any bluetooth printers?

[mgargan1]

hey, i was wondering if there are any good bluetooth printers... i know there are wifi epson printers, but i'd rather have bluetooth... anyone out there know anything? i would greatly appreciate it.

[yzedf]

aside from buzzword compliance, why? the limited range, and the extra expense, plus the relative newness makes it all seem a bit risky to me. i am assuming you don't have wifi now...?

[barkmonster]

I remember reading in another thread how it would take 16 hours to upload 5Gb of MP3s to an iPOD if was bluetooth.

That's very slow, just printing a photo and some basic text on a colour printer involves having dozens of Mbs of data sent to it in the course of a printout, that would turn a typical 8 page per minute printer into an 8 pages in an afternoon, if you're lucky printer!

I can see the point in bluetooth for small data transfers like input devices but not large ones like printing.

[arn]

Originally posted by yzedf
aside from buzzword compliance, why? the limited range, and the extra expense, plus the relative newness makes it all seem a bit risky to me. i am assuming you don't have wifi now...?

you could print from your Bluetooth palm perhaps?

arn

[NavyIntel007]

There are bluetooth to USB and bluetooth to parallel adapters for printers. I read somewhere that OS X does not support bluetooth printing.

[yzedf]

Originally posted by arn
you could print from your Bluetooth palm perhaps?

arn
Truth, but I don't see the point of a pda either.... that is for a different thread.

[porovaara]

Check here first:

http://www.blueunplugged.com/shop/department.asp?Department=11

... and then do price shopping. Bluetooth is neat, it should be in everything. I currently have it in my phone, my desktop, my laptop and a headset. I can click on the phone on the laptop, and bam. it makes an audio connection to my phone from which I can then voice dial and talk over my laptop mic/speaker. Often I also use my bluetooth headset with yahoo voice chat, so I'm not tied to sitting in front of the machine while chatting away for free(tm).

[FelixDerKater]

HP DeskJet 995c

http://h30015.www3.hp.com/products/detail.php?high_level_category_id=2&category_id=1&sub_category_id=f6c4f539ad55bb1a875067b4fb6ee9d8&prodnum=C8925A


It does Bluetooth printing, but who knows if it would work with a Mac.

[mgargan1]

thanks guys, i thought that blue tooth would be really fast, but i guess not. I wonder if i could hook my printer up to my airport base station.

[yzedf]

if the airport has usb then it will be a cinch.

yes, the transmit speeds of bluetooth are horrible. that is why nobody jumped on it 2 years ago when it was "the next big thing"

[william1949]

I use the Hp995C.
I have three computers that share it. I use a pc laptop with bluetooth and it works just fine.
The Mac OS still does not support bluetooth, and I still am waiting, looking forword to being unleashed from wires.

[yzedf]

Originally posted by william1949
I use the Hp995C.
I have three computers that share it. I use a pc laptop with bluetooth and it works just fine.
The Mac OS still does not support bluetooth, and I still am waiting, looking forword to being unleashed from wires.
10.2.5 does...

No HP drivers for OS X yet?

And Apple is the innovator, eh? NOT.

[zoetropeuk]

The new Saab 9-3 Aero has a built-in bluetooth network that automatically recognises your bluetooth phone and laptop.
It would be cool to be able to stream MP3's from iTunes from a powerbook anywhere in the car !!!!

[william1949]

I have not read anywhere that 10.2.5 has added bluetooth printer support, only mouse and keyboard and some extra phone support. I have 10.2.5 and see nothing to indicate that printing is now supported (I checked Mac's site and could not find anything there either).

[iDork]

Originally posted by william1949
I have not read anywhere that 10.2.5 has added bluetooth printer support, only mouse and keyboard and some extra phone support. I have 10.2.5 and see nothing to indicate that printing is now supported (I checked Mac's site and could not find anything there either).

I was going to buy this printer to share between my PB and PC. Thanks for letting us know about Mac 10.2.5 not supporting bluetooth printing yet.

[jholzner]

You know, I though Apple was going to pioneer bluetooth the way it did WiFi...but they didn't have HID support until just now (actually, I didn't know 10.2.5 added that) and no printing support! I don't have bluetooth on my system but I will when I get a new Mac sometime within the next year. I hope it supports the full range of bluetooth products by them.

[filipp]

Originally posted by zoetropeuk
The new Saab 9-3 Aero has a built-in bluetooth network that automatically recognises your bluetooth phone and laptop.
It would be cool to be able to stream MP3's from iTunes from a powerbook anywhere in the car !!!!

Man, that's awesome! bluetooth handsfree in the stereo is just awesome.

I have been drooling over the 9-3 aero for a while now, guess I'll have to buy it to get this bluetooth thing

[william1949]

Originally posted by iDork
I was going to buy this printer to share between my PB and PC. Thanks for letting us know about Mac 10.2.5 not supporting bluetooth printing yet.

I also share with a PC (it uses bluetooth). I like the printer, and still hope that Apple finds it in their heart to support it. The one thing this printer doesn't support that I would like is borderless printing.

[iDork]

Originally posted by william1949
I also share with a PC (it uses bluetooth). I like the printer, and still hope that Apple finds it in their heart to support it. The one thing this printer doesn't support that I would like is borderless printing.

When printing a document or picture, is there a long delay in trasmitting the data via Bluetooth to the printer?

Thanks-

[william1949]

Originally posted by iDork
When printing a document or picture, is there a long delay in trasmitting the data via Bluetooth to the printer?

Thanks-

On the PC I usually only print documents with no lag time. I'm presently printing a 5*7 (300dpi) image, and am not noticing any difference from when I print from my Mac using usb.

[iDork]

Originally posted by william1949
On the PC I usually only print documents with no lag time. I'm presently printing a 5*7 (300dpi) image, and am not noticing any difference from when I print from my Mac using usb.


Great! I may go ahead and purchase this printer. I hope HP doesn't release a newer bluetooth model of this kind.