Weird question - bluetooth / wireless dongles

hi all
has anyone every heard of a usb-based device that you plug into the usb port of your peripheral and transfers data to your computer wirelessly? via bluetooth or wifi perhaps, or maybe such a product would use a dongle pair. so you'd plug one dongle into your printer and one into your computer and make them talk, so your printer works just like usually except there's no cables.
I guess this is relevant to the apple forums because if such a product did exist, it would have to be mac compatible for me!
cheers, S

I think it just hasn't caught on yet or there isn't that much market for it. Do some of these products seem to be what you are looking for?
After a bit more research, it seems that the Bluetooth "HCRP (Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile)" is what you are looking for. I think that, in theory of course, if your printer/scanner/etc supports bluetooth, you can use it as if it were connected via cable. I have heard of bluetooth printers, but not scanners. If there was peripheral support, with some driver magic, it should work the way you expect it. Perhaps you just need to give it a few more years to perculate.

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