The growth of the Internet has created an explosion of
print content. A large percentage of printing today is off
the Web. However, most Web content is optimized for viewing
and Web based content is usually not well formatted from
a printing perspective. The printing workflows are mostly
manual – the consumer is expected to locate the content
and print. The value of print is not fully realized in the
current web based publishing environment.
Our research in this area is focused on technologies that
enable web content providers to offer a better print experience
to end-users. This includes better layout technologies,
control over the type of printable content and new business
models for distributing print in a web based publishing
environment. These revolutionary ideas hold the potential
of transforming the distributed digital publishing practices.
The core research areas in this field are:
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