Practices of printers in relation to electronic archiving

Abstract

Using a questionnaire and interviews, a survey was undertaken of the practices of printers in relation to electronic archiving. Printers were found to be flexible with regard to coding systems, and many used the ISO standard SGML. Material was retained in electronic form after publication—often in the form of magnetic tape. Sensible precautions were taken when storing this material. Printers had a high level of awareness of electronic archiving and several had a policy on the topic.

Citation

Blake, M. (1990), "Practices of printers in relation to electronic archiving", The Electronic Library, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 239-243. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb044988