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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.

Summary of content (14 pages)

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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.
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.1 TO CREATE AND PRINT A BUSINESS CARD 1) In Outlook 2000, click on the Contacts folder. Using File →New →Contact create a contact entry for yourself. Click on the resulting entry in order to select it. 2) Save this entry as a vCard using File →Save As... You will have to use the Save As Type pull-down to select "vCard Files (*.vcf)" 3) Right click on the BTTray icon and use Setup →Configuration option to access the configuration panel. 4) Click on the Information Exchange tab.
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in order to select it. 2) Save this entry to a file. Do this using File →Save As... You will have to use the Save As Type pull-down to select "iCalendar Format (*.ics)" or "vCalendar Format (*.vcs)". 3) Inquire for the HP printer. Discover its services. 4) Right click on the InBox service and select Send Calendar Item from the resulting menu. A file chooser will result. BTW will send your calendar item. The printer will print it. Use the Files of type pull-down to select either *.ics or *.
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3.2 INSTALL THE BTW SOFTWARE The BTW software is installed from a CDROM using an InstallShield executable. For detailed instruction on how to install the software, see the BTW Installation and Uninstallation Instructions. This document will be supplied with your BTW CD and has the file name readme.doc or readme.pdf. 3.3 INSTALL THE PRINT DRIVER Install the HP 995C print drivers from the CD that was supplied with the printer. The process is straightforward and obvious.
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Double-click on the printer entry (highlighted above) to discover the services on the printer. You should see the two services shown below: Right-click on the Serial Port service and select Connect to Bluetooth Serial Port from the resulting menu shown below. Once the connection has completed, note the port that has been assigned to the connection. this example, the VCOMM port was COM3 as shown below.
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resulting menu. This will terminate the connection. NOTE: It is important to use the View → Details option. Only this setting will allow you to discover the VCOMM port that will be used by the serial port profile. WARNING: Do not discover or utilize services on any other Bluetooth device prior to proceeding to the next section. 3.5 CONFIGURE THE PRINT DRIVER TO USE THE VCOMM PORT Now that you know which VCOMM port will be assigned, use the Start →Settings →Printers sequence to view your system printers.
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You will see a list of all available ports to which the printer can be attached. Checkmark the box associated with the VCOMM port that you discovered in the previous section. In this example, we discovered that the VCOMM port was COM3. The correct action was to checkmark the COM3 entry as shown above. Once this is done, click on OK to register your choice. This concludes the setup of the print driver. You should be able to use the HP 995C printer just as you would any other Windows printer.
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Right-click on the Serial Port service and select Connect to Bluetooth Serial Port from the resulting menu shown below. Wait for the connection to complete. Right-click on the Serial Port service and select Disconnect Bluetooth Serial Port from the resulting menu. This will terminate the connection. The default service is now the Serial Port service on the HP 995C printer. the print driver will attempt to use. This is the port that 5.
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document (v 4.0) did not run under Windows XP. Fortunately, there is a way to set up the printer using the drivers that are supplied with the Windows XP operating system. 5.1 DETERMINE THE VCOMM PORT Start by following the instructions outlined in Sections 3.1 through 3.4 in order to determine the VCOMM port that will be used by the Serial Port Profile. WARNING: If you plan to print a test page, do not discover services on any other Bluetooth device prior to proceeding to the next section. 5.
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You will be asked to specify the printer port. Use the pull-down selector to choose the VCOMM port that you discovered by following the procedures outlined in Sections 3.1 through 3.4. In this example, the VCOMM port was COM3. When you are finished, click on Next> to continue. You will now be asked to specify the print driver to use. Choose a manufacturer name of HP and the hp deskjet 990c as the printer. Click on Next> to continue.
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You will now be asked to specify a printer name. You can leave it as the default or change it to hp deskjet 995c. Continue to click on Next> in all of the remaining dialogs to finish installing the driver. You may want to print a test page. If your printer is set up correctly, the test page should print out on the HP 995C printer. [ See the next section for an important caveat ] WARNING: Using the HP 990C print driver appears to work in our limited tests.
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makes no claims of suitability or functionality for this configuration. WIDCOMM assumes no liability for using this method of printing under Windows XP. Use this method at your own risk. 5.3 IMPORTANT: PRINTER ALWAYS CONNECT TO THE SERVICE BEFORE USING THE This print driver is not Bluetooth aware. It has no knowledge of which particular Bluetooth device that it should connect to when attempting to print.
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This will create a serial port connection (see below). disconnect if you wish. You can leave t he connection intact or Since this was the last serial port connection that was made, the Serial Port service on the HP 995C device will be automatically assigned when the print driver attempts to use the VCOMM port (COM3 in this example). If you subsequently connect to a serial port service on another Bluetooth device, this default association will be destroyed and your printer will cease to function. 6.
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technical support. The preferred method of doing this is to use the on-line forms for BTW. In order to access these forms, you will need the user name and password that was supplied along with your WIDCOMM product. You can access these forms from http://www.widcomm.com/Support/index.asp or send an email to support@widcomm.com.