McIlroy--The (Hidden) Meaning of DRUPA

More important was news from two traditional prepress vendors, Agfa and Artwork Systems (both recent clients of mine). Each company is offering software to its customers that can provide much of the workflow functionality available from the toll-charging print dotcoms. Instead of giving up 2 percent to 4 percent of your business, these vendors demonstrated a new vision of Web-enabled e-commerce for the printing business: Buy the software you need from a reputable vendor that understands your business, and pay only a one-time fee. Radical!