Epson Bluetooth Print Adapter Product Brochure

A brilliant breakthrough in

cable-free printing

With this state-of-the-art wireless communication

tool, you can now use many Epson ink jet printers

to print from a PDA, laptop or PC, without clumsy

cables or connections. Innovative and affordable,

the Bluetooth™ print adapter from Epson provides

a practical printing solution using Bluetooth wireless

technology, a revolutionary technology that’s fast

becoming the industry standard in cable-free

communication. Intelligent devices that can include

Bluetooth technology are PDAs, cellular phones, digital

cameras and computers.

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Key Features

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Cable-free print communications

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Convenient, wireless communications via short-range radio frequency technology

Superior connectivity

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Compatible with multiple computing devices including laptop computers and PDAs

Economically priced

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Affordable and easily accessible to a wide range of consumers

Easy installation and operation

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Just connect it to the parallel port of a compatible Epson printer and plug in the AC adapter. The printer will then be “discovered”

via your computer’s Bluetooth discovery function

Legendary reliability and support

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One year limited warranty in the U.S. and Canada

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Specifications

Dimensions (WxDxH)

2.5" (6.4 cm) x 1" (2.5 cm) x 4.4" (11.2 cm)

Weight

2.8 oz

Interface

36-pin male IEEE-1284B output Parallel port (with automatic ECP selection) Fast strobe, SWIO, and ACKH modes (Plugs directly into the printer’s Parallel port; no cabling required)

Buttons and Indicators

Test/Reset button Link and status test LEDs

Power

115V AC external power supply 400 mA

Performance

Nominal 1 Mbps link; actual throughput up to 721 Kbps

Protocols

Support for Bluetooth serial port profile using L2CAP, RFCOMM, and SDP (Sending device must support printing using the serial port profile)

Hardware Specifications

Texas Instruments® Typhoon (BSN 6030) and Twister (TRF6001) Bluetooth chip set 20 Mhz Motorola 68LC302 CPU 512K RAM 1 MB Flash ROM (for field upgrades)

Reliability

MTBF – over 100,000 POH

Topologies

Point-to-point and multipoint communication (Limited support for multiple laptop computers using the same printers)

System Requirements

Microsoft® Windows® 98, 2000 and XP operating systems, Palm OS*, and Pocket PC OS Compatible Bluetooth interface

Printers Supported

EPSON Stylus® C60/C80/EPSON Stylus Photo 820/890/1280 Other Epson printers supported using Microsoft Windows Uni/Mini printer drivers

Regulatory Requirements

UL, CSA, CE, FCC Class B

Certification

Bluetooth V1.1 qualified

Part Number

C1200BT

Warranty

One year limited in the U.S. and Canada

* EPSON Stylus C80 only

Epson Canada, Ltd.

550 McNicoll

www.epson.com

Epson America, Inc.

3840 Kilroy Airport Way Long Beach, CA 90806

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