Disclosed is a printing agent service method for performing agent printing
on a printing agent printer in accordance with a print request of a
client terminal, and selects a printing agent printer that is nearest to
a client. This method has the steps of receiving a print request and
location information from a client terminal (1); retrieving the printing
agent printer site (8-1) closest to the location of the client terminal
(1) based on the location information; sending the nearest printing agent
printer site (8-1) to the client terminal (1) for display; and receiving
the printing agent printer site (8-1) specified from the above-mentioned
client terminal (1), and sending the print data of the print request to a
printer (11) at the specified printing agent printer site. Therefore, a
client can easily select a printing agent printer that is close to his
current location.