Zevrix Updates Digital Delivery Solution File Courier - Improves E-mail Zevrix Solutions announces File Courier 1.1, an update to its professional digital delivery solution with emphasis on needs of graphics industry professionals. File Courier delivers files and folders to FTP and local destinations and sends automatic e-mail delivery notifications. The software can also create a low-res version of PDF file, compress items and protect deliveries with password. The new update implements a more robust, powerful e-mail engine and expands FTP options.
Toronto (ON), Canada - January 25, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces File Courier 1.1, an update to its professional digital delivery solution with advanced time-saving options. File Courier delivers files and folders to FTP and local destinations with emphasis on needs of graphics industry professionals involved in prepress, printing, design and ad production. 

File Courier provides the following professional digital delivery capabilities:

-Deliver files and folders to FTP and local destinations
-Automatic e-mail notifications based on powerful variable templates
-Deliver files by e-mail
-Create low-res PDF automatically and attach to e-mail
-Attach files from specific subfolder to e-mail
-Automatic zip and disk image compression
-Encrypt disk images with passwords
-Detailed history of all deliveries
-Destination codes for automatic delivery

The new update implements a more robust, powerful e-mail engine which lets users enable SSL connection and provides detailed progress of e-mail transmission. The update also allows users to specify a custom FTP port.

Pricing and Availability:
File Courier 1.1 can be purchased from the Zevrix website, www.zevrix.com, for $29.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial version is also available for download. File Courier is a Universal Binary and available for Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.6.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF  and graphic file diagnostics, digital delivery and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.

Labels: File Courier, mac, Zevrix

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Zevrix Updates Graphic Inspector for Snow Leopard, Metadata Improvements Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution which checks entire folders of graphic files for potential problems according to specific workflow requirements. The software provides graphic professionals of any trade with the most exhaustive info on multiple images and vector graphics, saving the time and hassle of checking them manually. The new version adds Snow Leopard support and improves metadata handling.

Toronto (ON), Canada - November 30, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution for images and vector graphics which provides extensive info on entire folders of files and helps locate potential problems according to specific workflow requirements.

Graphic Inspector provides a professional quality control solution for users of any trade, whether it's print, prepress, web design, electronic publishing or digital photography. With its powerful Checkup Presets, Graphic Inspector lets users create custom preflight settings tailored to their workflow requirements, and quickly locate files with unwanted attributes. For example, Graphic Inspector can warn users about all files whose color mode is RGB, format - JPEG, resolution is below 200 dpi, ICC profile doesn't contain "USWebCoated", etc.

"We really do love Graphic Inspector as an indispensable and quick utility for checking our clients files prior to ripping," says Joel A. Glastetter of Benchemark Printing in Schenectady, New York. "It saves us a lot of time. We have very talented operators and Graphic Inspector is really a lot better for us than some bloated preflight program that just makes a confusing mess out of preflighting a job. It's lightweight, quick and easy!"

Graphic Inspector is the only quality control solution to check for such a wide range of attributes, which include image resolution, spot colors, fonts in vector graphics, EPS and TIFF compression, ICC profile and image metadata. In addition, users can save preflight results as text files, specify favorite folders, scan the entire subfolder tree and reveal files in the Finder.

The new version lets users view the complete EXIF, IPTC and GPS image metadata, and adds support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Pricing and Availability:
Graphic Inspector 1.7 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$39.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. The update to Graphic Inspector 1.7 is free for the current licensed users. Graphic Inspector is a Universal Binary and available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, digital delivery, and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.

Labels: indesign, plug-ins, Zevrix

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Zevrix Updates ArtOptimizer - Adobe Illustrator Automation Tool Zevrix Solutions announces the release of ArtOptimizer 2.3.1, an update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe Illustrator. ArtOptimizer allows to reduce Illustrator job size and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data and performing essential image adjustments. The software lets users save gigabytes of disk space, accelerate file output and cut costs through faster processing. The new version addresses a critical issue related to image processing.

Toronto (ON), Canada - December 30, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of ArtOptimizer 2.3.1, an update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe Illustrator. ArtOptimizer eliminates the excess image data of document links and performs essential image adjustments, thereby significantly reducing the size of Illustrator job and reducing output time and production costs.

In order to eliminate excess image data, ArtOptimizer automatically scales the images in Photoshop to match their dimensions in Illustrator, changes resolution according to the target resolution specified, and reimports images to Illustrator at 100%. As a result, the size of Illustrator job can be reduced dramatically - some jobs can shrink in size by half and more.

In addition, ArtOptimizer can automatically convert image colors, apply sharpening filters, merge and delete layers, and run Photoshop Actions during processing.

ArtOptimizer benefits the workflows of service providers, printers, ad agencies and publishing houses by automating complex tasks and letting users achieve more with minimal resources:

- Save gigabytes of disk space.
- Accelerate document output to printer and PDF.
- Save endless hours - and even days - of manually optimizing image size, resolution and formats.
- Save valuable time transferring jobs to outside sources.
- Cut costs through faster processing.

The new version addresses a critical issue that could prevent ArtOptimizer from processing files on certain systems. This update is recommended to all users. ArtOptimizer, as well as all other Zevrix products, can be purchased with 20% New Year Sale discount till January 4.

Pricing and Availability:
ArtOptimizer 2.3.1 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site, www.zevrix.com, with 20% New Year Sale discount for US$103.96, as well as from authorized resellers. Demo is also available for download. ArtOptimizer is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.6, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe Illustrator CS-CS4.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

Labels: indesign, plug-ins, Zevrix

  ¶ 5:55 PM

QuarkPromote.com Now Offers 4500 Templates to Small Businesses QuarkPromote.com Now Offers 4500 Templates for Marketing Materials Across Numerous Industries
                                  
Small Businesses Can Easily Create Professional and High-Quality Business Cards, Postcards, Brochures, Flyers, and More
                                                       
Denver, CO – January 12, 2009 –QuarkPromote.com (www.quarkpromote.com), a new online service that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses create their own high-quality, professional marketing materials, now offers users 4500 templates for business cards, postcards, brochures, flyers, data sheets, letterhead, envelopes, coupons, and appointment cards. By offering a vast array of marketing templates designed by professional designers, QuarkPromote.com helps small businesses easily create marketing material that can set them apart from their competition.

QuarkPromote.com offers access to customizable templates that include hundreds of all-purpose templates and thousands of templates designed for numerous industries. Industry-specific templates come complete with suggested marketing text and stock photos.
                                                               
Anyone familiar with common office software can use QuarkPromote.com to create marketing materials in three easy steps. Customers first shop through the templates by industry or product type to find one that best suits their business. They then customize the template with information about their business and, when finished, place their printing order to be picked up at a nearby printer or received by mail.

Only QuarkPromote.com provides customers the speed and convenience of ordering materials for quick, easy pickup at a nearby printer, often in three days or less, at no extra charge. Leading print franchises and independent printers across the United States have joined the QuarkPromote.com printer community, including Allegra Network, AlphaGraphics, PIP, Signal Graphics, and Sir Speedy. 

-- To get started with QuarkPromote.com visit www.quarkpromote.com.
-- Printers interested in joining QuarkPromote.com can visit http://quarkpromote.quark.com/Order.aspx. 
-- Designers interested in joining the QuarkPromote.com designer directory can visit http://quarkpromote.quark.com/Invite.aspx.
-- To read more about QuarkPromote.com, visit http://www.quark.com/pressdetail.aspx?nid=2443&lang=us.

About Quark
Quark® Inc. (www.quark.com) is a leading provider of publishing software for professional designers, small and mid-sized businesses, and large organizations in more than 160 countries. Two decades ago, our flagship product — QuarkXPress® — changed the course of traditional publishing. For more than 25 years, Quark has built on its knowledge and experience in design and publishing to provide software solutions that support collaborative workflows and automated publishing across multiple channels. Today, Quark is revolutionizing publishing again by setting new standards in XML-based publishing across print, the Web, and digital media as well as by helping small and mid-sized businesses promote their products and services easily, professionally, and affordably. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.




Quark, the Quark logo, Quark Promote, QuarkPromote.com, and QuarkXPress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark, Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.  ¶ 5:54 PM

WoodWing World Tour 2010 Makes First Stop in New York City Kick out the jams with WoodWing: rock-solid, high-fidelity publishing with Enterprise.
The WoodWing World Tour will also be stopping in Zürich, London, and Sydney.

