Patent ID: 8705107

Claim:
A method for servicing a print request from a specific client system of a plurality of client systems, said method comprising: in response to receiving the print request from the specific client system, setting up a network connection between the specific client system and a plurality of printer server systems, said printer server systems being connected via a network; reading, from a database accessible to each printer server system, client-specific information from a client profile, printer server information from a server profile, and printer information from a printer profile, wherein the printer server information pertains to each print server system of the plurality of printer server systems, wherein the printer information pertains to a plurality of printers utilized by the printer server systems, wherein the client-specific information pertains to the specific client system and comprises server identifiers and a home server identifier, wherein the server identifiers identify each printer server system of the plurality of printer server systems, and wherein the home server identifier identifies which printer server system of the plurality of printer server systems is the specific client system's home server, wherein the client-specific information further comprises the specific client system's geographic location, a favorite time span reflecting when the specific client system has previously been connected to the network, an amount of data reflective of a quantity of data previously printed within a given historical time span, a maximum data transfer rate at which the specific client system can transfer data to the network, a minimum speed required for printing data received from the specific client system by each printer server system of the plurality of printer server systems, or combination thereof; ascertaining at least one best-suited printer of the plurality of printers to be used for servicing the print request, wherein said ascertaining comprises utilizing the client-specific information, the printer server information, and the printer information; and in response to said ascertaining, servicing the print request, said servicing performed by the at least one best suited printer.