Abstract: Methods and apparatus determine the location of a peripheral, such as a multi-function peripheral. One method comprises the steps of receiving a first message at a peripheral server, wherein the message contains a client address; generating a second message containing the address of the peripheral; and sending the second message to the client address. In one embodiment, the peripheral is a printer, the peripheral server is a print queue, and the first message is a print job containing a PML object, such as UI_SELECT_OPTION. The method optionally comprises the step of spooling the print job to the printer. In some embodiments, the second message is a UDP datagram. A second method comprises the steps of sending a first message to the peripheral server, wherein the first message contains an address of the client; and receiving at the client a second message containing the peripheral address. The apparatus comprises a client computer, a peripheral server and a peripheral.