Bluetooth printers?

[imported_Com80787]

Hi all,

I have been looking for bluetooth enabled printers. Seems like few exist.

The most reasonably priced one I have found is the Epson rx595.

My question is this - is bluetooth for printers limited only to printing? For example, the rx595 is an all in one. Am I going to be able to, for instance, scan with bluetooth as well? Or is the bluetooth tech of all printers just limited to basic printing?

Basically - do bluetooth connected printers have all the same functionality as if they were connected via USB?

I read through the online manual for the rx595 and all it mentions is printing through bluetooth, but hardly even mentions the bluetooth tech at all.

Thanks for any info!

 

[Emulex]

alot of bluetooth is old data rate and its slow as dirt.

wireless printing thru bluetooth was mostly designed for those PDA devices using a reduced printer subset (ie not sending pcl6 its too bandwidth hog).

802.11 works alot better