Printer Combo Adapter. Featuring Bluetooth wireless technology, BT-0260 Printer Combo Adapter creates cable-free printing connections between your desktop PCs and your printers. BT-0260 Printer Combo Adapter is compatible with all Bluetooth v1.1-certified devices and you can connect your computing devices and printers 100 meters away without cables in your working environments, such as home or office.
BEFORE YOU START 1. Confirm Box Contents BT-0260 Printer Combo Adapter IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ALL 5V Power Adapter Manual Utility CD INSTRUCTIONS AND THE SAFETY GUIDE BEFORE YOU PLUG THE UNIT INTO THE PRINTER. CONNECTING YOUR BLUETOOTH USB ADAPTER WITH PC Connect your Bluetooth USB dongle with your PC. Use Windows XP Bluetooth software driver.
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR BT-0260 PRINTER COMBO ADAPTER BT-0260 printer combo adapter supports two interfaces which can be used to connect with your printer. 1). IEEE-1284 - It is a 36-pin male connector on the front. Connect it to your printer. If your printer hides its female connector inside its case, then you have to open it. 2). USB - It is a USB type A connector. You need to connect one end of the USB cable to BT-0260 printer combo adapter, then connect another end to the printer.
MICROSOFT XP BLUETOOTH DRIVER If you have installed service pack 1 on Windows XP, the Microsoft built-in Bluetooth printing support is available when a USB Bluetooth Dongle is plugged into your computer. Click START Select Control Panel . Select System. Select Device Manager. In Bluetooth Radios, you can find Microsoft Bluetooth device driver Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd. Bluetooth Adapter.
Step 2 : Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). Click Next. Step 3 : Select Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install. Click Next. Step 4 : Select driver Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd. Bluetooth Adapter. Click Next.
Step 5 : Click Finish to complete. Step 6 : From Device Manager page, Microsoft Bluetooth device driver Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd. Bluetooth Adapter can be found. At this moment, your PC has Microsoft Bluetooth driver supported now.
ADD ONE PRINTER If you have installed service pack 1 on Windows XP, the Microsoft built-in Bluetooth printing support is available. In the following example, BT-0260 adapter is connected to an EPSON Stylus C61 printer, and both BT-0260 adapter and printer are powered on. Step 1 : Click START. Select Control Panel . Select Wireless Link. Step 2 : Pop up Wireless Link window. Click button Add….
Step 3 : Click Next. Step 4 : Search Bluetooth device in range. You can specify device type as filter. We will choose to search Bluetooth Printers, Scanners and Imaging, and one unknown printer BT-PRT-B0A228 is found. Click Next. Step 5 : Select No. This device does not require authentication before it can be used. Click Next.
Step 6 : Windows XP has been connecting to BT-0260 adapter and retrieving its available service Printing (HCRP). Step 7 : Select Printing (HCRP) by checking the box. Click Next. Step 8 : Click Finish to complete.
Step 9 : This printer is marked as Remembered. Click OK to close window. Step 10 : Need to specify printer driver, select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). Click Next. Step 11 : Select Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install. Click Next.
Step 12 : Select Printer. Click Next. Step 13 : If the printer driver is already installed, please select it. If not, you have to click Have Disk… to install it. In this example, EPSON Stylus C61 Series driver was installed before, so just select it. Click Next. Step 14 : A warning message is displayed. Click Yes to continue.
Step 15 : Complete the Found New Hardware Wizard by clicking Finish. Step 16 : New printer EPSON Stylus C61 Series is added into Printers and Faxes. Step 17 : Right click on printer icon to check it’s Properties.
Step 18 : From General page, we can find a printer - EPSON Stylus C61 Series is there. Step 19 : From Ports page, Windows XP has assigned a virtual printer port BTH001 to your EPSON Stylus C61 printer. BTH001 is like normal LPT1: port which is used in local printer connection. Except BTH001 is accompanied with BT-0260 Bluetooth printer adapter, while LPT1: is directly connected through parallel port. Note - Please unmark or disable bidirectional support.
