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    T400 w/ HP H470 Bluetooth Printer Problem

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sjefferson, May 8, 2011.

  1. sjefferson

    sjefferson Notebook Consultant

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    I'm having a greatest difficulty setting the printer work with my T400.

    I also have X201s and it works PERFECT with H470 so the printer is not the problem.

    After I did the factory recovery on T400 and install H470, it won't even print the test page.

    I re-did the factory installation and did all the updates (both lenovo and windows 7) and i finally

    got it working - sort of...

    I can print one document and then it would not work no more.

    I can get it working by turning the printer off and back on, and then it would print one more document

    and lose connection again...

    I can also get it working by rebooting computer and then it would work once more.

    As I said, my other computer X201s does not have this problem and I have no difficulty with it.

    Can anyone help?

    Thanks.
     
  2. sjefferson

    sjefferson Notebook Consultant

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    bump in case someone with a knowledge missed the original posting...

    during the past installations of the drivers, i always chose "pair without passkey" and it would install the drivers fine - although in actuality, the printer would work only sporadically.

    today, i choose "pair with passkey" and entered "0000" as the default passkey and it wouldn't even install the printer driver - saying "it could not locate driver"...

    i really don't get this thing. thinking about dropping my notebook from my balcony 15ft above the ground and see if that would fix the problem...
     
  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I'd love to help you with this, but I've never tried to use Bluetooth (which I'm sure is the source of your problem) for this type of connection. Do you need to make an initial connection using a USB cable in order to do the setup?

    Did you look through the HP support page?

    John