11. Apparatus for securely transporting and printing a document in a networked environment a document to be printed, the apparatus comprising: a policy server; wherein a user defines a set of access rules for the document through the policy server; wherein the policy server stores the access rules and a decryption key for the document; wherein the access rules apply to any of: the entire document or individual pages of the document; a print server; document encryption means for encrypting the document; wherein the encryption means attaches the policy server's name, IP address, or URL address to the document; sending the encrypted document to a receiving user's computer; wherein the receiving user's computer stores the document locally; notification means for notifying a receiving user of the existence of the document on the receiving user's computer, and wherein, responsive to the receiving user requesting, at a later time than when said document was locally stored, the document be printed, the receiving user's computer retrieves the document from local storage, contacts the policy server, and requests therefrom the set of access rules and the decryption key for the one document, wherein the policy server references the document, an identifier of the receiving user, and a computer ID of the user's computer to retrieve the decryption key and access rules for the document and wherein the policy server tracks which computers can print the document and which printer that the user's computer is connected to can print the document.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the receiving user requests that the document be printed, and wherein the receiving user's computer sends a print request to the print server.