A network connected to a plurality of printers associated with a plurality
of users and to a publisher of network publications, the publisher
adapted to authorize the printing of a document at the printers by
obtaining a document identity and page descriptions for the document to
be printed from an identity server; the publisher then sending the
document, including its identity and page descriptions to a page server
responsible for that document identity; the publisher creating a message
that includes the publisher's own identity, alias identities of the
plurality of users, a set of multicast channel names, and a private
electronic signature of the publisher; the publisher addressing the
document to the plurality of users; and the publisher sending the
document to the plurality of printers associated with the plurality of
users.