Bluetooth Printer
With the Bluetooth technology booming, companies are creating devices enabled with Bluetooth that is only going to make our lives easy as consumers of these products.
First a Bluetooth cell phone, then a Bluetooth computer, along with other Bluetooth accessories such as headsets, car kits, speakers and now we have Bluetooth printers. A Bluetooth printer makes life so much easier when it comes to printing endless numbers of pages without even being anywhere new the machine.
A Bluetooth printer doesn’t restrict you geographically as you can be in the next room, the next floor or even in the next building if you have that kind of range with your BT printers. So no matter where you are, you can still take printouts on a Bluetooth enabled printer with absolute ease and convenience.
You can use a Bluetooth printer adaptor to convert any printer into a Bluetooth enabled one. This also allows you to connect all the workstations in your office to one printer, so you don’t have to spend money on additional printers or a complicated LAN connection.
Bluetooth printer adaptors are especially great for small businesses that do not use a lot of computers or laptops. Plus it’s a great way to save on your inventories. BT enabled printers do have limited range from about 30 to 300 feet depending on the hardware configuration. So you need to be within the range to be able to take printouts without any hassle.
Also the speed can be hampered if many people are printing at the same time. So it’s important to allocate the time for using the printer.
You can not only take printouts from a Bluetooth enable computer but you can also use you BT enabled cell phone to print images or documents on the Bluetooth printer. You just have to search for the Bluetooth enabled printer on your phone and then select the print option. It’s that easy.
However it’s important to avoid setting your Bluetooth printer in the “discoverable mode” as there are chances that your IP address can be hacked by anyone within the vicinity. This issue is common with Bluetooth enabled phones, PDAs and computers where hackers connect to the device by using familiar names.
If you connect to their device then it could prove very dangerous as they may have access to all you important documents. Plus the hackers will also use it to send across virus and crash your operating system.
So even while using a convenient device like BT printers, it’s better to use them safely to protect your confidential data from malicious users.