A computer implemented method of printing includes the steps of: (a) providing a computer server linked via one or more data links to a plurality of printers, where the computer server has access to identification information, location information and configuration information pertaining to each of the plurality of printers, where the configuration information includes information to ensure each of the plurality of printers is configured to correctly print a print job; (b) initiating a print job on a user computer device, where the print job includes print data; (c) querying the computer server by the user computer device for one or more available printers; (d) transmitting identification information and location information of each of the plurality of printers by the computer server to the user computer device; (e) displaying identification information and location information in a list of the plurality of available printers on a user interface operating on the user computer device; (f) selecting by a user one of the plurality of available printers in the list; (g) transmitting the selection to the computer server; (h) transmitting configuration information for the selected printer by the computer server to the user computer device; (i) configuring the print data by the user computer device with the configuration information; and 0) transmitting the configured print data from the user computer device to the selected printer for printing on the selected printer.