Bluetooth not printing PDF - OJ 150

[Muchar]

I have recently purchased an OfficeJet 150 Mobile AiO. Its specification (from HP) says that supported formats are PDF, searchable PDF, PNG and some others.

However, nowhere does it say that some formats are not (apparently?) supported when not printing over USB. I find this weird since you can print every format over USB that your PC supports, not printer.

Problem:

I turn on the printer, not connecting it to PC. Turn on Bluetooth on the printer. Now I send a PDF to the printer from my Android smartphone. I get response "unsupported format" (from printer). The smartphone can read that PDF just fine. Actually, it's that same spec from HP I have linked above.

I do the same with PNG and get the same error.

Now I do the same thing with a JPEG and it prints fine.

Question:

Why/if OJ 150 spec says PDF is supported when it is not? PNG? What are actually supported formats by this model?

[ShlomiL · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This is not a limitation of the printer, rather of Android OS concerning its bluetooth printing profile limitations.

Any supported file format within its specifications refer to a computer, not to a mobile device.

The specification clearly list what mobile devices are supported, neither Apple or Android devices support a such and any such support is not claimed.

Please find its technical specifications below, check the 'Bluetooth printing with a mobile device' section:

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Officejet-150-Mobile-All-in-One-Printer-series---L5/4231411/m...

Additionally check it comercial specifications below, the specification do not list any Android device as supported for a such:

Print directly from Windows Mobile® phones and BlackBerry smartphones.[2]

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Officejet-150-Mobile-All-in-One-Printer-series---L5/4231411/m...

You may check 3rd party solutions such as Printer Share which adds direct Blutooth print capabilities from an Android device:

http://printershare.com/help-android-bt.sdf

Regards,

Shlomi

[Muchar]

The specification clearly list what mobile devices are supported, neither Apple or Android devices support a such and any such support is not claimed.

Neither they mention Android or iOS... The list is very outdated (it doesn't refer to modern Windows Mobile, and PalmOS is nowhere to be found since years ago).

This and the fact that the printer prints when it receives a JPEG via Bluetooth confused me. I thought something was wrong with the printer.

It would help others if the spec points out explicitly that modern mobile devices are not supported.

As for the link to Printer Share, this should be what I was looking for. Thanks. I will give it a shot.

[CFC2012]

Hello Muchar,

You may want to try the following to upgarde the OJ 150 printer driver, see can resolve your isssue or not?

http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-officejet-150-mobile-all-in-one-printer-series-l5...

Alternative use your mobile phone to seach for a latest driver to try it out, hope this hleps.