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Introduction

What can I say? It's a wireless world. I dig my wireless mouse, I like the convenience of 802.11x and I scowl at the rat's nest of wiring behind my computer. Wireless USB was demonstrated by NEC at WinHEC but until that comes to fruition, there are other options available including Bluetooth. There have recently been natively wireless printers that have been released to join all things wireless. Fortunately, those of us with working USB printers that want the freedom of wireless but not the cost of a new printer, Bluetake has a wireless Bluetooth USB Printer kit.

Bluetake is a sister company of Thermaltake that deals exclusively with Bluetooth products. A short while ago, we took a look a look at their BT500/BT009X mouse and dongle combo as well as a Bluetooth cellular bluetooth headset. Both units performed admirably well and today we take a look at their BT210 USB Pinter adapter as well as the BT007X Adapter.

Specifications

BT007X

General Radio Bluetooth Class 1, up to 100 meters (in open space) (The maximum operating range depends on the environmental factors.) Carrier Frequency 2.4~2.483GHZ

Spread Spectrum FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum)

Antenna Ceramic antenna

Bluetooth Profile Supported Generic Access Profile Service Discovery Profile Personal Area Network Profile Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile Serial Port Profile LAN Access Profile Dia-lup Networking Profile Generic Object Exchange Profile Object Push Profile File Transfer Profile Synchronization Profile FAX Profile Human Interface Device Profile Headset Profile Audio Gateway Profile

I/O Interface USB v1.1

Input Power DC 5V, USB Power

Sensitivity < 0.1% BER at -80 dBm

RF Output Power -6dBm to 4dBm

Power Consumption Tx Typical: 65mA Rx Typical: 45mA

Environmental Operating Temperature: -10℃~ +65℃ Storage Temperature -30℃~ +80℃

Dimensions

65.8 x 23.9 x 7.8 mm

Weight

10g

LED Indicator Status Blue: Power on and Active

The specifications for the BT007X dongle and the BT009X dongle are exactly the same except for one difference: the BT007X included in the printer package is a Bluetooth Class 1 device with an operating range of up to 100m. The BT009x is a Class 2 device with a range of 10m. This is somewhat surprising as all the other specifications are the same including sensitivity, power consumption, input power and output power yet because this is a Class 1 device it has 10x the range.

BT210

General Radio Bluetooth Class 1, up to 100 meters (in open space) (The maximum operating range depends on the environmental factors.) Carrier Frequency 2.4~2.480GHZ

Spread Spectrum FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum)

Bluetooth Profile Supported Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile Serial Port Profile

Interface USB v1.1 Type B

Radio Performance – Receiver Rx sensitivity: Typical -80dBm

Data Rate Up to 723kps

Hardware Supply Voltage: 5V Antenna: Extendable Antenna LED Indicator: Power / Link status

Environment Operating Temperature: -10 ℃ ~ +55 ℃

Dimensions 92 x 41.5 x 42 mm (including connector)

Weight 30 g (without Power Adapter)

AC/DC Power Adapter Spec . - Input: AC +100~240V - Output: DC +5V / 2A

The 100m range of both the USB printer unit and the dongle rival WI-FI. Unfortunately the caveat is that the 100m is open space and not 100m through walls and such.