bluetooth printing on a envy 5545

[djnott]

I just bought a envy 5545, I need it to print in a campground with no wifi eather from my pc or cell phone. Will it connect with bluetooth?  I've gone through set up on my pc and installed hp eprint on my android s7, also all-in-one remote. if I can't print from my cell phone out in the wilderness it's of no use to me. My cellphone cannot find the printer with bluetooth. tx

[TreeFrog]

No Bluetooth, but you can print directly from your Android phone.

This is from the 5545 Quick Start Guide:

If you want to use the printer wirelessly without a router Use Wi-Fi Direct to print wirelessly without a router, from your computer, smartphone, or other wireless enabled device.

To use Wi-Fi Direct from a computer, the printer software must be installed on the computer.

1. Make sure that Wi-Fi Direct on your printer is turned on:

   a. From the Home screen on the printer display, touch (Wi-Fi Direct).

   b. If Status is Off, touch (Wi-Fi Direct Settings) and turn Wi-Fi Direct on.

2. Connect your wireless enabled device to your printer:

    a. Turn on the Wi-Fi connection on your mobile device. For more information, see the documentation provided with the mobile device.

    b. From the mobil e device, connect to a new network. Use the process you normally use to connect to a new wireless network or hotspot. Choose the Wi-Fi Direct name from the list of wireless networks shown such as DIRECT-**-HP ENVY-5540 (where ** are the unique characters to identify your printer).

   c. Enter the Wi-Fi Direct password when prompted.

3. Print as you normally do from your computer or mobile device.

Note: Wi-Fi Direct connection does not provide Internet access. Visit the HP Wireless Printing Center at www.hp.com/go/wirelessprinting for more information about Wi-Fi Direct.

Startup Guide

[djnott]

I figured it out from your post. The short version is to turn on wifi hotspot on my cell phone, than it finds the printer, enter the password and i'm there. tx Dan

[TreeFrog]

There are two options.  One is to have the phone be a hotspot.  The other is to have the printer act as one (a dead-end one).  Either will work for you.  You might want to try both so you know your options.  

If the campground has cell service you are probably ok with the phone hotspot, but if it doesn't the hotspot might not come up and then you will need to use the printers share capcability.