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Web-to-print. Web-to-print, also known as Web2Print, remote publishing or print e-commerce is commercial printing using web sites. [1] Companies and software solutions that deal in web-to-print use standard e-commerce and online services like hosting, website design, and cross-media marketing. Partners and customers may submit print jobs, do ...
CUPS. CUPS (formerly an acronym for Common UNIX Printing System) is a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs from client computers, process them, and send them to the appropriate printer.
Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on the repulsion of oil and water, the offset technique employs a flat ( planographic) image carrier.
v. t. e. Lithography (from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) 'stone' and γράφω (gráphō) 'to write') [ 1] is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. [ 2] The printing is from a stone ( lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German ...
Web guiding systems work at high speed, constantly making small adjustments to maintain the position of the material. The latest systems use digital technology and touch screen operator interfaces to simplify set up. Web guiding systems are used on slitting machines, slitter rewinders, printing presses, coating and laminating machines.
Print on demand ( POD) is a printing technology and business process in which book copies (or other documents, packaging, or materials) are not printed until the company receives an order, allowing prints in single or small quantities. While other industries established the build-to-order business model, POD could only develop after the ...
Electronic publishing (also referred to as e-publishing, digital publishing, or online publishing) includes the digital publication of e-books, digital magazines, and the development of digital libraries and catalogues. [1] It also includes the editing of books, journals, and magazines to be posted on a screen (computer, e-reader, tablet, or ...
The Internet Printing Protocol ( IPP) is a specialized communication protocol for communication between client devices (computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc.) and printers (or print servers ). It allows clients to submit one or more print jobs to the network-attached printer or print server, and perform tasks such as querying the status of a ...