Zaandam, The Netherlands (January 14, 2010) - WoodWing Software (www.woodwing.com), a leading supplier of cross media publishing solutions, will be hitting the road this year, taking the company's message to some of the world's top publishing hubs as part of the WoodWing World Tour 2010. The Tour - a free series of intensive one-day informational sessions - kicks off on March 3 in New York City.

"The idea behind the WoodWing World Tour is to get in closer contact with our customers and potential clients around the globe," said Hans Janssen, CEO of WoodWing Software. "We've hosted worldwide publishing conferences in the past and the response has been tremendous. Based on the success we've had with these events, we wanted to make it as easy as possible for people to attend, so we decided to organize these local events at various locations around the world."

The focus of the day will be assessing the current state of the publishing industry and addressing the variety of challenges faced by publishers in every area - magazine, newspaper, book and corporate publishing. Participants will get advice and information on how to deal with these challenges, and will have a chance to interact with their peers throughout the day.

The day will feature informational seminars, demonstrations of WoodWing products and solutions, break-out sessions, and a keynote address by Mitch Klaif, CIO at Time Inc., a WoodWing customer. Klaif will discuss the challenges facing the publishing industry, and the technology and efforts necessary to overcome these challenges.

"It's fitting that we kick off the World Tour in New York City, since it's the hub of the North American publishing world," Janssen said. "New York is home to some of the biggest publishing companies in the world - including our host, Time Inc."

The New York session takes place at the Time-Life Building in Manhattan. The WoodWing World Tour will also be stopping in Zürich in June, London in September, and Sydney in December. "We have customers throughout the world, so that's why we're hitting every corner of the globe with our World Tour," Janssen said.

There is no charge for any of the sessions, but registration is required.

To sign up, visit http://worldtour.woodwing.com



About WoodWing
WoodWing creates the most progressive solutions available on the market for the production of print and online publications. Rapid growth worldwide and success across the full spectrum of small to large publishers demonstrate that WoodWing markets the best tools for the best price.WoodWing Software is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands, and has regional sales companies for Europe, the USA, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Customers are served through select partners. For more information, please visit www.woodwing.com.

Labels: indesign, plug-ins, Woodwing

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Zevrix Updates BatchOutput for InDesign, Adds PDF Preflight, New Formats Zevrix Solutions announces BatchOutput 3.6, an feature update to its popular professional solution to automate printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign. Developed originally for one of the largest Canadian ad agencies, BatchOutput offers output of multiple files as single pages, link auto-update, variable file names and other time-saving features. The new update lets users auto-preflight final PDFs with Acrobat droplets, as well as export InDesign files to TIFF, PNG and other image formats.

Toronto (ON), Canada - January 21, 2010 - Zevrix Solutions announces BatchOutput 3.6, an feature update to its popular professional solution to automate printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign. Developed originally in-house at one of the largest ad agencies in Canada to boost productivity of its prepress department, BatchOutput quickly became the software of choice for sophisticated automated output from InDesign. For example, BatchOutput can be left to output hundreds of InDesign files overnight, and the completed job can be picked up next morning.

The key powerful automation capabilities of BatchOutput include:

-Print and export hundreds of files with a single click.
-Output files as single pages.
-Update links automatically.
-Complex variable file names.

The new update offers the following new features to InDesign users:

-Preflight final PDF automatically with Acrobat Pro preflight droplets. Users can create droplets for various preflight profiles with the options to specify success and error folders and save preflight reports.

-Export InDesign document as TIFF, PNG, GIF and BMP images with the options to specify resolution, color mode and scale factor.

BatchOutput is also available in a server version which offloads printing and exporting to PDF and PostScript to a central system leaving InDesign workstations free from the output process.


Pricing and Availability:
BatchOutput 3.6 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site, www.zevrix.com, for US$119.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. Upgrade to BatchOutput 3.6 is free for licensed users of version 3.x, and US$47.98 for the users of earlier versions.

BatchOutput 3.6 is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.6, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF  and graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com


Copyright (C) 2010 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.  ¶ 5:50 PM

Teacup releases BarcodeMaker 2D New product creates 2D barcodes directly in InDesign

New York, NY - January 21, 2010: Teacup Software today announced the release of BarcodeMaker 2D, a new product that adds the ability to create and edit 2D barcodes directly in Adobe InDesign CS3 and higher.

2D, or two dimensional, barcodes, which fit more data into less space than traditional one dimensional barcodes, are the new industry standard for barcode data encoding. Teacup Software's BarcodeMaker 2D brings the most popular, industry standard 2D barcodes to InDesign, including Data Matrix, QR Code, Maxi Code, Aztec Code and PDF417. It also includes GS1 Databare Expanded and Stacked.

BarcodeMaker 2D integrates with PatternMaker and DataLinker
BarcodeMaker 2D integrates with Teacup's free PatternMaker plug-in. The 2D barcodes appear as patterns in the PatternMaker palette, just like Teacup's existing BarcodeMaker plug-in. Also like BarcodeMaker, BarcodeMaker 2D integrates with Teacup's DataLinker plug-in. With DataLinker, barcodes can be mass produced from ODBC data sources with a simple user interface.

Pricing and Availability

BarcodeMaker 2D is available for InDesign CS3 and higher, and it retails for $169. Customers who purchase BarcodeMaker and BarcodeMaker 2D together save over 20%. Existing BarcodeMaker customers can purchase BarcodeMaker 2D and get the same savings. See our product page for pricing and upgrade details..

About Teacup Software, Inc.

Teacup Software, Inc. is focused on creating simple, elegant solutions exclusively for Adobe InDesign. In addition to its ready-made plug-in products, Teacup also offers consulting services for custom plug-in development for Adobe InDesign. In both its consulting and development work, Teacup is dedicated to doing the extra work it takes to create products that are transparent and easy-to-use. Teacup is always looking for ways to simplify, simplify, simplify.


Teacup Software
15 Butler Place, Suite 3E
Brooklyn, NY 11238

Labels: indesign, plug-ins, Teacup Software

  ¶ 5:48 PM

Markzware PageZephyr Makes Converting and Searching Congent in Proprietary File Types a Breeze Enables Users to Take Control of Data with New Desktop Search and Content Extraction

SANTA ANA, California -- December 3, 2009 -- Markzware, developer of FlightCheck® and inventor of preflighting, today released PageZephyr™, a content search and extraction engine. PageZephyr has been developed using Markzware's Common Reader Architecture (CRA), the high-performance technology at the heart of Markzware's current and future products.

Benefits and Features of PageZephyr:

PageZephyr technology makes it possible to search proprietary documents, and then takes that to a higher level allowing users to examine and extract text from the most popular publishing native file formats, such as Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, and soon Microsoft Publisher, PageMaker and other document types. Content-intense professions that specialize in managing, locating and re-using large volumes of specific data will substantially benefit. PageZephyr is especially valuable to businesses such as: advertising, publishing and printing, manufacturing, finance, legal (e-discovery / e-forensics), information and governmental agencies.

How PageZephyr Works:

PageZephyr is the first and only solution that indexes, locates and outputs content created from proprietary or encoded formats without the need for the original authoring application. The release version of PageZephyr is compatible with .indd (Adobe InDesign CS through CS4), and .qxp (QuarkXPress versions 6 through 8) files. In addition, PageZephyr's index extension capabilities can extend indexing to both attached volumes and networked volumes, to include "the enterprise."

According to DCLnews "The fact is, if 30% of an organization's content was found to be reusable, that would mean a reduction of 30% in the cost of maintaining the documents." PageZephyr is a tool that helps to increase the value of original, legacy content, bridging the print world to the internet world. Print production firms offering services that include handling digital data for their customers will particularly benefit from PageZephyr.

Applications:

PageZephyr increases productivity while lowering costs and completely eliminates expensive and time-consuming, labor-intensive processes, including:

• Rewriting the original content;
• Creating searchable PDF files;
• Exporting searchable XML;
• Retyping paper documents by hand;
• Scanning paper documents with Optical Character Recognition (OCR);
• Owning the original application that created the file containing proprietary content.

PageZephyr allows searching of content through user-selected keywords and key phrases. Operationally, PageZephyr first identifies the searched terms throughout various "stories" located within a document and can search documents by file size, modification date or creation date. Keywords and key phrases are highlighted. The results of the query also include the context of the keyword or key phrase within a specific story.

