A system and method of producing labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with a server and central database via the internet is shown and described. The system and method also allows the ordering of labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with the server and central database via the internet. Automatic typesetting for label production is provided wherein various types of production, image data files are generated in accordance with different requirements from various customers and wherein the generated production files can be used directly by the production machines for which they were generated, different types of production files being automatically generated for different types of production machines or printing methods. The system and method of the present invention accommodates vastly different printing methods including thermal printing, lithographic printing, etc.