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Bluetooth Printing Guide

FieldSoftware Products printing products use the Bluetooth "Serial Port Profile" (SPP). Unfortunately, there is no standard method to find your Bluetooth printer and begin printing... each device contains a Bluetooth stack/driver that determines the steps. There are two main stacks currently available... one from Microsoft and one from WIDCOMM/Broadcom. Below are step-by-step instructions for printing with the Microsoft and WIDCOMM stacks. Note that these may change for different versions of the Bluetooth stacks or for different manufacturers. Consult the documentation for your device for specific details on your device.

Identifying your device's Bluetooth stack: There is no sure steps to identify a Bluetooth stack on a device. Below are steps for identifying current WIDCOMM and Microsoft stacks at the time this page is published. Note that these may not identify earlier or later versions of the same BT stacks.

bulletTap Start menu -> Settings -> Connections tab -> Bluetooth.
bulletIf you see a screen similar to below left with "Mode", "Devices" and "COM Ports" tabs, this should be the Microsoft stack.
bulletThe screen on the right indicates WIDCOMM/Broadcom stack... you can verify by tapping the About tab to see if there is a "Broadcom" copyright notice.

Microsoft Bluetooth stack:

bulletTap Start menu -> Settings -> Connections tab -> Bluetooth. In Mode tab, check ON "Turn on Bluetooth" (left)
bulletTap Devices tab (right)
bulletIf you do not see your printer, turn printer on, tap "New Partnership to "scan for Bluetooth devices" (left)
bulletTap your printer -> Next button to see "Partnership Settings" -> check ON "Serial Port" (right)
bulletTap Finish button
bulletTap Devices tab (left)
bulletTap "New Outgoing Port" -> select your printer -> Next button.
bulletSelect COMx port and uncheck (OFF) the "Secure Connection" checkbox (right)
bulletTap Finish button
bulletYou can now use our printing software support. At our "Select Printer" dialog box, set printer and paper settings, then set Port = same COMx setting from previous screen - COM7 in our example (left)
bulletTap Start Printing button to begin printing (right)

WIDCOMM/BroadCom manager, including HP iPAQ:

Verify that Bluetooth is turned on (left image):
bulletTap Start -> Today.
bulletTap Bluetooth icon lower right corner
bulletIf you see "Turn Bluetooth ON", tap to turn on.

Verify that Serial Port Profile is enabled (right):
bulletTap Start menu -> Settings -> Connections tab -> Bluetooth.
bulletScroll over to "Serial Port" tab and make sure "Enable Service" is checked ON:
 
bulletYou can now use our printing software support. At our "Select Printer" dialog box, set printer and paper settings, then set Port = "Bluetooth: WIDCOMM" (left).
bulletTap Start Printing button and you should see the WIDCOMM "Bluetooth Console" (below right). If you do not see your printer, tap the search button in lower toolbar. Tap your printer to begin printing.