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Mac Forum / General / Networking / September 2005OS X and Belkin Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter
Hi, Has anybody managed to get OS X to print via Bluetooth to Belkins printer adapter? When I tell Bluetooth on my iBook to find Bluetooth printers it can discover this printer adapter. But when I select it and click continue an error appears saying no printer drivers were found. It is possible to print with this adapter? More info on the device can be found here - http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=20058 3&pcount=&Product_Id=179752 I am aware that Belkin doesn't mention OS X at all when describing this product. Perhaps somebody has got this working. Many thanks, Steve > Has anybody managed to get OS X to print via Bluetooth to Belkins > printer adapter? When I tell Bluetooth on my iBook to find Bluetooth > printers it can discover this printer adapter. But when I select it and > click continue an error appears saying no printer drivers were found. Steve- It appears that you have encountered what I consider a flaw in Apple's approach to enterfacing with external devices. The installation routine interrogates the device to determine what it is. If there is no response, or if the response is not on Apple's list, you get an error message with no alternative process to get around the problem. To start with, do you have an Apple printer driver for that printer or a similar one you believe to use the same print codes? If so, you might be able to hack it to match the identity of the Belkin adapter. I don't know how to do that, but it could be as simple as changing the driver with a text editor. I've read a lot of comments about using the GIMP printing system to solve similar problems. Perhaps there is information available on the web, maybe at Sourceforge, about how to apply GIMP in your situation. Fred Fred, Thanks for the couple of pointers and suggestions. I'll give GIMP a spin and see if it can resolve the problem. Many thanks, Steve Steve, Were you able to use GIMP to solve this problem? I have exactly th same problem. Thanks -- tomylu macosx.com - The Answer to Mac Support - http://www.macosx.co I tried a BlueTake printer adaptor and had exactly the same responses. After a couple of emails to BlueTake support this is what they said. > MAC OSX supported Bluetooth HCRP profile for printing files. BT20 > supported Bluetooth serial port profile, so it cannot work with MA > OSX. The Belkin may be the same -- simbalal macosx.com - The Answer to Mac Support - http://www.macosx.co |
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