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It is expected that print on demand business expands in future. There is an increasing growth of requirements for small lot and many kinds of printing products, which means that printing companies have to provide customers with only what they need, as much as they need. The print on demand business is capable of meeting such requirements. There is also a technology progress both in hardware and software, such as on demand printing machine and corresponding application, and then many people attend the exhibitions or seminars concerned with print on demand business. This article presents a view of the print on demand business, as well as some recent examples to which the print on demand technology is applied and its related problems.