START PRINTING Click My Computer icon on the desktop screen, select Control Panel, select Printers and Faxes, then you can find a Bluetooth Printer is there : EPSON Stylus C61 Series. Print a file by using BT-0260 combo printer adapter is quite straigth forward, it is just like the normal way you are printing a file. For EPSON Stylus C61 Series : When page range and number of copies screen prompts, select EPSON Stylus C61 Series printer, then click OK.
CHANGE PRINTER In your home or office, there may be two or three different printers coming from different brands. In previous example, we selected EPSON Stylus C61 color printer as our bluetooth printer. If you want to change it to another printer, such as EPSON Stylus Photo 830U, then you shall know how to change printer driver to a different one. Step 1 : Select Control Panel . Select Printers and Faxes. Right click on EPSON Stylus C61 Series printer icon. Click on Properties.
Step 3 : In Advanced setup, try to find the driver of EPSON Stylus Photo 830U. If there is an EPSON Stylus Photo 830U driver installed before, select it and click OK to complete the change. If there is none, click New Driver and follow the instructions to install it. Once New Driver is selected, this screen will prompt to ask you to install new driver step by step. Step 4 : When installation of new printer driver is complete, the Printers and Faxes screen will look like this.
MULTIPLE BT-0260 PRINTER COMBO ADAPTERS Previous sections talk about how to do a printing job with a BT-0260 printer combo adapter. This section is talking about when multiple adapters are installed in your office, how to configure each adapter before printing ? Supposed there are three BT-0260 printer combo adapters, two of them are connected to two EPSON Stylus C61 printers and one is connected to an EPSON Stylus Photo 830U printer separately.
1. Configuring the first BT-0260 Printer Adapter Connect the first BT-0260 printer combo adapter to an EPSON Stylus C61 printer. Power on BT-0260 adapter and printer. Step 1 : Follow the steps 1 ~ 15 as described in ADD ONE PRINTER (from page 7 to page 12) to add the first local printer. Click Finish. Step 2 : Click My Computer icon on the desktop screen, select Control Panel, select Printers and Faxes. Right click on EPSON Stylus C61 Series printer icon. Click on Properties.
Step 4 : From Ports page, Windows XP has assigned a virtual printer port BTH001 to your EPSON Stylus C61 series (Sales_Dept) printer. BTH001 is like normal LPT1: port which is used in local printer connection. Except BTH001 is accompanied with BT-0260 Bluetooth printer adapter, while LPT1: is directly connected through parallel port. Note - Please unmark or disable bidirectional support. Some printers might stay at wait state for one minute after printing is done if bidirectional support is enabled.
2. Configuring the second BT-0260 Printer Adapter Connect the second BT-0260 printer combo adapter to another EPSON Stylus C61 printer. Power on BT-0260 adapter and printer. Step 1 : Follow the steps 1 ~ 15 as described in ADD ONE PRINTER (from page 7 to page 12) to add the second local printer. Click Finish. Step 2 : Click My Computer icon on the desktop screen, select Control Panel, select Printers and Faxes. Right click on EPSON Stylus C61 Series printer icon. Click on Properties.
Step 4 : From Ports page, Windows XP has assigned a virtual printer port BTH002 to your EPSON Stylus C61 series (RD_Dept) printer. BTH002 is like normal LPT1: port which is used in local printer connection. Except BTH002 is accompanied with BT-0260 Bluetooth printer adapter, while LPT1: is directly connected through parallel port. Note - Please unmark or disable bidirectional support. Some printers might stay at wait state for one minute after printing is done if bidirectional support is enabled. Click OK.
3. Configuring the third BT-0260 Printer Adapter Connect the third BT-0260 printer combo adapter to an EPSON Stylus Photo 830U printer. Power on BT-0260 adapter and printer. Step 1 : Follow the steps 1 ~ 15 as described in ADD ONE PRINTER (from page 7 to page 12) to add the third local printer. Click Finish. Step 2 : Click My Computer icon on the desktop screen, select Control Panel, select Printers and Faxes. Right click on EPSON Stylus Photo 830U Series printer icon. Click on Properties.
