Bluetooth connection/ pairing

[Jayne2965]

Hi, Am I able to pair my  very old photo smart a618 with my iPhone 12? If not is there a way to print the pictures from my phone ? Many thanks 

[sandytechy20]

@Jayne2965

Welcome to the HP support community.

I understand that you are trying to print from your phone via Bluetooth, I am glad to assist you.

Yes, you can pair this printer to the phone via Bluetooth and print.

Before connecting to the printer with your Bluetooth device, be sure to set the Bluetooth printer menu options as needed.

Device address: Some devices with Bluetooth wireless technology require you to enter the address of the device they are trying to locate. This menu option shows the printer address.

Device name: You can select a name for the printer that appears on other devices with Bluetooth wireless technology when they locate the printer

Passkey: When the Bluetooth Security level of the printer is set to High, you must enter a passkey to make the printer available to other Bluetooth devices. The default passkey is 0000

Visibility: Select Visible to all (default) or Not visible. When Visibility is set to Not visible, only devices that know the printer address can print to it

Security level: Select Low (default) or High. The Low setting does not require users of other devices with Bluetooth wireless technology to enter the printer passkey. High requires users of other devices with Bluetooth wireless technology to enter the printer passkey.

Refer to the steps mentioned on page number 63 in this user guide for further assistance:- Click here

Keep me posted.

If this helps, please mark the public post as an accepted solution so that it benefits several others.

Cheers.

[Jayne2965]

Thank you so much for the reply. I’m still having trouble 😬 the a618 has integrated Bluetooth but my iPhone 12 does not discover/locate it to pair ? The Bluetooth light is lit on the printer. Is there a way to add the printer device address manually on my iPhone  ? I can’t see where on iPhone settings ? Or Does it maybe need to be connected to my wifi via a lead, and if so what type ? Regards jayne 

[sandytechy20]

@Jayne2965

Thanks for the reply.

I did deep research on this issue.

I found that this printer does not support printing from iPhone via Bluetooth.

I hope that helps.

Cheers.