 VDP pre-dates web-to-print although at that time the design process was carried out via close collaboration with the printer for documents such as invoices.The origin of the phrase "web to print" is unknown, but an online public example was made by Jim Frew when he used of the phrase in an online article entitled, "From Web to Print," for Webmonkey, an online resource for web designers, on 9 February 1999.This article was geared toward web designers who wanted to know more about DTP and the printing process from commercial, technical, and design aspects.