THE AUTHOR-PUBLISHER-PRINTER COMPLEX

Appropriate Roles for the Subscriber, Publisher, Editor, Author, and Reviewer in the Archives of Plastic Surgery

Authors, editors and reviewers, publishers, and subscribers all play their role in scientific journals. These 5 stakeholders are essential to journals. In this paper, firstly, I briefly summarize the role of each journal stakeholder and their respective goals. Secondly, the status of each participant in the Archives of Plastic Surgery is described. Finally, I propose an appropriate role and pla...

Message from the Publisher

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The Common Printer Access Protocol

The concept of a "Printer Access Protocol" or "PAP" was introduced during the mid-1980s to provide for comprehensive access to the new generation of more capable, networked printers. The design goals for a PAP need to consider the variety of data presentation protocols in use and the heterogeneous nature of distributed interconnection methods. A Digital printing architecture team adopted an exi...

Author Index

Author Index