A printing system and method are provided that facilitate the mobile printing of a document. The printing system comprises an automated print agent (166) located in a device coupled to a network (109). The printing system also comprises a network alias (199a/b) associated with a printer (136/143) coupled to the network (109), where the automated print agent (166) acting as a network destination for a transmitted document addressed to the network alias (199a/b). The automated print agent (166) orchestrates the printing of the transmitted document on the printer (136/143) upon receipt of the transmitted document from a transmitting device.
