Ubiquitous Print services--Cloud printing

Cloud Printing-is one of the most popular print services at this stage, it allows enterprises to connect to the Internet through the desktop or notebook printing equipment to send print tasks, so that not only can save resources, but also save time and money.

Digital publishing is growing rapidly and the real-time media are becoming more attractive to people. Even so, most of the information we put on the web is actually being flooded with uninterrupted traffic. That is to say, hard copy printing is still best for some jobs or users at this stage.

Cloud Printing mode simplifies the printing process. A large financial services firm needs to print tens of thousands of annual reports each year to shareholders-most of whom will throw reports directly into the dustbin. If the company consults with shareholders, they want the specific part of the report, or simply receive the electronic report. So the company only needs to give the shareholders who actually read the report a print job on the web, and the shareholders can accept the printed paper report locally. This avoids the waste of paper, reduces carbon emissions, and eliminates a large postage for mailing reports. Since the cost of printing industry still requires a large volume of business support, so if the company to do so, although the price of each copy is still high, but the total cost is reduced. As more and more printing companies sniff out cloud printing opportunities, the economy as a whole is likely to improve.

In the recently published "Manifesto" of cloud printing, I believe that cloud printing has the unique potential to change the publishing industry. It can transform digital data into 2d or 3D objects according to demand, and promote the maturity of digital information industry. This will help protect important digital data and avoid the massive production costs mentioned above.

Turn virtual content into physical objects

The era of paper-based media as the main means of communication is coming to an end. For example, a few weeks ago, the Guardian reported that Amazon's Kindle E-book sales exceeded print book sales for the first time, while the American Publishers Association reported in June 2012 that sales of hardcover books were also falling. With the big bang of digital content, the future of hard printing is worrying. However, some of the content submerged in mass blogs, status updates, tweets and videos may be more powerful and profoundly personal than the daily news vitality.

Such content requires a paper-based medium to carry, because the paper media carries longer and more secure data than digital data. The conversion of personalized, high-quality digital data into paper data will become a new service, and such demand is increasing.

At present, there are some applications that use this mode to provide services, by printing to make the content of the data monetization. Postagram,printstagram and Canvaspop are some of the simplest examples where they can print photos on Instagram.

The sheer volume of data on the Internet offers amazing market potential for these applications, but it's not that simple. There is no doubt that converting digital data into physical objects is by no means a commodity, but a service.