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IVT BlueSoleil™ User Manual

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10 Hardcopy Cable Replacement

10.1Introduction

The Bluetooth Hardcopy Cable Replacement profile (HCRP) provides services to replace the

cable between a host and peripheral device with a Bluetooth link. The most common devices

using these services are laptops and desktop computers, however other devices are not

excluded.

The HCRP profile can be used in the following scenario:

 Print a document using a Bluetooth Printer.

10.2Print a Document Using a Bluetooth Printer

This section outlines how to print a document from Computer A (client) using a Bluetooth

Printer (server)

Computer A: Bluetooth Printer B:

Notebook/Laptop, PIII, 800MHz, 128M Bluetooth Printer

A Bluetooth USB dongle

Windows 2000

IVT BlueSoleil™

Step 1: Insert the Bluetooth USB dongle into the computer.

Step 2: Start BlueSoleil™ in the computer.

Step 3: Set device name of the computer to anything you want. Here it is

named Computer A.

i In the BlueSoleil™ Main Window of Computer A, click Tools |

Configurations | My Bluetooth. Enter ‘Computer A’ in the

device name field in the My Bluetooth Device window.

Step 4: Turn on the Bluetooth printer to provide the HCRP service for

Computer A.

Step 5: Search for Bluetooth devices on Computer A

In the Main Window, double click the ‘My Device icon’. Wait a few

seconds. The discovered surrounding devices appear.

Step 6: Search the HCRP services of Printer B.

Double-click the printer named ‘Printer’. The HCRP service icon turns

red.

Step 7: Connect the two devices.

i Double-click the HCRP service icon to connect Computer A and

the Bluetooth printer.

Step 8:

The connection is established.

After the connection setup is completed, a dashed line between the

My Device icon (or ‘center ball’) and the Bluetooth Printer icon

appears and the HCRP service icon turns green. (Figure 10.3)

i If there is no driver installed for the Bluetooth printer, then

BlueSoleil™ displays a message asking the user to install a driver

for the Bluetooth Printer, see the Windows system icons in the

bottom right hand corner of the Windows desktop. (Figure 10.1)

Install the driver for the printer on Computer A and set its port

to COMx.