1. A print management system for production of printed documents, said system comprising: a policy editor component capable of receiving a document file, and applying a level of protection to said document file to produce a protected document file; a policy enforcement component, operable for enforcing a document management policy for said protected document file; and at least one printer device, said printer device operable to receive said protected document file, refer to said policy enforcement component, and in response to an authorisation signal received from said policy enforcement component, to print at least one printed document.