Belkin F8T031 Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter

by Belkin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 9 x 3 inches ; 3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001D3JY0
• Item model number: F8T031
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Connect to your USB printer wirelessly from your PDA or notebook. Belkin brings you Bluetooth technology, the fast and simple way to connect your computing devices to your USB printer without cables and physical connections. The Adapter adds Bluetooth technology to your existing USB printer, allowing it to connect to any device enabled with Bluetooth v1.1 technology. Now you can print from your desktop or laptop computer, or from your PDA, with unparalleled convenience. Simply connect the Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter to the USB port of your printer and enjoy the freedom and flexibility of Bluetooth wireless technology.

Benefits:

• Installs easily with Plug-and-Play convenience
• Works in conjunction with computing devices enabled with Bluetooth v1.1 technology
• Flash-upgradeable
• Supports Hardcopy Cable Replacement and Serial Port Profiles
• Allows you to work at distances of up to 100m (range depends on your environment, the number of users, and potential interference from other wireless devices in immediate proximity)
• Includes printing utility for Pocket PC and Palm OS
• Supports Printing From: Windows 98 & 2003 SE, Me, 2000, XP, Microsoft Pocket PC 2002, 2003, Palm OS

Product Description

Connect to your USB printer wirelessly from your PDA or notebook. Belkin brings you Bluetooth technology, the fast and simple way to connect your computing devices to your USB printer without cables and physical connections. The Adapter adds Bluetooth technology to your existing USB printer, allowing it to connect to any device enabled with Bluetooth v1.1 technology. Now you can print from your desktop or laptop computer, or from your PDA, with unparalleled convenience. Simply connect the Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter to the USB port of your printer and enjoy the freedom and flexibility of Bluetooth wireless technology.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works with bluetooth on my Palm Tungsten E2, October 23, 2005

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Dave "Tree" "dr_dude" (Southeast, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Belkin F8T031 Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter (Personal Computers)

This dongle works great, using only my Palm with Bluefish RX software. No complaints except one, and hopefully this will help some buyers.

To initially set up your handheld device, when it asks for a passkey, which is a kind of password,

THE PASSKEY IS "belkin" (all lower case).

I would give this dongle five stars, except the passkey was no where in the manual or other literature that came with the product. I guessed it correctly after many tries and google searches. Now you can set it up without the hassle I had, and you can give it five stars, too.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best price/value ratio out there, July 20, 2005

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Yoda the Medic (Geneva, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Belkin F8T031 Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter (Personal Computers)

We bought a bunch of the Iogear Combo adapters, and all failed within the first 60 days. So we replaced them with Belkin. Big name, right? Can't go wrong.

Correct. These are very simple - two lights, both very bright and easily seen in all lighting conditions. Amber blinking alone - all is well with the adapter. Blue and Amber blinking alternately - time for an adapter reset (power down printer and adapter, power up adapter and wait a fifteen count, power up printer.) Blue flashes brightly when receiving data.

We even paired it with the unbelieveably cheap HP LJ1012 printers and they give pretty good throughput. It's not as fast as directly USB connection, but then again we won't be busting USB connectors this way.

The best part was when I first found these at CDW, they were selling them for < $40. I should have bought more then, because they're $56 now.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well but slows things down a bit., August 31, 2006

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L. M. Hillis (San Angelo, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin F8T031 Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter (Personal Computers)

I agree with the previous review about the passkey; it was no where in the documents. I even read the other review before buying but didn't understand what he was talking about. And I didn't remember his review when it came to the time that I needed the passkey. I'm not at all sure how mine is even functioning because I never did enter a passkey. I found the review again when I came back to enter my feedback. Belkin needs to do a better job of getting this info out where the customers can find it. PRINT IT IN THE DOCUMENTS OR PUT THE INITIAL PASSKEY ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DEVICE then allow them to change it if they want.

The device works well but it does slow down my printer. At first I hooked it up to my HP C3140 multi-function (even though Belkin says they won't work properly) and it did significanly slow down its printing. I changed it over to my HP Business Inkjet 2800 and it performs much better. Still slows it down a bit but not nearly as much as the C3140. It's a speed I can live with. I like that I can be in the living room and still print in my office if I find something worth printing; I don't have to be tied to the printer all the time.