Servicing of wireless terminal print job by unsupported printer

A wireless terminal, comprising:

• a wireless interface;
• a user interface including a user input device and a display;
• and
• a processing unit communicatively coupled to the wireless interface and to the user interface and operable to:
• receive a request via the user interface to print a file;
• identify a destination printer;
• determine that the wireless terminal does not include printer driver software to process the file to generate a processed print file;
• identify a servicing device that includes printer driver software to process the file to produce the processed print file for printing at the destination printer;
• and
• transmit the file to the servicing device via the wireless interface and the
• servicing wireless network;
• and wherein:
• the servicing device employs its included printer driver software to process the file to produce the processed print filet;
• the servicing device transmitting the processed print file to the wireless terminal;
• the processing unit receives the processed print file from the servicing device via the servicing wireless network and the wireless interface, the processed print file supported by the destination printer;
• and
• the processing unit transmits the processed print file via the wireless interface and the servicing wireless network to the destination printer for printing.

A method for printing a file by a wireless terminal, the method comprising:

• the wireless terminal receiving a request from a user of the wireless terminal to print the file;
• the wireless terminal identifying a destination printer;
• the wireless terminal determining that the wireless terminal does not include printer driver software to process the file to generate a processed print file;
• the wireless terminal identifying a servicing device that includes printer driver software to process the file to produce the processed print file for printing at the destination printer;
• the wireless terminal wirelessly transmitting the file and information regarding the destination printer to the servicing device via the servicing wireless network, the information regarding the printer including a network address of the destination printer;
• the servicing device employing its included printer driver software to process the file to produce a processed print file, the processed print file supported by the destination printer;
• the servicing device transmitting the processed print file to the wireless terminal;
• the wireless terminal receiving the processed print file that has been transmitted to the wireless terminal from the servicing device via the servicing wireless network;
• and
• transmitting the processed print file via the servicing wireless network from the wireless terminal to the destination printer for printing.