Furthermore, content searching may be performed in any language. After selecting the story, its text will be displayed in a "story board," for viewing, editing and exporting to formatted RTF, Plain Text or distributing to PageZephyr.com. PageZephyr.com provides a collaborative environment for users to share, edit and market their content.

Markzware Insight

Patrick Marchese, President of Markzware, says "In light of today's economic challenges, PageZephyr offers a new content strategy for companies trying to streamline the publishing process and reduce costs. It is estimated that there are more than five billion QuarkXPress documents created before 2006. One would think there are at least that many InDesign documents. PageZephyr can "recycle content" from InDesign, Quark and other proprietary document types, lowering content management and production costs."

Marchese continues, "Today, more than ever, original and relevant content is critical for business intelligence and for marketing. PageZephyr adds value to the businesses' content derived from proprietary files without the burden of owning expensive authoring applications. These days, data control and preservation regulations require corporations be able to (at a moment’s notice) access and capture content. Just ask HSBC, as they were recently fined several million dollars for losing customer data."

Availability and Compatibility

Markzware invites companies interested in private labeling or licensing Markzware's PageZephyr technology or the Markzware Common Reader Architecture (CRA) to contact bizdev@markzware.com or call 1-800-300-3532.

PageZephyr runs on Macintosh platforms, with versions for Windows platforms currently planned for future release.

A 10-day fully functional version can be downloaded for FREE. Two versions are available for sale: $129 for search only and $299 for both content search and extraction.

About Markzware:

Markzware, a privately-held company based in Santa Ana, California, is the leading developer of quality assurance, data conversion and workflow solutions for the international graphic arts, printing and digital multimedia industries. Markzware B.V., located in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Copyright 2009 Markzware, Inc. All rights reserved. Covered by U.S. Patent #5,963,641.

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Media Contact

Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100 x250
pr@markzware.com

Labels: indesign, markzware, pagezephyr, quarkxpress

  ¶ 5:24 PM

Zevrix Updates Graphic Inspector for Snow Leopard, Metadata Improvements Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution which checks entire folders of graphic files for potential problems according to specific workflow requirements. The software provides graphic professionals of any trade with the most exhaustive info on multiple images and vector graphics, saving the time and hassle of checking them manually. The new version adds Snow Leopard support and improves metadata handling.

Toronto (ON), Canada - November 30, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution for images and vector graphics which provides extensive info on entire folders of files and helps locate potential problems according to specific workflow requirements.

Graphic Inspector provides a professional quality control solution for users of any trade, whether it's print, prepress, web design, electronic publishing or digital photography. With its powerful Checkup Presets, Graphic Inspector lets users create custom preflight settings tailored to their workflow requirements, and quickly locate files with unwanted attributes. For example, Graphic Inspector can warn users about all files whose color mode is RGB, format - JPEG, resolution is below 200 dpi, ICC profile doesn't contain "USWebCoated", etc.

"We really do love Graphic Inspector as an indispensable and quick utility for checking our clients files prior to ripping," says Joel A. Glastetter of Benchemark Printing in Schenectady, New York. "It saves us a lot of time. We have very talented operators and Graphic Inspector is really a lot better for us than some bloated preflight program that just makes a confusing mess out of preflighting a job. It's lightweight, quick and easy!"

Graphic Inspector is the only quality control solution to check for such a wide range of attributes, which include image resolution, spot colors, fonts in vector graphics, EPS and TIFF compression, ICC profile and image metadata. In addition, users can save preflight results as text files, specify favorite folders, scan the entire subfolder tree and reveal files in the Finder.

The new version lets users view the complete EXIF, IPTC and GPS image metadata, and adds support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Pricing and Availability:
Graphic Inspector 1.7 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$39.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. The update to Graphic Inspector 1.7 is free for the current licensed users. Graphic Inspector is a Universal Binary and available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, digital delivery, and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Copyright (C) 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Labels: indesign, LinkOptimizer, Photoshop, Zevrix

  ¶ 8:00 PM

Free QuarkXPress 8.1 Update Now Available for Download QuarkXPress 8.1 Introduces Compelling New PDF Output Functionality

Denver, CO — August 4, 2009 — Quark Inc. today announced the release of the QuarkXPress® 8.1 updater which is now available to existing QuarkXPress 8 users as a free download from the Quark website. This latest update improves PDF output capabilities and introduces features that make the page layout process even more intuitive and productive. QuarkXPress 8.1 introduces a ‘Native Transparency’ mode for creating PDFs which can offer designers faster and more flexible PDF output support and provide greater control over their PDF workflow process.

QuarkXPress 8.1 offers fast and flexible PDF output with its new native transparency mode which allows objects to which transparency has been applied within QuarkXPress to remain unflattened in the final PDF output. In addition, QuarkXPress is the only layout application that gives layer-by-layer controls in its output options – useful when you need to send content with multiple variants to an output provider within a single PDF.

“Greater control of transparency in PDF is becoming increasingly important to our users: enabling output providers to control processes like flattening, optional content and color management further downstream through native transparency, and layer support within PDF is a priority for us. The market is demanding more sophisticated PDF output capabilities and this is a major advance in that direction,” commented Dan Logan, Product Manager for QuarkXPress.

QuarkXPress 8.1 also addresses outstanding issues reported by customers and introduces a host of improved everyday design features that enable faster and more precise page creation. A new keyboard modifier makes picture drag and drop more precise and predictable. Item Styles and Item Find/Change now fully integrate drop shadows, and users can update Item Styles with a single click to reflect changes they make in the layout. QuarkXPress spell checking is now carried out with a new palette that enables users to save time by more easily adjusting their text as necessary while in the middle of the spell-checking process.

Erwin Danis, Premedia Director at Roularta Media Group said, “We have been collaborating closely with Quark on this release and have been testing QuarkXPress 8.1 in a live production environment. In fact, we are already using it to produce the front covers of all of our 130 magazines and are extremely happy with the results. As both a publisher and a printer, we are in a unique position to understand both sides of the coin and realize the significance of these new improvements. We are extremely impressed with the new native transparency feature, as not only does it improve performance of PDF export, but it gives us the ability to address color management and other processes that may need to be modified in the PDF. Having this greater level of control has had a major impact on our PDF workflow.”

“This release demonstrates that Quark continues to deliver value to our customers by providing them with mid-cycle releases with significant added functionality at no extra cost. Quark continues to lead the way by supporting the latest operating systems and QuarkXPress 8.1 is no exception, as it is both Mac® OS X Snow Leopard and Windows® 7 ready. In addition, we continue to provide support for Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Leopard, Windows XP, and Windows Vista,” said Tim Banister, General Manager for Desktop Technology for Quark. “We have introduced extremely useful extra features in addition to the PDF enhancements and, in particular, our new scaling feature will bring added value to many of our customers. The Scale palette enables extremely precise numerical scaling of anything from a single item to an entire layout, so users can now rescale any content with a single click and redeploy it for use in a different print campaign or even online via HTML or Flash (SWF).”

Pricing and availability
Existing QuarkXPress 8 users can download a free update to QuarkXPress 8.1 from the Quark Web site at http://downloads.quark.com/searchresults.aspx?pid=1=2=2 . QuarkXPress 8 is available directly from Quark and through Quark Authorized® Resellers. An upgrade to QuarkXPress 8 is $299 and full product can be purchased for $799. Users on QuarkXPress 3, 4 and 5 can also upgrade for the same low price of $299 until September 30. To purchase, visit the Quark Store at www.quark.com/sales/estore.html , or find your nearest authorized Quark reseller at www.quark.com/sales/desktop/resellers.cfm .

60-Day Test Drive and further information
In addition to being available for purchase, a free, fully functional 60-day Test Drive version is available for download from http://8.quark.com/evaluation.html. To learn more about QuarkXPress 8 please visit http://8.quark.com . For a complete list of issues resolved in QuarkXPress 8, please visit the Quark Web site at http://8.quark.com/techinfo/known_issues.html.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com ) led the first revolution in publishing with QuarkXPress®, desktop publishing software that rapidly became the industry standard. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market, Quark is revolutionizing publishing again. With Quark® Dynamic Publishing Solution, we are helping customers meet changing requirements and develop new revenue streams by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Our dynamic publishing solution is setting a new standard in automated multi-channel publishing by combining the power of flexible layout and design with easy XML authoring and automated workflows for customized communications across print, the Web and electronic media.

