It"s Now Easier Than Ever To Print To Mobile Thermal Printers From Motorola Handheld Computers
With the proliferation of handheld computers such as the Motorola MC75 handheld computer or the Motorola MC9090 Industrial mobile computer, the need to print receipts and barcode labels has increased significantly. Fortunately, the technology used to print to stationary barcode printers in non-field applications is somewhat similar to mobile printing in the field. A quick note on these handhelds as they were previously known as the Symbol MC9090-G industrial computer but Symbol was acquired by Motorola in 2006.
Historically, the approach to printing from a mobile computer to a stationary or portable thermal barcode printer utilized the wireless infrastructure within a building. For instance, workers would typically enter operations on their handheld (e.g. scan a barcode with the Motorola MC9090-G) which would be then sent over the Wi-Fi network to a server; this server would then send print instructions to a thermal barcode printer. Typically, the barcode printer would be a stationary label printer which the server determined was closest to the user or that may have been assigned to that worker. Alternatively, the worker would be using a portable label printer that was assigned to him and the server would send the print instructions to the designated mobile printer.
With field applications however, the Wi-Fi wireless infrastructure is no longer available so the overall print approach is slightly different in that it uses Bluetooth or WWAN technologies. To help companies accelerate the deployment of mobile printers, Zebra has simplified printing from mobile computers with the Zebra