The T-Files


Fri, 03 Sep 2004

Print on demand

I sometimes (and at the moment) have a subscription to my favourite German-language newspaper which is apparently shipped to me by individual airmail, resulting in a rather hefty price, about three days delay (I am today reading the Tuesday issue), and a questionable ecological effect. So I am quite interested in a print-on-demand project that they announced today (well, last Tuesday): Using technology developed by the South African company Ince, the paper is sent in digital form to South Africa, where it can be printed and distributed locally. On the same day. Cheaper. I wonder if they plan to introduce a similar system in Japan.