PR Contact: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., 303-894-3753, srector@quark.com
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Quark Inc., 1800 Grant Street, Suite 800, Denver, CO 80203 United States

Labels: quark, quarkxpress, xtensions

  ¶ 7:45 PM

Zevrix Updates Graphic Inspector for Snow Leopard, Metadata Improvements Zevrix Updates Graphic Inspector for Snow Leopard, Metadata Improvements

Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution which checks entire folders of graphic files for potential problems according to specific workflow requirements. The software provides graphic professionals of any trade with the most exhaustive info on multiple images and vector graphics, saving the time and hassle of checking them manually. The new version adds Snow Leopard support and improves metadata handling.

Toronto (ON), Canada - November 30, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution for images and vector graphics which provides extensive info on entire folders of files and helps locate potential problems according to specific workflow requirements.

Graphic Inspector provides a professional quality control solution for users of any trade, whether it's print, prepress, web design, electronic publishing or digital photography. With its powerful Checkup Presets, Graphic Inspector lets users create custom preflight settings tailored to their workflow requirements, and quickly locate files with unwanted attributes. For example, Graphic Inspector can warn users about all files whose color mode is RGB, format - JPEG, resolution is below 200 dpi, ICC profile doesn't contain "USWebCoated", etc.

"We really do love Graphic Inspector as an indispensable and quick utility for checking our clients files prior to ripping," says Joel A. Glastetter of Benchemark Printing in Schenectady, New York. "It saves us a lot of time. We have very talented operators and Graphic Inspector is really a lot better for us than some bloated preflight program that just makes a confusing mess out of preflighting a job. It's lightweight, quick and easy!"

Graphic Inspector is the only quality control solution to check for such a wide range of attributes, which include image resolution, spot colors, fonts in vector graphics, EPS and TIFF compression, ICC profile and image metadata. In addition, users can save preflight results as text files, specify favorite folders, scan the entire subfolder tree and reveal files in the Finder.

The new version lets users view the complete EXIF, IPTC and GPS image metadata, and adds support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Pricing and Availability:
Graphic Inspector 1.7 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$39.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. The update to Graphic Inspector 1.7 is free for the current licensed users. Graphic Inspector is a Universal Binary and available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, digital delivery, and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Copyright (C) 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Labels: images, indesign, LinkOptimizer, Photoshop, Zevrix

  ¶ 7:34 PM

Zevrix Updates Graphic Inspector for Snow Leopard, Metadata Improvements Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution which checks entire folders of graphic files for potential problems according to specific workflow requirements. The software provides graphic professionals of any trade with the most exhaustive info on multiple images and vector graphics, saving the time and hassle of checking them manually. The new version adds Snow Leopard support and improves metadata handling.

Toronto (ON), Canada - November 30, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.7, an update to its quality control solution for images and vector graphics which provides extensive info on entire folders of files and helps locate potential problems according to specific workflow requirements.

Graphic Inspector provides a professional quality control solution for users of any trade, whether it's print, prepress, web design, electronic publishing or digital photography. With its powerful Checkup Presets, Graphic Inspector lets users create custom preflight settings tailored to their workflow requirements, and quickly locate files with unwanted attributes. For example, Graphic Inspector can warn users about all files whose color mode is RGB, format - JPEG, resolution is below 200 dpi, ICC profile doesn't contain "USWebCoated", etc.

"We really do love Graphic Inspector as an indispensable and quick utility for checking our clients files prior to ripping," says Joel A. Glastetter of Benchemark Printing in Schenectady, New York. "It saves us a lot of time. We have very talented operators and Graphic Inspector is really a lot better for us than some bloated preflight program that just makes a confusing mess out of preflighting a job. It's lightweight, quick and easy!"

Graphic Inspector is the only quality control solution to check for such a wide range of attributes, which include image resolution, spot colors, fonts in vector graphics, EPS and TIFF compression, ICC profile and image metadata. In addition, users can save preflight results as text files, specify favorite folders, scan the entire subfolder tree and reveal files in the Finder.

The new version lets users view the complete EXIF, IPTC and GPS image metadata, and adds support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Pricing and Availability:
Graphic Inspector 1.7 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$39.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. The update to Graphic Inspector 1.7 is free for the current licensed users. Graphic Inspector is a Universal Binary and available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, digital delivery, and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix is dedicated to help professionals increase their profits through automating everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Copyright (C) 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Labels: images, indesign, LinkOptimizer, Photoshop, Zevrix

  ¶ 7:26 PM

XChange UK and ThePowerXChange.com announce new DOCX ImportXT and ODT ImportXT for QuarkXPress

• Import with Styles (including Style Sheets)
• Import only three primary attributes: Bold, Italic and Superscript and then easily apply their QuarkXPress styles on the imported text. Text will be imported into Normal Style Sheet, and only these three attributes will be imported as a style exception
• Import text without any attributes

Labels: Adobe, plug-ins, quark, quarkxpress, xtensions

  ¶ 6:40 PM

Markzware Announces A New Updater v2.10 For PUB2ID Contact:
Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100, ext. 250
pr@markzware.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Markzware Announces A New Updater v2.10 For PUB2ID
Easily Convert Microsoft Publisher Documents To Adobe InDesign #Conversion Software, *FREE Download Now Available

SANTA ANA, California — July 16, 2009 — Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading software developer and inventor of preflight has released an upgrade to its popular conversion solution PUB2ID v2.10, today. PUB2ID (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) is an Adobe plug-in for InDesign. It provides a quick, easy and affordable method for users to convert Microsoft Publisher content into new Adobe InDesign documents that preserve content, as well as the styles and formatting.

The Adobe InDesign user simply clicks on "File" in the toolbar, then "Open," and selects the appropriate Microsoft Publisher file for conversion. This simple two-step process initiates the conversion and opens the document in Adobe InDesign, saving graphic artists, printing and publishing professionals countless hours that would otherwise be spent recreating the document from the ground up.

This PUB2ID update provides the following enhancements:

• Grouped items in Publisher remain grouped in InDesign
• Text wrap around an image works more consistently
• Image scaling issues are resolved preserving the original scaling in InDesign
• Pantone names are preserved as are custom RGB and CMYK values and tint values

PUB2ID converts Publisher versions 2002 through 2007 and is available for Macintosh or Windows. No more re-creating documents from scratch; PUB2ID gives you a big head-start.

Pricing and availability:
Markzware PUB2ID v2.10 is available from Software House International (SHI), Software Spectrum, Programmers Paradise, MacConnection, CDW and through Markzware Direct Sales at (800) 300-3532, or at Markzware's online store, http://markzware.com/. The *FREE PUB2ID v2.10 update is now available for immediate download. The MSRP is $199 and the upgrade is $99 for PUB2ID v1.x users.

About Markzware:
Markzware, a privately held company based in Santa Ana, California, is a leading developer of quality assurance, data conversion and workflow solutions for the international graphic arts, printing, publishing and digital multimedia industries. Markzware B.V. located in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. 2009 Markzware. All rights reserved.

*only for PUB2ID v2.x users. Covered by U.S. Patent #5,963,641
You can choose to not receive further mailings by emailing pr@markzware.com

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Cheating spouses, drug-dealing professionals, teens giving birth, and plastic shopping bags provide fodder for Today’s POV

Labels: public opinion, Shaffstall, social media, survey, Today's POV, todayspov, X-Ray Magazine

  ¶ 8:57 AM

Office Depot to Upgrade to QuarkXPress 8 Across its Entire European Operation Leading Global Online Retailer to Produce all Marketing Collateral in QuarkXPress 8

LONDON - 7/16/2009 - Quark today announced that Office Depot, a global supplier of office products and services, has chosen to upgrade to QuarkXPress® 8 across its entire European organization. The world’s number two online retailer, which has its European headquarters in the Netherlands, will create its full range of marketing materials — including all direct mail and over seven hundred catalogues — in QuarkXPress 8. Office Depot’s international division, which operates outside North America, sells through direct mail catalogs, contract sales forces, Internet sites, and retail stores in 18 countries in Europe, and employs around 11,000 people across Europe.

Committed to Quark
The release of QuarkXPress 8 a year ago, received a huge amount of positive feedback in the marketplace, and subsequently a large number of customers demonstrated their ongoing commitment to Quark by upgrading — including Cal Poly, Hallpressen, Airbus, BNP Paribas, Credit Mutuel-CIC, and Midland News Association. The recent decision by Office Depot shows that this trend continues one year later.

