Independent of your network architecture or the mix of workstations from other platforms, printing requires that somewhere across the network an accessible printer is cabled to a server or workstation. That connection is based on a particular type of communication channel, a pathway that dictates the signals used and the methods employed to control the transfer of print data to the printer.
Computers, software, and the internet are revolutionizing document management; impacting printing technology, processes and strategies. Print vendors and users will need to make appropriate strategy changes based on document management needs. Despite predictions that computers would result in less printing, this has not happened. The use of paper and printing technologies fulfill some basic business objectives and it is unlikely that either will go away in the short- to medium-term
