| "> | | | | a Zebra 110Xi4 industrial label printer or to a portable |
| As more and more companies use handheld | | | | thermal printer like the Zebra RW420 label printer |
| computers in the field, such as those from Motorola | | | | utilized the wireless infrastructure within a building. For |
| (formerly Symbol) and Intermec, the need to print | | | | instance, workers would typically enter operations on |
| receipts and barcode labels has increased significantly. | | | | their handheld which would be then sent over the Wi-Fi |
| Fortunately, the technology used to print to stationary | | | | network to a server; this server would then send print |
| barcode printers in non-field applications has been used | | | | instructions to a thermal barcode printer. Often, the |
| as the foundation for mobile printing in the field. | | | | barcode printer would be a stationary label printer |
| Historically, the approach to printing from a mobile | | | | which the server determined was closest to the user |
| device to a stationary thermal barcode printer such as | | | | or that may have been assigned to that worker. |
