Bluetooth Printing Issues

[numediaman]

This is a tough one . . . I don't know if this is an Apple issue, an Epson issue, or an AnyCom issue.

I received today a bluetooth printer adapter for my Epson printer. I hooked it up and proceeded to try and get my mini to recognize the printer. The mini immediately found the printer and recognized that it was my ol' Epson. It then proceeded to tell me I did not have a printer driver for it (wrong).

After messing around with it for a while I called Apple support. We went through the set up again with the same results. We then tried to configure the printer through printer set up. We went to "add" printer, "Bluetooth" and again the mini found the Epson. But at the end, when I clicked "add" the printer set-up crashed. It did this a dozen times before the support guy suggested the usual OS repair options: disk utility, zapping pram, etc. We did all those with zero results.

In the end the bluetooth adapter is being sent back. This is not the first time I've had to return a wireless device because it would not interface with my mac. The last time was when I bought an Airport Express and the damn thing would not communicate with my Mac.

If the future is wireless, the future is bleak indeed.
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Mini arrived 2-11-05. Apple customer since 1982.

[idave]

What if the Epson printer adapter itself is bad? Were you able to try it on another Mac? My experiences with Bluetooth have always been negative ones. Do you have your mini set on energy saver mode? "If the future is wireless, the future is bleak indeed." The future will be wireless and will probably lean more towards the 802.11 formats because Bluetooth to a certain extent has never lived up to its expectations.

Oh yea… Do you really get Tech support from Tech support any more? I miss the days of calling and actually getting a person that's been around, knows some tricks and is an actual long time Mac user. These people today are just reading of the screen and have about as much experience as my dog at fixing problems!
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14" 1.25GHz G4 iBook (died)
1.42GHz Mac mini (almost dead)
1.66GHz Core Duo Mac mini (sold)
2.0GHz Core 2 Duo Mac mini '09 (sold)
2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 Mac mini

[nalenb]

Gosh, sounds like my episodes with Adelphia Cable.

me "Can you reset my modem on your end, looks like it's hung connecting"
them "Sir do you have a router?"
me "Huh, yeah, why?"
them "Well, try unplugging your router and rebooting everything, it's probably a bad router."
me "What? It's been working perfectly for 2 years and your cable connection goes out every Friday afternoon"
them "Do you want us to schedule a service call for you next week?"
me "No, just reset the stupid line"
them "Do you have usb or ethernet?"

Gah
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Mac mini powered up on 2-11-2005