“We are completely committed to Quark and chose to upgrade to QuarkXPress 8 not just because we are familiar with the product, but because we know that QuarkXPress is a reliable and powerful tool. In addition, there are huge savings to be made by choosing QuarkXPress, as the existing knowledge of our user base will reduce training costs,” said Gert Vigener, Office Depot’s European Director of Creative Services. “We have recently updated our hardware and are now running on Mac OS 10 Leopard, which was another key reason for upgrading. Quark consistently leads the way by supporting the latest technology, and in this case QuarkXPress 8 was the first major design and publishing tool to support this platform.”

Global Publishing
With operations spread across Europe, Office Depot needed to be confident that QuarkXPress 8 could provide efficient, trouble-free publishing, regardless of the language.

“We publish tens of thousands of pages every year in more than seven different languages,” continued Vigener, “and as QuarkXPress 8 supports more than thirty languages, this enables us to substantially streamline our multiple-language publishing, eliminate many unnecessary costs, and dramatically improve quality and productivity. The new global file format, hyphenation, and spelling capabilities of QuarkXPress 8 mean that we can be sure our team works together seamlessly, and the multiple-language user interface means our designers can work in the language they choose.”

Improve Efficiencies
“We are constantly looking to reduce costs while increasing quality and efficiency, which was a key reason we chose to upgrade,” added Vigener. “We had been using QuarkXPress 6.5, but decided to upgrade so that we could benefit from a range of new features, including Job Jackets, which helps us to eliminate errors and streamline our publishing process. Our designers can also take advantage of the redesigned user interface, which takes existing tools and expands their functionality in an intuitive way to make the user instantly more efficient at day-to-day tasks. Features like drop shadows and transparency, which are both used regularly in catalog production, are also proving to be very useful.”

“Having a global brand like Office Depot commit to QuarkXPress 8 is testament to the power and flexibility of QuarkXPress,” said Matthew Wallis, Quark senior vice president of sales in Europe and Africa. “It also demonstrates Office Depot’s confidence in Quark and our vision. We are continuing to see momentum with numerous influential companies, and it gives us great confidence to see this happen despite the current economic climate. QuarkXPress 8 is delivering an ROI which is necessary at this time, and we are confident that Office Depot will see a positive impact as a result of upgrading.”

About Office Depot
Every day, Office Depot is Taking Care of Business for millions of customers around the globe. For the local corner store as well as Fortune 500 companies, Office Depot provides products and services to its customers through 1,604 worldwide retail stores, a dedicated sales force, top-rated catalogs and a $4.6 billion e-commerce operation. Office Depot has annual sales of approximately $14.5 billion, and employs about 42,000 associates around the world. The Company provides more office products and services to more customers in more countries than any other company, and currently sells to customers directly or through affiliates in 48 countries.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) led the first revolution in publishing with QuarkXPress®, desktop publishing software that rapidly became the industry standard. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market, Quark is revolutionising publishing again. With Quark® Dynamic Publishing Solution, we are helping customers meet changing requirements and develop new revenue streams by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Our dynamic publishing solution is setting a new standard in automated multi-channel publishing by combining the power of flexible layout and design with easy XML authoring and automated workflows for customised communications across print, the Web and electronic media.

Contact: Denise Duffy, Quark Inc., dduffy@quark.com

Labels: officedepot, quark, QuarkXPress 8

  ¶ 8:44 AM

BenVista releases PhotoZoom Pro 3 ARNHEM, July 2, 2009 -- BenVista is proud to announce the new version of their specialized digital image enlargement software: PhotoZoom Pro 3. Designed for both Mac and Windows platforms, PhotoZoom Pro 3 is available as of today.

Over the past ten years, the BenVista PhotoZoom series has competed at the highest level of image enlarging, thanks to its patentend S-Spline technology. With PhotoZoom Pro 3, BenVista introduces the latest generation of their technology, called S-Spline Max. BenVista's statements are promising.

Says D.S. Schoolwerth, CEO at BenVista: "Just compare the enlargement results with those of any other solution on the market, and you will find that PhotoZoom Pro 3 gives the highest quality."

Besides the new S-Spline Max technology, PhotoZoom Pro 3 offers various other substantial improvements. Multi-processor support is added to increase speed, and PhotoZoom Pro 3 can be used not only as a standalone application, but also as an Adobe Photoshop compatible Automation plug-in and Export Plug-in. Schoolwerth: "By offering choice, we ensure that PhotoZoom Pro 3 fits into anybody's workflow efficiently."

BenVista PhotoZoom Pro 3 offers batch processing, cropping, and convenient presets. A very wide range of image file formats, various types of metadata, and Raw as well as HDR images are supported. Similar to BenVista's existing S-Spline technologies, S-Spline Max can be fine-tuned. The new Film Grain feature adds a refined kind of grain that was specifically designed to complement the S-Spline Max technology. All customized settings can be saved to be used again later.

Free demo versions of PhotoZoom Pro 3, for both Mac and Windows platforms, can be downloaded directly from the BenVista web site. An inviting upgrade offer is available for registered users of PhotoZoom Pro and PhotoZoom Pro 2.

Labels: BenVista, Photoshop, Plug-in

  ¶ 9:21 AM

Quark Works with EMC to Integrate Quark XML Author with EMC Documentum   ¶ 12:34 PM

New Institute for Graphics and Imaging Seminars to Deal with Online and Social Media Marketing Press Release

For additional information, contact
Ron Dahl at 262-695-6260 or rdahl@igi.org

For Immediate Release

New Institute for Graphics and Imaging Seminars
to Deal with Online and Social Media Marketing

Pewaukee, Wisconsin—June 2009—The Institute for Graphics and Imaging (IGI)—an education and training organization funded by and dedicated to the printing and graphic arts industry—has announced two seminars dealing with online marketing and social media marketing. The seminars will be held on consecutive days—July 29 and 30, 2009, at the IGI facility in suburban Milwaukee , Wisconsin . The courses are directed at business owners, marketing professionals, and creative personnel, both in the printing industry and the general business community. The essentials of online marketing will be addressed on the first day, and attendees will learn how to develop a topnotch website, as well as how to improve search ranking, develop compelling content, and employ effective Email marketing. The second day, which will focus on social media marketing, will focus on blogging strategies and resources, as well as podcasts, videocasts and webinars. The use of Twitter and Facebook as marketing tools also will be addressed. A substantial discount is available to those enrolling in both courses. Course details and enrollment forms are available at www.igi.org/events_calendar/.

The seminars will be conducted by Anne-Marie Concepcion, the owner of Chicago-based Seneca Design and Training, a crossmedia design studio and certified Adobe training provider. Concepcion has long used the Internet to promote and market her own business, and has consulted with dozens of companies to increase their web presence. She currently publishes two free Ezines which are enjoyed by thousands of subscribers, and is the author of numerous online articles, white papers, and video tutorials. She creates the InDesignSecrets.com podcast, videocast, and webinar series, and posts content to three different blogs.

Announcing the new course, IGI Executive Director Ron Dahl commented: “IGI is fortunate indeed to be able to offer the services of Anne-Marie Concepcion to a wide variety of businesses in the upper Midwest . She is a popular trainer in these latest technologies, and attendees are certain to take away many tips to make their online and social media marketing more effective.”

The Institute for Graphics and Imaging provides education and training in the graphic design, printing, and related industries. Supported by a vast network of industry suppliers, printers, publishers, and governmental agencies, IGI operates on the campus of the Waukesha County Technical College in suburban Milwaukee . IGI facilities, which include computer classrooms and access to the latest printing equipment, are available for sales events and corporate training courses. For additional information go to www.igi.org or call 262-695-6260.

Labels: graphics, training

  ¶ 7:46 AM

WoodWing Releases Smart Speller CS4 and Smart Hyphen CS4: More Languages, Enhanced Features ZAANDAM, The Netherlands (June 30, 2009) - WoodWing Software has released enhanced versions of its Smart Speller and Smart Hyphen plug-ins, offering additional languages, more features and full support for Adobe's Creative Suite 4.

