Laser Printing-On-Demand: Evolution And Implications

Henry B. Freedman

doi:10.1117/12.957001

23 April 1979 Laser Printing-On-Demand: Evolution And Implications

Henry B. Freedman

Proceedings Volume 0169, Laser Printing; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957001
Event: Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1979, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

Automated printing of graphic and text information is evolving from the convergence of electronic digital processing capabilities of the computer and physical processing of images and materials handling from the graphic arts. The acronym CAMIS- Computer Assisted Makeup and Imaging Systems- is our name for these technologies. One result of such technological hybridization is the capability for 'print-on-demand' or alternatively 'demand-publishing'. As so often happens with the application of new technologies a blurring of technical definitions, organizational roles and relationships among producers and users is expected to create a host of policy issues for all stakeholders. This paper will briefly cover the evolution of the current 'printing-on-demand' - CAMIS technologies and will introduce the readers to an Exploratory Technology Assessment that is currently being conducted to anticipate the stakeholder issues.

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Henry B. Freedman "Laser Printing-On-Demand: Evolution And Implications", Proc. SPIE 0169, Laser Printing, (23 April 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957001

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