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Bluetooth
®
Communication
Bluetooth
®
protocolcanalsobeusedtotransferdatabetweentwo
HandheldPrinterTerminals.
ThetwoHandheldPrinterTerminalsshouldbenomorethanthree
meters apart (as long as there is nothing blocking the path in
between).
Important!
Observethefollowingprecautionstohelpensurethatdatacommunicationissuccessful.
• MakesurethattheHandheldPrinterTerminalarelocatedwithinaboutthreemeters(16'4
13
/
16
")ofeach
other.Surroundings(obstacles)mayrequireashorterdistancebetweenthetwoterminals.
• Make sure there is at least two meters (6' 7") between this device and other devices (electrical
appliances, audio-visual equipment, office automation equipment, and digital cordless telephones,
facsimilemachines,etc.Takespecialcarewithmicrowaveovens.Allowatleastthreemeters(9'10
3
/
8
")
between communicating devices and a microwave oven.) When approaching such a device with
its power is turned on, proper data communication may prove impossible while this may also cause
interferencewithTVandradioreception
(imagesproducedbycertainUHFandbroadcastsatellitechannelsmaybecomeblurry).
• Normal data communication may not be possible in anarea near a broadcast transmitter or wireless
transmitter.Ifthishappens,movetoadifferentlocation.
Normaldatacommunicationmaynotbepossibleinareasexposedtostrongradiowaves.
• WirelessLANInterference
BecauseBluetooth
®
andWirelessLANusethesamefrequencyband(2.4GHz),radiointerferencecan
occurifthereisaWirelessLANdevicenearby.Thiscanresultinlowerdatacommunicationspeeds,or
evenmakeitimpossibletoestablishaconnection.Ifthishappens,trythefollowingcountermeasures.
• Moveatleast10meters(32'10
3
/
4
")awayfromtheWirelessLANdevice.
• If you cannot keep the distance at least 10 meters (32'10
3
/
4
") or more between the Handheld Printer
TerminalandaWirelessLANdevice,turnoffthepoweroftheWirelessLANdevice.