Customer Reviews

Belkin F8T031 Bluetooth Wireless USB Printer Adapter

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

After wasting almost four hours trying to get this to work on two different Apple OS X computers, I finally gave up and waited three days over the holiday to contact Belkin Tech support. I returned the product after Belkin tech suppport confirmed that this product does not work with Apple computers. So, do not buy this product if you are trying to connect with any Apple computers.

This product works great. The book said it does not work with all in one printers but I have had no problems. I guess it wont work with the scan and fax functions. It prints just as fast as when corded. I even print from my patio with my laptop.

That is a nice product. I used some days, but works slowly from the Desktop and from my Pocket PC. But anyway is a good solution to print from my Pocket PC from everywhere in my house.

This unit does a good job, but is not perfect. It was difficult to set up. After a few attempts and with a bit of knowledgeable assistance, it worked. It continues to do so. The range is acceptable, but perhaps a bit shorter than the advertised 33 feet. That's not been a problem, since my alternative locations are probably a bit outside the 33 foot maximum anyway. I use it in an area where I simply couldn't run a printe cable. So ... it works for me and I'd buy it again.

I am on my second product, having returned the first, and the device worked well for a couple of weeks before failing in the same way the first did -- lights flashing and customer service unsure how to reset the device. Belkin's customer service seems to do their best, and returning products through Amazon is easy, but the product is a dud.

I am using the device with a ThinkPad and HP LaserJet. A rather typical and simple set up.

This product was just what I needed. It gets the job done, slow but it gets done. My only complaint is that I can't figure out how to inbed the passkey, everytime I print a popup message asking for password comes up, it gets on my nervous after awhile.
I'm sure I'll figure it out just before I get a bluetooth ready printer.
Other than that, I would highly recommend this product..

This USB Printer adapter works well -- great for working with a laptop around the house!