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Disclosed is a printing system and method for printing documents over a network. The system comprises: a document server connected to the network, the documents being accessible via the document server; a client device connected to the network and adapted to transmit a document print request identifying a document to be printed; a print access server connected to the network and adapted to receive the document print request and, in response to the received document print request, transmit a print token, the print token identifying the document to be printed and a printer for printing the document; and a printer connected to the network, the printer being adapted to receive a print token and to retrieve and print a document via the document server based on the received print token.