Bluetooth Printing on Android

Question

I am trying to print to an HP DeskJet 450wbt printer from my T-Mobile Pulse Mini phone, using the Android Bluetooth API. The code is as shown below. The connection fails with \"

Answer 1

There are various bluetooth profiles that maybe used for printing namely, HCRP, BPP, SPP, OPP, DirectPrinting etc. (Ref: http://www.alanjmcf.me.uk/comms/bluetooth/Bluetooth%20Profiles%20and%2032feet.NET.html#_Toc266869878)

Try these other profiles (UUIDs) to try a 'socket.connect'with the printer... Perhaps your Palm OS device would be using another profile than BPP?

By the way Philip, for your printer - HP DeskJet 450wbt, are you using a generic Bluetooth dongle or something you purchased specifically for your printer from HP?

Or does your printer support Bluetooth out of the box, without need to plugin a Bluetooth adapter?

Perhaps you can answer my question here: can generic Bluetooth dongle be used for printers that support printing over Bluetooth?

Let me know how it works out for you.