LAS VEGAS, - Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) are taking the wraps off new technology that demonstrates how customers of the future can bypass network barriers and beam documents directly from their PC to a printer. The joint technology demonstration of wireless printing at Comdex 2000, the computer industry's premier showplace for high-tech wizardry, is a first for Xerox and Compaq. The new technology shows how customers will be able to print without the use of traditional cables and without replacing existing computer and printing equipment. The demonstration links a Compaq Armada notebook computer with a Xerox DocuPrint P1210 personal laser printer, using a BluetoothÅ-enabled PC card that sends radio waves to an antenna used as a "dongle," attached in the printer's parallel port. The "dongle" picks up radio signals and feeds them as print data into the printer. This allows the user to print up to 30 feet away without actually being connected by a cable. The BluetoothÅ standard, which Xerox and Compaq are testing in this demonstration, is a rapidly emerging protocol for wireless devices using radio signals. In addition to demonstrating wireless printing, Xerox and Compaq have teamed up to combine customized personal computers from Compaq with new inkjet printers from Xerox in a joint bundling initiative aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. The move is part of a broad strategic alliance, announced in June, that includes a focus on the development of new document services and related initiatives. The alliance focuses on enhancing the value of each company's solutions by integrating Xerox and Compaq hardware and software. Xerox is showing more than 30 document products and solutions at this year's Comdex show, including its own wireless technology such as MobileDoc software. MobileDoc allows users of cell phones, handheld computers or two-way pagers to send documents or files from those mobile devices to the nearest fax machine, PC or quick-printer service. As the number of mobile device users increases, a market that Dataquest predicts will grow to $3 billion in revenue by 2003, more professionals will need to access and deliver critical documents while they are away from their desks.