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Configuring
Your Computer and the PocketJet 3/3Plus with Bluetooth
General Information
The key to
a successful connection to your PocketJet3/3Plus printer is the
successful configuration of your computer to connect using the
Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), and further, the linking
of this connection to the printer.
For desktop
and notebook computers, the configuration will typically require
the following steps:
- If you
are installing an external Bluetooth device to your computer
for the first time, you will first need to follow the manufacturer's
installation procedure for the device. The instructions will
most likely be based on the computer operating system, so be
careful to follow the instructions that match your operating
system. As part of this installation, software (either from
the device manufacturer or the operating system) will be made
available to you so that you can discover and connect many types
of Bluetooth devices.
- Familiarize
yourself with the operation of the software that you have installed
with your external Bluetooth device or that came with your Bluetooth
enabled computer. Determine how your software allows you to
discover devices and connect to them. Most manufacturers have
detailed help files available from a "Help" tab in the software
itself, or on the web.
- Once you
have your PocketJet powered up, you will use your software to
discover and connect to the printer. You may or may not find
that you have a choice in using a PIN password to make this
connection.
- At some
point, the software will advise you that a COM port has been
assigned to this Serial Port Profile connection. Windows XP
may even advise you of two COM ports, in which case you are
only interested in the "Outbound" connection. The COM port will
be identified by number - for example, COM4 or COM12. Take note
of this number as it will be used in the last step.
- Now that
you have discovered your printer and connected to it, and a
COM port has been assigned, you will use either a Pentax installation
CD or whatever utility your operating system requires to install
a printer. During printer installation, drivers unique to the
PocketJet3 are loaded. During this process, you will be asked
to identify the port to which your printer is attached.
- In Windows
installations, you will be asked if this is a "Local" (the correct
choice) or "Network" printer, and to identify the port. In most
cases, the COMx port that you noted in the earlier step will
be one of the available options.
- If that
COM port number does not appear in the list, you will need to
reboot your computer and run this process again.
For handheld
devices, this process varies greatly, and may require the
use of 3rd party drivers specific to the Pentax PocketJet3/3Plus
printer be loaded first.
- Many handheld
(PDA type) operating systems do not have a "printer hook" to
access the ability to print directly from the device. In this
case, a 3rd party "print manager" software is needed to provide
the printing function. Be sure that the 3rd party solution that
you obtain includes support for Pentax PocketJet3/3Plus or Epson®
ESC/P printers Pentax has provided trial versions of this software
for your convenience. Please see more information in the "Bluetooth
Information Center".
- Install
the printing support for your handheld computer, or if it already
has this support, obtain and install the driver that is appropriate
for the PocketJet3/3Plus printer.
- Note: You
may find that your 3rd party printing software or operating
system software includes drivers for certain Epson® printers.
While PocketJet3/3Plus drivers will typically provide the most
complete functionality, an Epson ESC/P (but not ESC/P2) printer
driver may be used since the PocketJet3/3Plus printers support
most of the commands used by Epson® ESC/P dot matrix printers.
This type of support will support text printing only.
- Once the
printer software and drivers are installed, printing is typically
a process of selecting the SPP Bluetooth "port" of the handheld
device and the PocketJet3 or PocketJet3Plus printer using the
print manager that has been installed.
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