In this work, the effect of K in the Bi 2 Sr 2 Ca 1-x K x Cu 2 O 8+y superconductor with x=0.0, 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1, has been investigated. The samples were prepared by a polymer solution technique using polyethyleneimine, PEI. The effects of K substitution have been investigated by electrical resistivity (ρ-T), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and magnetic characterizations. SEM and XRD have shown that the Bi-(2212) phase is the major one independently of the K content.Moreover, the microstructure of samples is improved with K content up to x=0.075. Electrical resistivity measurements have found that Tc is slightly higher than 91 K for K contents up to 0.075, decreasing for higher doping in only about 0.5 K. Moreover, this trend is maintained in the magnetic measurements which have shown that the hysteresis loops are increased until 0.075 K contents. The maximum calculated Jc, using Bean's model, has been of around 4.5 10 6 A/cm 2 at 10 K and ∼ 1000 Oe for the 0.05 K doped samples.