BU-30 Reviews

This addon does what it advertises - it allows you to use bluetooth to run the printer - albeit with some issues. I use this with a work laptop where I have to VPN (VPN cuts off ability to use a shared home printer on my local LAN so the bluetooth gives m...

First, its very slow compared to a regular connection. Second, you can't use it with most smartphones - the drivers aren't available

This is a follow-up interview to my initial one. I had already complained about the price, but now that I discovered it doesn't even support the fax protocol, it's even more bogus! My 10-buck BT adapter supports FAX. I wonder if a plain old BT adapter wou...

Can print from a laptop

Price. Cannot send a fax job to the printer over Bluetooth

I purchased the Aluratek ABD2020 BT USB adapter (also from NewEgg) to go in my laptop to talk to the BU-30. With current rebate it will cost 6 bucks -- that's more like it for these little devices! It came with a CD/manual & said to load the drivers and s...

Works perfect. Very nice to print from my recliner and laptop without having to be tethered to the Canon across the room. BT is also nicer than using the existing wifi network because I don't have to have the desktop (server) booted or mess with enabling...

Overpriced 75% [by Canon's MSRP]. If this were $15 or less it would get 5 stars. The actual manufacturing cost is pennies and BT should have been built into the machine in the first place. It is annoying to pay so much for so little (again, not NewEgg's f...