Step 4 : From Ports page, Windows XP has assigned a virtual printer port BTH003 to your EPSON Stylus Photo 830U series (Adm_Dept) printer. BTH003 is like normal LPT1: port which is used in local printer connection. Except BTH003 is accompanied with BT-0260 Bluetooth printer adapter, while LPT1: is directly connected through parallel port. Note - Please unmark or disable bidirectional support. Some printers might stay at wait state for one minute after printing is done if bidirectional support is enabled.
Start Printing : Print a file by using BT-0260 combo printer adapter is quite straigth forward, it is just like the normal way you are printing a file. For EPSON Stylus C61 series (Sales_Dept) : When page range and number of copies screen prompts, select EPSON Stylus C61 series (Sales_Dept) printer, then click OK. For EPSON Stylus C61 series (RD_Dept) : When page range and number of copies screen prompts, select EPSON Stylus C61 series (RD_Dept) printer, then click OK.
Change Printer : Step 1 : Select Control Panel . Select Printers and Faxes. Right click on printer EPSON Stylus C61 Series (Sales_Dept) icon. Click on Properties. Step 2 : You can change printer name to such as : EPSON Stylus COLOR 680 (Sales_Dept).
Step 3 : Click on Advanced tab to see if the driver of EPSON Stylus COLOR 680 has been installed before. If yes, click OK to complete the change. If not, click New Driver and follow the instructions to install it. If New Driver is selected, this screen will prompt to instruct you to install new driver step by step. Step 4 : When instalation of new printer driver is complete, the Printers and Faxes screen will look like this. EPSON Stylus COLOR 680 (Sales_Dept). is coming out as the new printer.
MORE LOOK ON BLUETOOTH DRIVER The item with the label Bluetooth Printing Support will be added to your Bluetooth Radios when you add new Bluetooth printer. 1. After the first EPSON Stylus C61 Series (Sales_Dept) printer is installed. 2. After the second EPSON Stylus C61 Series (RD_Dept) printer is installed. 3. After the third EPSON Stylus Photo 830U Series (Adm_Dept) printer is installed.
PRINTER ERROR MESSAGE There are some conditions which will stop the printing process : 1. INKs 100% run out. 2. Paper Jam. 3. Printer is BUSY. 4. Printer is not turned on. When the above conditions occurred, PC will pop out a failed to print message on the screen one minute later. User can clean the problem and continue the printing after. INKs run out Paper Jam Printer BUSY - Replace new INKs for your printer. Remove jamed paper. Check if there is any error in feeding paper to the printer.
CANCEL PRINTING JOB 1. Start 2. Printing job in process. 3. Printing job has error. Double click on printer icon to read the message. 4. Error message. 5. Right click on the file being printed, and select Cancel to stop it. RESET HANGED BLUETOOTH If there is any Bluetooth operation hanged, you can use the following steps to clean it. Right click on green Bluetooth icon on lower-right corner of your screen. Select Stop the Bluetooth Device.
APPENDIX A Specifications : Product Name Model Name Certification Standard Frequency Band Spread Spectrum Services Supported Data Rate RF Output Power Antenna Working Distance Sensitivity Input Power I/O Interface LED Indicators BT-0260 Printer Combo Adapter BT-0260 FCC, CE, BQB Bluetooth v1.1 2.4~2.4835GHz unlicensed ISM band FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum) SPP and HCRP print services 1 Mbps Class 1; 13 dBm typical Embedded PCB antenna Up to 100 meters in free space <-88dBm at < 0.1% BER 7.
APPENDIX B Safety Guide : Read and follow all instructions and warnings provided. Save these instructions for future use. When service or replacement of parts is required, ensure work is done by a qualified technician. Do not use this unit near water or in a rainy/moist environment. Use supplied cables only. Do not attempt to service this product yourself. Doing so will expose you to various hazards including dangerous voltage.
FCC COMPLIANCE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
One Year Limited Warranty This device is guaranteed against manufacturing defects for one full year from the original date of purchase. This warranty is valid at the time of purchase and is non-transfer able. This warranty must be presented to the service facility before any repair can be made. Sales slip or other authentic evidence is required to validate warranty. Damage caused by accident, misuse, abuse, improper storage, and/or uncertified repairs is not covered by this warranty.
