How to Set up a Printer to Print From Bluetooth Using a USB Adapter to a PC

Connect a Bluetooth printer to your computer.

When connecting a Bluetooth printer to your computer, you either need a built-in Bluetooth adapter or a USB Bluetooth adapter. The USB adapter can instantly give a computer a Bluetooth connection, even if it did not come with the option from the factory. This gives you the ability to run all your wireless devices on the system, including the Bluetooth printer.

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• USB Bluetooth adapter
• Bluetooth printer
• Pair code

Instructions

1. Power on the Bluetooth printer and insert the USB Bluetooth adapter into one of the USB ports on your computer. Insert the driver installation CD that came with the USB adapter. Once the installation wizard loads, follow the short steps to install the drivers.

2. Click your desktop's "Start" button, type "bthprops.cpl" and press "Enter." This opens the Bluetooth Settings window.

3. Click "Add" in the Bluetooth Settings window, choose "My device is set up and ready to be found" and click "Next." The computer now searches for all available Bluetooth devices in the area. Once it finds your Bluetooth printer, it shows it in a small pop-up window.

4. Click the printer and type in the four-digit pair code provided with the printer. This code is specific to the printer and is found in its user manual. Click "Next" and the Bluetooth printer syncs with the computer. You are now ready to use the wireless printer.

References

• Microsoft: Install and Configure Bluetooth Devices