HELP - bluetooth to printer from laptop...

I have a Powerbook G4, running MAC OS X 10.4.3.
I also have a Epson Stylus photo printer R300.
I want to print wirelessly, using bluetooth.
I bought a Kensington Bluetooth USB adaptor 2.0 at Best Buy, being told it would work with apple. Instructions/cd are for pc, for apple they say to go to apple support (not helpful). I plugged into printer, added it to Bluetooth devices on laptop successfully (yet when I go back, it doesn't list my printer in devices), then when I try to print it says failed, can't connect. THe USB in printer blinks though...
SO... do I have to buy the D link everyone talks about (at apple store or can I get a best buy) or something specifically made for apple? Epson printer only recommends its own bluetooth device. Is there something I am missing here? Does the printer have to be configured too?
Any help, details, appreciated!!
thanks, Kathy

From what I've gathered so far, just having the bluetooth devices enabled is not good enough. Your print drivers must be able to see and send via the bluetooth "port".
"Apparently", Epson drivers on OSX are not able to do this, at least as far as I can see. I am trying to build a BT print network between a PB AiG4, a G5 (both of which have BT built in) and two printers - an Epson SP 4000 and an Epson SP R1800. I'm not going to invest any money in adapters for the printers until I can prove that the drivers will work with this setup. There are several BT printer adapters on the market which should do the job if the drivers will support the protocol - Belkin, BLuetake, D-link, IOMega.
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