The present invention pertains to a method for printing a digital print
file using a system comprising a digital network which interconnects a
plurality of service units, for example a plurality of printers, and a
print file memory. The method includes submitting a print job comprising
the print file via a workstation to the network, upon which the system
sends information corresponding to the print job to a default service
unit, and stores the print file in the memory while linking the print
file to a user, selecting a service unit different from the default
service unit to print the print file, the selected service unit not
having information corresponding to the print job, receiving data
corresponding to the user, which is entered by an operator at a user
interface of the selected service unit, identifying the user by the
system using the data, after which the system retrieves the print file
linked to the identified user from the memory, and sends the retrieved
print file to the selected service unit, and printing the print file by
the selected service unit.