Wireless Peripherals?

Now that wireless technologies are more-or-less a household name, BSDevil wonders if it's possible to use such technologies (ie Bluetooth, 802.11, etc) as a replacement for those situations where long ungainly cables are usually called for: "My laptop and printer are placed such a way that running a cable from one to the other would just plain suck (too long if not direct, if direct then in the way, etc.) and because both are about a year old. I want (to make, if need be) a little box that I plug into my Parellel port on the laptop and one that I plug into the port on the back of my Printer, and have them talk and print and be merry. Power could either be directly off the port (best) or from a rechargable battery inside the thing that is used to power the system when transmitting, and recharges when not - like a big capacitor - off the power of the Port. Does it exist, and if not, any ideas on making one?" And if such can work for printers, why not other peripherals as well?

Comments

Have them already

[gus goose]

I have had some of these for a while. Three remote "client" units, and one 'master' unit. They can all use batteries, and the clients have standard printer connectors... that is, you plug a printer cable in to your computer, and the other end in to this box ... you get the story. I retired them about 2 years ago as they were too slow, and opted for a print server over ethernet instead.

The units themselves are buried in a box, and used a presumably proprietory RF system .. i.e. not 900MHz, etc.

Doing a google on 'wireless printing' gave me this link to aerocomm which has a similar product, but which is faster .. 1mbps.

Still, a little searching youeself would have been better.

gus