Enclosure with integrated antenna, such as a printer with an antenna integrated in a printer housing used to communicate wirelessly with an electronic device

A method of printing data with a printer, the method comprising:

• intercepting electromagnetic carrier waves with an antenna and converting the carrier waves to an alternating current with the antenna,
• wherein the antenna is formed on a surface of the enclosure of the printer, and
• further wherein the carrier waves are modulated with printing data;
• filtering the printing data from the alternating current to recover the printing data;
• and
• generating, based on the printing data, a printed output on a physical medium.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• an antenna configured to sense radio frequency carrier waves carrying printing information;
• means for extracting the printing information from the sensed carrier waves;
• means for printing at least some of the printing information on a printing medium;
• and
• a shell for the printing apparatus configured to enclose the antenna, the means for extracting, and the means for printing,
• wherein the antenna is physically attached to an interior surface of the shell.