How to Pair a Motorola Symbol MC70 Mobile Computer with a Zebra EM220 Portable Printer via Bluetooth

How to Pair a Motorola Symbol MC70 Mobile Computer with a Zebra EM220 Portable Printer via Bluetooth

Begin by making sure that both the Motorola MC70 mobile computer and the Zebra EM220 mobile receipt printer are enabled with Bluetooth. Fortunately, the Motorola MC70 handheld computer comes with Bluetooth as a standard option, but the Zebra EM 220 receipt printer does not which means you’ll have to request that option when purchasing one.

Typically, pairing the Motorola MC75mobile computer with the Zebra EM220 mobile printer (or EM420 receipt printer) via Bluetooth is no different that pairing your cellular phone with a Bluetooth headset. The only “non-standard” part is that Zebra sometimes not include a default Bluetooth PIN for the Zebra EM220 printer. In order to set the PIN for the Zebra EM220 portable receipt printer, you will need to use Zebra’s Label Vista program which you can download from the Zebra website (www.Zebra.com).

Within Zebra’s Label Vista software you will need to set the PIN by selecting the Printer | Bluetooth Settings menu option. In the “Authentication:” field, select the “SETPIN” option in the drop down menu and then enter the PIN you want to use in the “Pin:” field. You can also enter a “Friendly Name:” so that you’ll be better able to identify your Zebra EM220 mobile printer. Lastly, set the “Discoverable:” mode to ON. The default PIN code for the Zebra EM220 portable printer is “0000″

Now that you have the Bluetooth PIN for the Zebra EM220 portable printer, you can begin pairing the Zebra EM220 printer with the MC70 handheld computer. In order for most printers to use the Bluetooth connection, we will want to associate a serial port with the Bluetooth connection. The first step is to click the Bluetooth icon in the Windows Program Tray which is in the lower right hand window of your Symbol MC70 handheld computer. Make sure that Bluetooth is enabled on the Symbol MC70 mobile computer and then click the Show BTExplorer menu option. Select “File-> New Connection” to start the “BTExplorer New Connection Wizard.” On the drop down menu in the middle of the screen, select the “Associate Serial Port” option and then click the “Next->” button in the lower RHS of the screen. The Motorola MC70 mobile computer should then begin looking for Bluetooth devices that it can pair with; with a little bit of luck, it will see the Zebra EM220 receipt printer and should just be able to click the “Next-” button until you see a prompt requesting the PIN. Enter the Pin and you be done. The Motorola MC70 Mobile Computer should now be paired with your Zebra EM200 receipt printer. For additional information on Zebra Barcode Label Printers or Motorola Mobile Computer products, visit my recommended website at AutoSavings.com or contact a Barcode specialist at (714)922-1140.

Edmond Shi has worked in the computer industry since the early 1980s when he began his professional life as a software developer. View pricing or additional information on the Motorola MC75 and Motorola Mobile Computer products.