System and method for identification and location of user identified feature specific printers

A portable data device comprising:

• a memory storing, for each of a plurality of MFPs, location data corresponding to its location on a premises and device data corresponding to its associated device properties;
• a user interface including a user input and a display;
• a wireless data interface including a network interface and a beacon interface;
• and
• a processor,
• the processor configured to receive user selected device properties via the user interface,
• the processor further configured to identify a subset of the plurality of MFPs having the user selected device properties,
• the processor further configured to determine a location of the portable data device in accordance with beacon data received via the wireless data interface,
• the processor further configured to determine a distance between the portable data device and each MFP in the subset, and
• the processor further configured to generate indicia on the display corresponding to each MFP in the subset associatively with its distance from the portable data device.