Using powerful modules provided by the renowned language experts from *TALŌ, Smart Speller and Smart Hyphen deliver the most reliable hyphenation and spelling support in the industry for an impressive number of languages. With the release of Smart Speller CS4 and Smart Hyphen CS4, the plug-ins have been enhanced even more.

"Smart Hyphen and Smart Speller have always been tools for those who seek the highest quality," said Erik Schut, President of WoodWing. "Smart Hyphen can understand a language almost intuitively, inserting hyphens in the most logical place and optimizing the text flow. Smart Speller is very flexible, learning new words on the fly and easily recognizing every variation of a particular word. The new CS4 versions of Smart Hyphen and Smart Speller will improve the quality of any publication, helping them produce copy that's error-free and easier to read."

Among the enhancements to Smart Speller CS4:
Full support for InDesign CS4 and InCopy CS4.
Added support for Portuguese Acordo (Acordo Ortográfico).
Additional preferences for word selection (text-only, text plus numerals 0-9, and OCR), minimum word length (allowing the user to skip abbreviations) and checking punctuation.

The enhancements for Smart Hyphen CS4 include:
Full support for InDesign CS4, InDesign CS4 Server and InCopy CS4.
Added support for Swedish SAOL12 (SAOL, Svenska Akademiens OrtLista 12+).
Added support for Zulu and Xhosa (both are official languages in South Africa).
Added support for Portuguese Acordo (Acordo Ortográfico).

A fully functional 30-day trial version of the software can be downloaded from WoodWing's Web site at http://www.woodwing.com/en/Download_Software

About WoodWing
Based on many years of experience in the publishing industry, WoodWing knows where the challenges lie. WoodWing has been addressing those challenges effectively, using standard and proven technologies, open source components, and open architecture to create the most progressive solutions available on the market for the production of print and online publications. Rapid growth worldwide and success across the full spectrum of small to giant publishers demonstrate that WoodWing makes the best tools for the best price. WoodWing Software is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands, and has regional sales companies for Europe, the U.S., Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Customers are served through select partners. For more information, visit woodwing.com.

Press contact:
Stefan Horst
T: 0049-(0)841-37 929 663
M: 0049-(0)151-12 72 63 62
E: stefan.horst@woodwing.com

Labels: InDesign CS4, K4, plug-ins

  ¶ 7:35 AM

Extensis® Portfolio Server™ 9 Leverages Best-in-Class Technologies to Deliver Powerful, New Digital Asset Management Software New Java server platform, web clients, and MediaRich® processing engine delivers a centralized and open platform for best-in-class media management and delivery.

PORTLAND, Ore., June 30, 2009 - Extensis, a division of Celartem Inc., today announced the immediate availability of Portfolio Server™ 9, a market leading digital asset management and media delivery solution. This powerful release allows organizations to seamlessly deploy multi-channel marketing, control their brand, manage and process rich media, and deliver assets through the Web.

With this release, Extensis offers significant new features and many enhancements to its digital asset management solution. Portfolio Server 9 introduces an innovative Web Client to allow users to catalog, search, edit, batch convert, automate tasks and manage assets from anywhere at anytime. This new Web Client and the optional NetPublish™ component for instantly publishing assets to the Web provide a mechanism for organizations to easily share all types of rich media assets to internal and external teams.

New Version Highlights:

• New Adobe® FLEX Web client delivers a powerful dashboard for creative workflows
• All-new Java-based server architecture for outstanding stability and easy integration
• Scalable MediaRich® media processing engine for extensive file format support and fast media delivery
• Web-based server administration for remote management of server and users
• Industry-standard Adobe® XMP® Toolkit integration for read/write metadata exchange across applications
• Best-in-class integration with Adobe® creative applications with drag-n-drop functionality through Portfolio Express palette.
• Added support for Windows® Server 2008 and Microsoft® SQL Server®

"Portfolio Server is very reliable and straightforward to install and administer," said Colin White, Head of Photography at the National Gallery of London. "With the Portfolio suite of products, we've created branded web portals that allow us to distribute a wide range of digital content extensively within the Gallery."

Portfolio Server 9 is easy to implement and provides a new web-based administration console to manage the server, catalogs and users remotely. In addition, the new server offers greater scalability, enhanced performance and extensible media processing architecture. Under the hood, Portfolio Server utilizes a new powerful media-processing engine from Equilibrium®. The MediaRich® Server offers a new metadata architecture, resulting in extensive file format support and allowing users to catalog and thumbnail virtually any file.

"In Portfolio Server 9 we have enhanced our metadata support, by leveraging the Adobe XMP Toolkit," says Martin Stein, Vice President of Products and Services at Extensis. "This is an important capability, as it ensures the highest level of compatibility and gives the user the assurance that the information they enter in Portfolio will be transferred to and be readily available within other applications and vice versa."

Portfolio Server continues to offer an open system built on industry-leading technologies such as Java™ J2EE™, Adobe® FLEX®, JBoss and OpenOffice.org. For end users, this translates into superior usability and unique integration with their existing workflow. For IT administrators, it delivers power and efficiency. In addition, the optional SQL Connect module, coupled with our industry-standards database, provides greater scalability, enhanced performance and superior integration.

Pricing and Availability
Portfolio Server 9 is available immediately and available at an estimated retail price of $6,050 for the Server plus $315 per Client (Desktop or Web Client). The optional modules include: NetPublish for instantly delivering assets to the web and retails for $6,050, and SQL Connect for added scalability and performance priced at $6,050. All prices include an annual service agreement. Academic pricing is also available.

Existing Portfolio Server customers under a current annual service agreement (ASA) will receive the product free of charge. Upgrade pricing is available for all current Portfolio Server customers.

Portfolio Server will be available in English, French, German, and Japanese

For more information on Portfolio Server family of products, visit www.extensis.com/portfolio.

About Portfolio Server
Portfolio is an affordable, easy to implement, and market leading digital asset management and media delivery solution. As an open and centralized platform, Portfolio controls, automates, and ensures the correct generation, access and delivery of images, videos, documents, and marketing collateral like logos or sales literature. Portfolio enables easy to deploy multi-channel marketing, image, photo and video management, brand control, and web based on-demand solutions.

About Extensis
Extensis is a software developer that allows creative workgroups and professionals to streamline their workflow and securely manage their digital assets and fonts. Extensis' award-winning client/server and desktop products are used by hundreds of Fortune 5000 companies and include Universal Type Server for server-based font management, Suitcase for single-user font management and the Portfolio suite for digital asset management. Extensis was founded in 1993 and is based in Portland, Oregon, and the United Kingdom. Extensis is a division of Celartem Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For additional information, visit www.extensis.com or call 1-800-796-9798.


About Celartem
Celartem Technology Inc. develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, Hercules:4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. with headquarters in Seattle.


About MediaRich
Equilibrium MediaRich automates image, sound and video productions and enables the multi-channel delivery of any media assets. MediaRich is a scalable, high volume media distribution and repurposing engine. It enables today's companies to leverage dynamic editing and delivery for the real-time creation of graphics, audio and video files on-demand to any device. MediaRich seamlessly integrates with any Digital Asset Management (DAM) or Content Management System (CMS).

Extensis, Portfolio Server, NetPublish, and Portfolio SQL Connect are trademarks of Extensis, a division of Celartem, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. On-demand imaging and video transformation and processing powered by the MediaRich® Platform. MediaRich is a registered trademark of Automated Media Processing Solutions, Inc., dba Equilibrium. Copyright © 2004-2009. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Patent numbers 6,792,575 and 6,964,009, other patents pending.

Contact
Cindy Valladares
Extensis
503.274.2020 ext. 123
press@extensis.com

Labels: asset managment, Extensis, Portfolio

  ¶ 9:18 AM

One Million Dollars for America's Typists Mountain View, CA - June, 2009 — KeyRight USA of Mountain View, California has established a contest aimed at improving the nation's keyboard literacy. And they are offering up to $1,000,000 in cash, prizes and educational scholarships to individuals, students, school teams and corporate teams who participate in this nationwide competition.

Jerome Whitcroft, inventor of the Look Learn keyboard, revealed that, "There are over 130 million PC users in the US that can't type properly, including scores of millions of children that will never have the opportunity to learn this basic skill. Over 85% of all PC users have deficient keyboard skills, resulting in learning difficulties, reduced productivity and keyboard-related injuries. And, according to Professor Dorothy Rice, National Center for Health Statistics, '...this costs the US economy more than $48 billion per annum.' It's a problem of epidemic proportions."

