Building an Efficient Print Production Workflow through Web-to-Print: A Case Study of Hemlock Printers

To respond to significant technological progress, the printing industry is gradually embracing a production system known as Web-to-Print, of which print providers can offer services to their clients through an automated online service. This report examines the use of web-to-print systems at Hemlock Printers, a Burnaby-based printing firm, as a case study. The report focuses on three different web-to-print systems at Hemlock and provides information on the company’s reasons for adopting each system; the various components of each workflow; detailed description of each workflow; as well as their capabilities and limitations.