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  • Page 1 Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright 2004 by X-Micro Technology Corp., All rights reserved. No part of this pub- lication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of X-Micro Technology Corp.
  • Page 3: Fcc Radiation Exposure Statement

    INFORMATION TO USER Product Name: X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter Model Name: XBT-PACX The X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter must be installed and used in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. This device complies with the following radio frequency and safety standards.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CHANGE PRINTER ............16 MULTIPLE X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter ..... 18 Configuring the first X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter ..19 Configuring the second X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter .. 20 Configuring the third X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter ..21 Start Printing ............
  • Page 5: Welcome

    WELCOME Thank you for your purchase of the X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter. Featuring Bluetooth wireless technology, X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter creates cable-free printing con- nections between your desktop PCs and your printers. X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter is compatible with all Bluetooth v1.1-certified devices and you can connect your computing devices...
  • Page 6: Before You Start

    LEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND THE SAFETY GUIDE BEFORE YOU PLUG THE UNIT INTO THE PRINTER CONNECTING YOUR BLUETOOTH USB ADAPTER WITH PC Connect your Bluetooth USB dongle with your PC. Install Widcomm Bluetooth software driver. X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter USB Connector IEEE-1284 connector Mode Button DC Power Jack...
  • Page 7: Getting To Know X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter

    Adapter. If you connect X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter to both of them, 1284 interface will be the functioning one. 3). Apply power to X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter by using the 7.5V DC power adapter accompanied, it is also the only way to RESET X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter.
  • Page 8: Widcomm Bluetooth Software Driver

    NOTE : Skip this section if you already installed Widcomm driver in your This software is included in our X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter package. We assume you already purchased a Bluetooth USB dongle and it already bundled this software. We also assume you already installed this driver in your PC.
  • Page 9 Step 3 : Select destination folder, you can choose the default or change to your favorite. Step 4 : Click Install to start the installation. If you have not plugged in Bluetooth Dongle onto your PC before, one reminding window will show up to ask you to plug in it before installa- tion can be finished.
  • Page 10: Update Bluetooth Driver

    This section is a reference topics to tell you how to prevent conflict when installing your USB Bluetooth Dongle in your PC. It has NOTHING do with X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter which you purchased. Here, we assume you already purchased a Bluetooth USB dongle and it is using CSR technol- ogy (i.e.
  • Page 11 Step 4 : Default is : Install the software automatically (Recommended). Please do not select it. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). Then click Next. Step 5 : Dafault is Search for the best driver in these locations.
  • Page 12 Step 7 : Click Finish. Step 8 : After these update driver steps, you will see only one bluetooth device in the Device Manager. This is what Widcomm driver really supports.
  • Page 13: Select Bluetooth Services

    SELECT BLUETOOTH SERVICES When the first time Widcomm driver is installed, and USB Bluetooth Dongle is plugged to your system, you will be asked to config- ure your Bluetooth services for your system. Step 1 : Double-click on the bluetooth icon on the lower-right corner of the screen, you will see configuration wizard, Click Next button.
  • Page 14 Step 4 : The default setting is that all services are available, you can check or uncheck one or more services, then click Next button. Step 5 : click skip and then click Next button. Step 6 : configuration is completed.
  • Page 15: My Bluetooth Places

    MY BLUETOOTH PLACES Step 1 : Method 1 : Double click on your desktop. Click Folder on the toolbar. Folder window will appear on left side of your screen. Method 2: Right click on the lower right hand corner of your screen. Select Explore My Bluetooth Places.
  • Page 16 You also may start a search for devices by clicking Bluetooth from the toolbar. Step 3 : In this example, One Bluetooth printer device is found in your Bluetooth neighborhood. This is the service we want to know. We will look at it later. The “My Bluetooth Places”...
  • Page 17: Add Local Printer

    ADD LOCAL PRINTER In the following example, we assume a X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter (with series# : BT-PRT-B0A351) is connected to an EPSON Stylus C61 printer. Step 1 : From My Bluetooth Places, right click on X-Micro Combo Bluetooth...
  • Page 18: Disable Bidirectional Support

