The Real Lesson From Adobe

In-plants aren’t in the clear yet, though, argues Ray Chambers in his article on page 60. The future could bring more difficulties if in-plants don’t get a louder voice in Adobe’s planning process. After all, he says, Adobe is still pushing Web-to-print functionality, which means it will probably add links to many other external service providers in time. Not only does this up the competition, but such links may lure novices to circumvent their organizations’ printing policies, he says, unless organizations are given the power to turn off this feature. (Actually, they already can, using instructions on Adobe’s site, though it is probably not practical for large organizations to check every computer.)