Using bluetooth with Canon MP500

[angler2229]

Has anyone had experience using the BU-20 bluetooth printer server adapter with a Canon MP500 or any Canon printer?

I bought a bluetooth adapter from Ambicom but have yet to get it to work.

Canon lists the BU-20 product but absolutely no directions on how to use it. When I Google the BU-20, all I get ads and locations where to buy it. Since I already have purchased one USB bluetooth device that does not work, I am leary to buy another even though it comes from Canon.

Thanks,

Daniel

 

[linney]

Here is your original thread did you have any luck with that?

Will Canon MP500 support bluetooth printing?
thread779-1184874

 

[angler2229]

No, those links are ones I had already found by "Googling" bluetooth and Canon MP500.

I am looking for someone who has actually had some experience using their Canon MP500 and bluetooth.

On one forum I visited, my question had 94 visits but zero responses. I guess I am in this alone. I have to say, I am ready to give up.

I bought a Ambicom device that supposedly would work but have been unable to get the USB bluetooth adapters to talk to each other. The computer sends a message, "The printer is offline. Check to see if the printer is turned on or the the cable is hooked up."

I have contacted the support for both Canon and Ambicom and awaiting a reply. Canon sells a bluetooth adapter called BU-20, but supplies no online info for it other than a photo. The reason that I did not buy the BU-20 is that there is only one adapter, and that is for the printer. I will also need a sending adapter for my computer.

Thanks for your help.

Daniel

 

[angler2229]

Well, I have finally found one of the major problems I am up against. I don't have an Add Bluetooth Device in my control panels.

I went to Microsoft and did a boatload of updates but was unable to find any bluetooth device to download.

I did find ActiveSync but I will have to take my computer to work to take advantage of a quicker download times.

I did find a site that had a download for the Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator, but it doesn't lead anywhere but to Microsoft which becomes a deadend.

The support at Canon assures me that their BU-20 USB bluetooth adapter will work, but I am not going to pay another $75 and then find that it doesn't work either.

Daniel

 

[linney]

I don't have any Bluetooth icons or Add Bluetooth in Control Panel either, but that is not surprising or a worry to me as I don't have any Bluetooth devices.

How to troubleshoot Bluetooth detection and connectivity problems in Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883258/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH