Intranets--Inside Connection

And Altavista is exchanging more than job files. The company has found other ways to take advantage of the direct connection.

"Our estimating department has the ability to quote a job in the plant and print to the sales office," says Todd Shelhorse, of Altavista's electronic prepress department.

Top Line Printing & Graphics, a four-color sheetfed printer in Mississauga, Ontario, also has experience with digital file transfer. Using 4-Sight's ISDN Manager, the company connects to customers and a remote sales office 25 miles away in downtown Toronto.