HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309 User Guide - Page 73

Connect Your Device Now, Printers and Faxes

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the HP Photosmart. It is possible to have both the Microsoft Stack and the Widcomm Stack on your computer, but you use only one of them to connect the product. • Microsoft stack If you have Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed on your computer, then your computer has the Microsoft Bluetooth® Protocol Stack. The Microsoft stack allows you to install an external Bluetooth® adapter automatically. If your Bluetooth® adapter supports the Microsoft stack but it does not install automatically, then you do not have the Microsoft stack on your computer. Check the documentation that came with the Bluetooth® adapter to see if it supports the Microsoft stack. • Widcomm stack: If you have an HP computer with Bluetooth® built in, or if you have installed an HP bt450, then your computer has the Widcomm stack. If you have an HP computer and plug in an HP bt450, it will install automatically using the Widcomm stack. To install and print using the Microsoft stack 1. Make sure that you have installed the product software on the computer. NOTE: The purpose of installing the software is to make sure the printer driver is available for the Bluetooth® connection. Therefore, if you have already installed the software, you do not need to reinstall it. If you want both a USB and a Bluetooth® connection to the HP Photosmart, install the USB connection first. For more information, see the Setup Guide. However, if you do not want a USB connection, select Directly to the computer on the Connection Type screen. Also, on the Connect Your Device Now screen, select the check box next to If you are unable to connect your device now... at the bottom of the screen. 2. If you are using an external Bluetooth® adapter for your computer, make sure your computer is started and then attach the Bluetooth® adapter to a USB port on the computer. If you have Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed, the Bluetooth® drivers are installed automatically. If you are prompted to select a Bluetooth® profile, select HCRP. If your computer has Bluetooth® built in, just make sure the computer is started. 3. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes (or click Control Panel, and then Printers). 4. Click Add a printer. 5. Click Next, and then select A Bluetooth Printer. 6. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation. 7. Print as you would to any printer. Network setup Set up a Bluetooth connection 71

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the HP Photosmart. It is possible to have both the Microsoft Stack and the Widcomm
Stack on your computer, but you use only one of them to connect the product.
Microsoft stack
If you have Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2
installed on your computer, then your computer has the Microsoft Bluetooth
®
Protocol
Stack. The Microsoft stack allows you to install an external Bluetooth
®
adapter
automatically. If your Bluetooth
®
adapter supports the Microsoft stack but it does not
install automatically, then you do not have the Microsoft stack on your computer.
Check the documentation that came with the Bluetooth
®
adapter to see if it supports
the Microsoft stack.
Widcomm stack
: If you have an HP computer with Bluetooth
®
built in, or if you have
installed an HP bt450, then your computer has the Widcomm stack. If you have an
HP computer and plug in an HP bt450, it will install automatically using the Widcomm
stack.
To install and print using the Microsoft stack
1.
Make sure that you have installed the product software on the computer.
NOTE:
The purpose of installing the software is to make sure the printer driver
is available for the Bluetooth
®
connection. Therefore, if you have already installed
the software, you do not need to reinstall it. If you want both a USB and a
Bluetooth
®
connection to the HP Photosmart, install the USB connection first. For
more information, see the Setup Guide. However, if you do not want a USB
connection, select
Directly to the computer
on the
Connection Type
screen.
Also, on the
Connect Your Device Now
screen, select the check box next to
If
you are unable to connect your device now...
at the bottom of the screen.
2.
If you are using an external Bluetooth
®
adapter for your computer, make sure your
computer is started and then attach the Bluetooth
®
adapter to a USB port on the
computer. If you have Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed,
the Bluetooth
®
drivers are installed automatically. If you are prompted to select a
Bluetooth
®
profile, select
HCRP
.
If your computer has Bluetooth
®
built in, just make sure the computer is started.
3.
On the Windows taskbar, click
Start
, and then click
Printers and Faxes
(or click
Control Panel
, and then
Printers
).
4.
Click
Add a printer
.
5.
Click
Next
, and then select
A Bluetooth Printer
.
6.
Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation.
7.
Print as you would to any printer.
Set up a Bluetooth connection
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Network setup