The present invention pertains to a method for printing a digital print file using a system comprising a digital network which interconnects a plurality of service units, for example a plurality of printers, and a print file memory. The method includes submitting a print job comprising the print file via a workstation to the network, upon which the system sends information corresponding to the print job to a default service unit, and stores the print file in the memory while linking the print file to a user, selecting a service unit different from the default service unit to print the print file, the selected service unit not having information corresponding to the print job, receiving data corresponding to the user, which is entered by an operator at a user interface of the selected service unit, identifying the user by the system using the data, after which the system retrieves the print file linked to the identified user from the memory, and sends the retrieved print file to the selected service unit, and printing the print file by the selected service unit.