Servicing of wireless terminal print job by unsupported printer

Abstract

A wireless terminal having processing resources, a user interface including a user input device and a display, and a wireless interface causes a file to be printed to a destination printer that is unsupported by the wireless terminal. The processing resources communicatively couple to the wireless interface and to the user interface and are operable to receive a file via a servicing wireless network and the wireless interface, receive a request via the user interface to print the file, identify a destination printer, determine that the wireless terminal does not support printing of the file at the destination printer, identify a servicing device for processing of the file for printing at the destination printer, and transmit the file to the servicing device via the wireless interface and the servicing wireless network.

1 . A method for operating a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
 identifying a destination printer for printing a file;   identifying a servicing device that includes a printer driver corresponding to the destination printer;   wirelessly transmitting the file, having not undergone processing by any printer driver, to the servicing device, wherein the servicing device processing the file using the printer driver corresponding to the destination printer based upon an instruction from the wireless communication device thereby generating a processed print file for printing at the destination printer.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 wirelessly transmitting the instruction to the servicing device.   
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the instruction directing the servicing device to transmit the processed print file to the destination printer for printing.   
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 via a user interface of the wireless communication device, receiving a request from a user of the wireless communication device to print the file; and   in response the request, identifying the destination printer for printing the file.   
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 identifying a plurality of destination printers;   via a user interface of the wireless communication device, presenting a plurality of identities corresponding to the plurality of destination printers to a user of the wireless communication device;   via the user interface of the wireless communication device, receiving input from the user for selecting the destination printer from the plurality of destination printers.   
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the wireless communication device being in communication with the servicing device via a first communication network; and   the servicing device being in communication with the destination printer via at least one of the first communication network and a second communication network.   
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 upon the servicing device receiving the file and the instruction from the wireless communication device, the servicing device employing a printer driver included within the servicing device for processing the file thereby generating the processed print file;   after the processed print file being generated by the servicing device, the servicing device transmitting the processed print file to the destination printer; and   after receipt of the processed print file, the destination printer printing the processed print file.   
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 from among a plurality of servicing devices, selecting the servicing device.   
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the servicing device being the destination printer; and further comprising:   wirelessly transmitting the file, having not undergone processing by any printer driver, to the destination printer, wherein the destination printer processing the file using the printer driver corresponding to the destination printer based upon an instruction from the wireless communication device thereby generating the processed print file for printing at the destination printer.   
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the wireless communication device being a wireless local area network (WLAN) telephone, a wireless personal area network (WPAN) telephone, a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) telephone, or a cellular telephone.   
   
   
       11 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a wireless interface; and   a processing unit, communicatively coupled to the wireless interface, for:
 identifying a destination printer for printing a file; 
 identifying a servicing device that includes a printer driver corresponding to the destination printer; 
 via the wireless interface, wirelessly transmitting the file, having not undergone processing by any printer driver, to the servicing device, wherein the servicing device processing the file using the printer driver corresponding to the destination printer based upon an instruction from the apparatus thereby generating a processed print file for printing at the destination printer. 
   
   
   
       12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein:
 via the wireless interface, the processing unit wirelessly transmitting the instruction to the servicing device for the servicing device to process the file using the printer driver corresponding to the destination printer thereby generating the processed print file for printing at the destination printer.   
   
   
       13 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the instruction directing the servicing device to transmit the processed print file to the destination printer for printing.   
   
   
       14 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a user interface, communicatively coupled to the processing unit, for receiving a request from a user to print the file; and wherein:   in response to the request, the processing unit identifying the destination printer for printing the file.   
   
   
       15 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a user interface, communicatively coupled to the processing unit; and wherein:   the processing unit identifying a plurality of destination printers;   via the user interface, the processing unit presenting a plurality of identities corresponding to the plurality of destination printers to a user of the apparatus;   via the user interface of the wireless communication device, the processing unit receiving input from the user for selecting the destination printer from the plurality of destination printers.   
   
   
       16 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the apparatus being in communication with the servicing device via a first communication network; and   the servicing device being in communication with the destination printer via at least one of the first communication network and a second communication network.   
   
   
       17 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein:
 upon receiving the file and the instruction from the wireless communication device, the servicing device employing a printer driver included within the servicing device for processing the file thereby generating the processed print file;   after the processed print file being generated by the servicing device, the servicing device transmitting the processed print file to the destination printer; and   after receipt of the processed print file, the destination printer printing the processed print file.   
   
   
       18 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the processing unit selecting the servicing device from among a plurality of servicing devices.   
   
   
       19 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the servicing device being the destination printer;   via the wireless interface, the processing unit wirelessly transmitting the file, having not undergone processing by any printer driver, to the destination printer, wherein the destination printer processing the file using the printer driver corresponding to the destination printer based upon an instruction from the apparatus thereby generating the processed print file for printing at the destination printer.   
   
   
       20 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the apparatus being a wireless local area network (WLAN) telephone, a wireless personal area network (WPAN) telephone, a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) telephone, or a cellular telephone.   
   
   
       21 . An apparatus, comprising:
 an input for receiving a file from a wireless communication device, wherein the file has not undergone processing by any printer driver; and   a printer driver for processing the file, based on an instruction from the wireless communication device, thereby generating a processed print file; and   an output for transmitting the processed print file to a destination printer for printing.   
   
   
       22 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the input receiving the instruction from the wireless communication device.   
   
   
       23 . The apparatus of  claim 22 , wherein:
 the input wirelessly receiving the file and the instruction from the wireless communication device.   
   
   
       24 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 a wireless interface, that includes the input and the output, for wirelessly communicating with the wireless communication device and the destination printer via at least one communication network.   
   
   
       25 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the apparatus being in communication with the wireless communication device via a first communication network; and   the apparatus being in communication with the destination printer via at least one of the first communication network and a second communication network.   
   
   
       26 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the apparatus being a server computer; and   the wireless communication device being a wireless local area network (WLAN) telephone, a wireless personal area network (WPAN) telephone, a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) telephone, or a cellular telephone.