Printer with integrated wireless bridge

A computing device, comprising:

• a housing configured to receive a supply of print media;
• a print head supported by the housing;
• a wireless communications subsystem supported by the housing;
• a controller supported by the housing, the controller configured to:
• control the communications subsystem to detect a data collection device;
• obtain, from the data collection device via the communications subsystem, monitoring data collected by the data collection device indicative of an environmental condition;
• transmit the monitoring data;
• receive a command based on the monitoring data;
• and
• control the print head to apply indicia to the print media according to the command,
• wherein the communications subsystem includes a first short-range communications interface for communication with the data collection device, and a second communications interface for communication with a server.

A computing device, comprising:

• a housing configured to receive a supply of print media;
• a print head supported by the housing;
• a wireless communications subsystem supported by the housing;
• a controller supported by the housing, the controller configured to:
• control the communications subsystem to detect a data collection device;
• obtain, from the data collection device via the communications subsystem, monitoring data collected by the data collection device indicative of an environmental condition;
• transmit the monitoring data;
• receive a command based on the monitoring data;
• and
• control the print head to apply indicia to the print media according to the command,
• wherein the command includes a configuration parameter;
• and
• wherein the controller is further configured to write the configuration parameter to the data collection device via the communications subsystem.

A method in a computing device, the method comprising:

• controlling a communications subsystem of the computing device to detect a data collection device;
• obtaining, from the data collection device via the communications subsystem, monitoring data collected by the data collection device indicative of an environmental condition;
• transmitting the monitoring data;
• receiving a command based on the monitoring data;
• and
• controlling a print head of the computing device to apply indicia to print media from a supply of print media supported by a housing of the computing device, according to the command,
• wherein the command includes an indication of whether the monitoring data passes or fails a validation;
• and
• wherein the method further includes retrieving a label format according to the indication and controlling the print head according to the label format.

A method in a computing device, the method comprising:

• controlling a communications subsystem of the computing device to detect a data collection device;
• obtaining, from the data collection device via the communications subsystem, monitoring data collected by the data collection device indicative of an environmental condition;
• transmitting the monitoring data;
• receiving a command based on the monitoring data;
• and
• controlling a print head of the computing device to apply indicia to print media from a supply of print media supported by a housing of the computing device, according to the command,
• wherein the communications subsystem includes a first short-range communications interface for communication with the data collection device, and a second communications interface for communication with a server.

A method in a computing device, the method comprising:

• controlling a communications subsystem of the computing device to detect a data collection device;
• obtaining, from the data collection device via the communications subsystem, monitoring data collected by the data collection device indicative of an environmental condition;
• transmitting the monitoring data;
• receiving a command based on the monitoring data;
• and
• controlling a print head of the computing device to apply indicia to print media from a supply of print media supported by a housing of the computing device, according to the command,
• wherein the command includes a configuration parameter;
• and
• wherein the method further includes writing the configuration parameter to the data collection device via the communications subsystem.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor a computing device to:

• control a communications subsystem of the computing device to detect a data collection device;
• obtain, from the data collection device via the communications subsystem, monitoring data collected by the data collection device indicative of an environmental condition;
• transmit the monitoring data;
• receive a command based on the monitoring data;
• and
• control a print head of the computing device to apply indicia to print media from a supply of print media supported by a housing of the computing device, according to the command
• wherein the command includes at least one of:
• (i) an indication of whether the monitoring data passes or fails a validation, and the method further includes retrieving a label format according to the indication and controlling the print head according to the label format or (ii) a configuration parameter, and the method further includes writing the configuration parameter to the data collection device via the communications subsystem.