    DISABLE BIDIRECTIONAL SUPPORT From Ports page, there is a check box - Enable bidirectional support. This feature allows computer to talk with printer bidirectionally. Because some functions are not supported by Bluetooth, if enabling this feature, some printers may stay at wait state for one minute after printing is done.
  • Page 19: Start Printing

    Bluetooth Printer is there : EPSON Stylus C61 Series. Print a file by using X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter is quite straigth forward, it is just like the normal way you are printing a file.
  • Page 20: Change Printer

    CHANGE PRINTER In your home or office, there may be two or three different print- ers coming from different brands. In previous example, we selected EPSON Stylus C61 color printer as our bluetooth printer. If you want to change it to another printer, such as EPSON Stylus Photo 830U, then you shall know how to change printer driver to a different one.
  • Page 21 Step 3 : From Advanced page, try to find the driver of EPSON Stylus Photo 830U. If there is an EPSON Stylus Photo 830U driver installed before, select it and click to complete the change. If there is none, click New Driver and follow the instructions to install Once New Driver is selected, this...
  • Page 22: Multiple X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter

    X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter now Previous sections talk about how to do a printing job with a X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter. This section is talking about when mul- tiple adapters are installed in your office, how to configure each adapter...
  • Page 23: Configuring The First X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter

    1. Configuring the first X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter Connect the first X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter to an EPSON Stylus C61 printer. Step 1 : From My Bluetooth Places, right click on the first X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter folder...
  • Page 24: Configuring The Second X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter

    Click to complete the installation. 2. Configuring the second X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter Connect the second X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter to another EPSON Stylus C61 printer. Step 1 : From My Bluetooth Places, right click on the second X-Micro Combo...
  • Page 25: Configuring The Third X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter

    3. Configuring the third X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter Connect the third X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter to an EPSON Stylus Photo 830U printer. Step 1 : From My Bluetooth Places, right click on the third X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter folder...
  • Page 26 Step 4 : From Ports page, you can see three printer ports are used : 1. BT-PRT-B0A351. 2. BT-PRT-B0A352. 3. BT-PRT-B0A353. They are functioning the same as the original LPT1: printer port of your PC. The difference is LPT1: is for cable conenction, while these three Bluetooth printer ports are used for wireless connections.
  • Page 27: Start Printing

    Start Printing : Print a file by using X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter is quite straigth forward, it is just like the normal way you are printing a file. For EPSON Stylus C61 (Sales_Dept) : When page range and number of...
  • Page 28: Change Printer

    Change Printer : Step 1 : Select Control Panel Select Printers and Faxes. Right click on printer EPSON Stylus C61 Series (Sales_Dept) icon. Click on Properties. Step 2 : You can change printer name to such as : EPSON Stylus COLOR 680 (Sales_Dept).
  • Page 29 Step 3 : Click on Advanced tab to see if the driver of EPSON Stylus COLOR 680 has been installed before. If yes, click to complete the change. If not, click New Driver and follow the instructions to install it. If New Driver is selected, this screen will prompt to instruct you to install new driver step by step.
  • Page 30: Printer Error Message

    5. Paper empty. If it is out of paper, this screen will pop out. X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter will continue the printing if the error condition is cleaned. It will not stop unless you cancel it.
  • Page 31: Cancel Printing Job

    CANCEL PRINTING JOB 1. Start 2. Printing job in process. 3. Printing job has error. Double click on printer icon to read the message. 4. Error message. 5. Right click on the file being printed, and select Cancel to stop RESET HANGED BLUETOOTH If there is any Bluetooth operation hanged, you can use the following steps to clean it.
  • Page 32: Appendix A

    APPENDIX A Specifications : Product Name X-Micro Combo Bluetooth Printer Adapter Model Name XBT-PACX Certification FCC, CE, BQB Standard Bluetooth v1.1 Frequency Band 2.4~2.4835GHz unlicensed ISM band Spread Spectrum FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum) Services Supported SPP and HCRP print services...
  • Page 33: Appendix B

    APPENDIX B Safety Guide : Read and follow all instructions and warnings provided. Save these instructions for future use. When service or replacement of parts is required, ensure work is done by a qualified technician. Do not use this unit near water or in a rainy/moist environment. Use supplied cables only.
  • Page 34: Fcc Compliance

    FCC COMPLIANCE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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