Tuesday, May 12, 2009

PressTerra tests newspaper 'Printernet' on Iberian peninsula | PBS

May 11, 2009

In my March 24 column, I talked about the "printernet," a system of networked desktop publishing where the desktops and printers are spread throughout the whole world. This is another way of describing the new printing model of "distribute and print," where you send a digital file via the Internet to the printing facility closest to the final distribution point rather than printing at a central location before distributing.

This week I came across the description of a "distribute and print" newspaper enterprise in Spain and Portugal. I think it's fair to call it a newspaper printernet...