The Internet Printer

For all those still shaking their heads at the thought of the Internet as a viable player in digital prepress and overall print production, perhaps a takeoff on the popular motion picture persona Austin Powers might bring it home: The Internet is ready, baby!

Right now, the Web is targeting commercial printing in a big way. Beyond discussions of the Internet as a digital file transfer medium, new technologies and services—entirely new Internet startup companies—are banking that the World Wide Web will be the premiere backbone for a host of new applications for the modern commercial printer.