Mr. Whitcroft adds, "There is a very simple, low-cost solution, the Look Learn Keyboard˙, and it is gaining wide acceptance from school teachers, individuals and business owners and corporations right across America. Teachers and business people know that typing is an essential life skill and that it is fundamental to computer literacy – it's crucial in this IT age." Mr. Whitcroft cited independent research showing that the Look Learn Keyboard accelerates learning and improves existing keyboard skills of children and adults.

Jill Kaplan, the Director of Technology at the Village Community School, New York, agrees, "The KeyRight Keyboards are a hit! The teachers and students both love them and feel that it has made learning to touch type much easier."

KeyRight's, America's Fastest Typist˙ contest is open to everyone. It will have local, regional, state and national "on-line" qualifying heats culminating in national fame for individuals and school and corporate teams in a televised final to be staged in Las Vegas in June, next year. Age–related and proficiency-level divisions mean that just about anybody will have an opportunity to improve their skills and compete to win their, or their team's, division.

For more information about how you can be one of America's Fastest Typists and sponsorship opportunites, click on this link: www.AmericasFastestTypist.com

Labels: contest, education, students, typing

  ¶ 8:15 AM

XChange International and ThePowerXChange announce the release of FlightAlert for QuarkXPress 8 London, UK – XChange UK and ThePowerXChange.com, the sources for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of FlightAlert XT for QuarkXPress 8. FlightAlert XT combines on-the-fly error checking of QuarkXPress projects with one of the most-powerful collect for output engines available. FlightAlert scans QuarkXPress projects for the key problems that regularly waste time, money, and film. It is unique among the so-called flight-checking products in that there is no need to invoke or apply FlightAlert as it works in the background as users work making it an ideal solution for integration into busy production and prepress workflows.

FlightAlert can be set to scan on open, close, save, save as, save page as EPS, and collect for output. By concentrating on the core of common problems, each FlightAlert scan is virtually instantaneous on small documents and negligible on large documents.

The problems recognized and reported on by FlightAlert XT include:

• RGB elements that will not separate properly
• Unwanted spot colors that would waste film
• TIFF images with background set to none (may cause jagged images)
• Non-90 degree rotations that could cause problems for RIPs
• Danger-sign text overflow (it can ignore intentional and harmless overflow)
• Left-over positional graphics that will print low-res
• Missing or modified graphics
• EPS files with missing fonts
• Text with bold or italic applied styles; and
• Many others

FlightAlert also contains one of the most-powerful collect for output (CFO) features available to QuarkXPress users. In a single operation, it can optionally collect:

• All document fonts
• All fonts used in imported EPSs
• All imported graphics
• All components of DCS files
• Any EPSs nested within imported graphics
• Any regularly supplied files such as house style rules
• Application or document preferences

Within the same collect-for-output operation, FlightAlert XT can also perform an automatic search for missing elements, include a customized set of output instructions, generate a document report, and compress the collected items ready for transmission.

FlightAlert XT for QuarkXPress 8, as well as earlier versions of QuarkXPress, is available now through XChange UK or ThePowerXChange.com via electronic delivery worldwide.

FlightAlert is available from:

XChange International (Europe)
Phone: +44 (0)20 7490 4455
Email: info@xchangeuk.com

ThePowerXChange.com (North and South America)
Phone: 877-940-0600
Email: sales@thepowerxchange.com  ¶ 10:32 AM

Zevrix Updates BatchOutput Server for Adobe InDesign Workflow Automation Toronto (ON) - June 25, 2009 - Canada - Zevrix Solutions announced today the release of BatchOutput Server 4.2, an update to its powerful output-workflow automation solution for Adobe® InDesign®. The software automates printing and exporting to PDF and PostScript® by processing InDesign files from network-based hot-folders. BatchOutput Server automates, simplifies, and streamlines output workflows of publishing houses, printers, prepress service providers, and ad agencies. BatchOutput Server can process InDesign files from both Mac and Windows computers.

BatchOutput Server saves companies countless hours that are lost each year because operators have to wait for InDesign to print and export files. With BatchOutput Server, production artists, designers, and prepress operators simply submit InDesign files to hot-folders that reside on the network. BatchOutput Server automatically outputs the files from its dedicated station using hot-folder settings, and will auto-activate document fonts as well. Operator workstations will never again be tied up by the output process.

Major BatchOutput Server features and benefits include:

-Process InDesign files from hot-folders
-Free operator stations from output process
-Use a single set of output settings for entire workgroup
-Font auto-activation
-Export files as single pages
-Update modified links automatically
-Variable output file names
-E-mail notifications of process stages and errors
-Monitor BatchOutput Server from user stations
-Detailed logs

The new version allows users to keep entire job folders after output for further processing, delete all processed files automatically, and introduces some interface improvements.

Pricing and Availability:
BatchOutput Server 4.2 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site (http://www.zevrix.com) for US$499.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Demo is also available for download. BatchOutput Server is a Universal Binary and runs on Mac OS X 10.4 and higher.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

Labels: automated output, hot folders, InDesign CS4, plug-ins, Zevrix

  ¶ 10:12 AM

XChange UK and ThePowerXChange.com announce two new Markzware Bundles for QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign users XChange UK and ThePowerXChange.com, the sources for extended technology worldwide are pleased to announce two new bundles from Markzware now available for both QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign users. The bundles combine Markzware’s powerful XTensions and plug-ins into one affordable package. Adobe Lover’s Bundle for InDesign CS3 and CS4 includes Q2ID (QuarkXPress to InDesign) v4 for InDesign CS3 & CS4 and PUB2ID (Microsoft Publisher to InDesign) v2 for InDesign CS3 & CS4. Features Include: - Two Plug-ins bundled together - Converts QuarkXPress v3.3 through v8.x - Converts MS Publisher 2002 through 2007 - Converts Mac or Windows authored file.

Q2ID is a plug-in for converting documents from QuarkXPress® to InDesign® format. Q2ID now includes Universal Binary support as well as CS3 & CS4 compatibility. The plug-in is designed for use by Service Bureaus, Translation Services, Data Conversion Specialists, and other users migrating to the Adobe InDesign platform. The product can convert Quark documents created with either the Microsoft® Windows® or Apple® Macintosh® versions of QuarkXPress into Adobe InDesign for Macintosh format. The repurposed legacy content from Quark files preserves the content, pages, layers, look and feel of the original document.

Intricate details of the content within the QuarkXPress document are instantly re-created within InDesign. Items converted from Quark format include: page positioning, colour models, fonts and styles, images, and text attributes as well as tables, layers, blends, runarounds, linked text boxes and anchored boxes, PANTONE® colours and other colour models. The Q2ID document conversion technology saves countless hours of scanning, re-keying and formatting. This product will convert and transform files created from QuarkXPress on either the Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh OS, into an Adobe InDesign file which then can be opened on both platforms.
PUB2ID is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign. It provides a quick, easy and affordable method for users to migrate all their Microsoft Publisher content into new Adobe InDesign documents. The conversion is enabled with a single click using the InDesign File->Open menu. No more re-creating documents from scratch; PUB2ID gives users a big head-start.

PUB2ID translates the intricate details of the content within the Microsoft Publisher document and instantly re-creates it within InDesign. Items converted from Publisher include: page size, positioning, colour models, fonts and styles, text attributes and tables, layers, word wrap, linked text boxes as well as automatic extraction of images embedded in the Publisher file.

Quark Lover's Bundle comes in two flavours; one for QuarkXPress 7 for Macintosh and one for QuarkXPress 8 for Macintosh. Features: ID2Q 4 supports QuarkXPress v7.x - v8.x ID2Q converts InDesign v1.5 - v6.x (CS4) MarkzTools 7 supports QuarkXPress 7 MarkzTools 8 supports QuarkXPress.

ID2Q (InDesign to QuarkXPress) offers a quick and easy way to convert InDesign files into QuarkXPress documents. All elements of the InDesign document, including object positions, colours, text, text attributes, images, etc. are converted in a single operation. ID2Q allows you to select several conversion options and convert your files in a few easy steps. ID2Q also converts cross-platform files, converting Windows InDesign files to Macintosh QuarkXPress documents.

