Abstract: A method for recommending printers and suggesting actions for tailored and efficient fulfillment of print requests is provided. The method provides: receiving, by a printer service, a request to generate a print job. The request comprises a proximity to a requestor, and a plurality of printer properties. The printers in a collection of potential printers are matched for a proximity to the requestor and the plurality of printer properties. A list of top matching available printers is created, based on the proximity to the requestor and the plurality of printer properties. A list of unavailable and incompatible printers is created, based on the matching of the proximity to the requestor. Both lists are displayed. The print job is sent to the printer that the requestor selects.