After installing ID2Q, users simply select the Convert InDesign Files item from the Utility menu to open an InDesign document. Once open, users are presented with a dialogue that includes several options for controlling the document’s conversion. For text, users can choose to import InDesign style sheets, convert styled text to plain text, or remove all text. For pictures/graphics, users can convert with/without previews, or can choose to exclude the pictures and convert only the picture boxes. Hidden layers and objects that are on the pasteboard may be optionally converted as well.

MarkzTools is an XTension that can be used to prevent corrupted QuarkXPress documents, allowing users to overcome the dreaded “Bad file format [70], [39] and [108]”. Users can also verify their existing documents, so they will immediately know whether the integrity of their Quark documents are suspect. Additionally, users can first save a temporary copy of a document before saving the original document, so that in the event that something goes wrong during the “save” process, the temporary file is still available for recovery.

MarkzTools new version provides the additional functionality of allowing users to save QuarkXPress 8 Projects directly to a Quark 4.1 document format. It can also convert all of the image previews in the document to “grey” drastically reducing the file size of projects. In the case of a badly corrupted file in which the page layout data cannot be salvaged, the “scavenge text” feature provides the ability to extract text stories from a document file.

Both the Adobe Lover’s Bundle and the Quark Lover’s Bundle are available now through XChange UK or ThePowerXChange.com via electronic delivery worldwide. To order, or for more information, users can visit www.xchangeuk.com, or call on +44(0)845 259 0255 during UK business hours. Email address is info@xchangeuk.com. Or visit www.thepowerxchange.com, or call on +1(877)940-0600 during U.S. business hours. Email address is info@thepowerxchange.com.

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Labels: Adobe, cs3, CS4, ID2Q, indesign, markzware, plug-ins, Q2ID, QuarkXPress 8, ThePowerXChange.com, XChange UK, xtensions

  ¶ 5:35 PM

XChange UK and ThePowerXChange.com announce MadeToPrint Server for advanced PDF creation and workflow automation from InDesign files XChange UK and ThePowerXChange.com, the sources for extended technology worldwide are pleased to announce the release of MadeToPrint Server for Adobe InDesign. MadeToPrint Server takes automatic printing and exporting to an unmatched productivity level in a lights-out processing environment.

MadeToPrint Server combines the performance and stability of an InDesign Server with the clever output options of MadeToPrint, offering a secure standard solution that no longer requires a desktop version of Adobe InDesign CS3 or CS4 to organise output processes. MadeToPrint Server comes with its own interface for the set-up of jobs directly on the InDesign Server and includes options for remote operation allowing the processes to run invisibly in the background. MadeToPrint Server represents a quantum leap in terms of throughput and reliability, particularly in environments where large quantities of data have to be funnelled centrally through InDesign-based production.

The MadeToPrint product bundle comprises Adobe InDesign Server and the corresponding MadeToPrint plug-Ins. The package also includes a program that contains a graphical interface for configuring and using MadeToPrint Server. The name of this application is MadeToPrint AIR, and it is based on Adobe’s AIR and Flex technologies. MadeToPrint AIR gives InDesign Server a face and, thanks to its clear, user-friendly design, allows users to avoid the restrictions associated with command line control. The AIR application can also be used to control MadeToPrint remotely; the application and client can be installed and executed separately.

MadeToPrint Server can be integrated with vjoon K4 and Woodwing Smart Connection Enterprise for fully automated output from within an editorial system. Configurators for Enfocus FullSWITCH and PowerSWITCH workflow automation solutions will be released shortly.

MadeToPrint Server is available now through XChange UK or ThePowerXChange.com via electronic delivery worldwide. To order, or for more information, users can visit www.xchangeuk.com, or call on +44(0)845 259 0255 during UK business hours. Email address is info@xchangeuk.com. Or visit www.thepowerxchange.com, or call on +1(877)940-0600 during U.S. business hours. Email address is info@thepowerxchange.com.

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Labels: callas, madetoprint, plug-ins, ThePowerXChange.com, XChange UK, xtensions

  ¶ 5:32 PM

Extensis® Universal Type Server® 2.0 Font Server Upgrade Delivers True Active Directory and Open Directory Integration Extensis® Universal Type Server® 2.0 Font Server Upgrade Delivers True Active Directory and Open Directory Integration

The world’s leading font server delivers secure directory services integration, easier administration, improved scalability, and control of font licensing compliance.

PORTLAND, Ore., May 13, 2009 – Extensis, a division of Celartem Inc., today announced Universal Type Server 2.0 Professional and Lite. Universal Type Server 2.0 Professional is the only server-based font management solution that offers secure and dynamic integration with Microsoft’s Active Directory and Apple’s Open Directory. This functionality will be available to new and existing Type Server Professional customers at no additional cost for a limited time—a $3500 value.

“The Directory Integration Module offers administrators the easy user management they need in today’s fast-paced work environments,” said Brian Berson, General Manager at Extensis. “This goes far beyond the LDAP functionality available in the market. We’re excited to offer our customers a secure way to simplify and automate user management.” Users on both Mac OS X and Windows benefit from “single sign-on,” leveraging Kerberos secure network authentication, providing an end-to-end solution for client deployment.

Universal Type Server 2.0 has new font license compliance capabilities: using a simple web interface, administrators can tell if their fonts are compliant with their licenses. “Font access reporting, along with the ability to control system font folders, ensures maximum license compliance,” said Thomas Phinney, Senior Product Manager for Font Solutions at Extensis. Through the new system font management feature, Universal Type Server prevents users from installing unlicensed or unapproved fonts directly into the system font folders of the operating system, thereby circumventing the font management system.

With this release, Extensis builds on its commitment to industry standards and proven open source technologies to deliver the best flexibility and performance. A new optional External Database Module, supporting Microsoft SQL Server, will offer increased scalability for demanding environments.

The new version of the Type Client provides Mac and Windows users with an improved experience, including the ability to view all glyphs of a font and print font previews. Users can also “tear-off” a font preview and float it on top of any document to easily compare fonts in any application. With this release, Extensis also provides faster font auto-activation for more applications, with Mac and Windows plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator® and InDesign® CS2, CS3 and CS4, as well as QuarkXPress® 7 and 8.

Universal Type Server is the only client/server font management solution that maintains one true source of data, offering a live, collaborative system. All fonts and font metadata, including classifications, keywords, and regrouped families, are stored in a central location on the server, available to users automatically. Supporting Macintosh and Windows systems on both the server and client, Type Server allows organizations to manage users and fonts for compliance and consistency, as well as centrally store, update and control type libraries for efficiency and security.

Pricing and Availability

Universal Type Server is expected to ship in June 2009. Extensis will begin taking pre-orders for the product immediately. Migration pricing for current FontReserve Server, Suitcase Server, and volume license customers is available. Universal Type Server 2 upgrade, client access license upgrades and the new Directory Integration Module will be available free-of-charge to existing Universal Type Server Professional customers under a current annual service agreement (ASA). In addition, the Directory Integration Module will be offered free of charge for all new Universal Type Server 2.0 Professional customers through the end of 2009. Pricing for all versions, including upgrades, will be announced prior to product availability.

Universal Type Server will be available in English, French and German.

For more information on Universal Type Server family of products, visit www.extensis.com/typeserver.


About Universal Type Server
Design, print and publishing businesses face many challenges managing their font workflows for consistency, compliance and efficiency. Universal Type Server is the world’s leading client/server font management solution that handles all font-related issues for all types of creative workflows. Small-to-medium sized workgroups—even those with little-to-no IT support— have a powerful, yet cost-effective, server solution that delivers efficient, easy-to-deploy, easy-to-maintain font management. Larger corporate environments benefit from a robust, stable and high-performing solution that hits the mark with both font administrators and creative users. Macintosh and Windows systems are fully supported both on the administrator- and client-side.


About Extensis
Extensis is a software developer that allows creative workgroups and professionals to streamline their workflow and securely manage their digital assets and fonts. Extensis' award-winning client/server and desktop products are used by hundreds of Fortune 5000 companies and include Universal Type Server for server-based font management, Suitcase for single-user font management and the Portfolio suite for digital asset management. Extensis was founded in 1993 and is based in Portland, Oregon, and the United Kingdom. Extensis is a division of Celartem Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For additional information, visit www.extensis.com or call 1-800-796-9798.


About Celartem
Celartem Technology Inc. develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, Hercules:4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. with headquarters in Seattle.

Extensis, Universal Type Server, Suitcase Server, Font Reserve Server and Font Sense are trademarks of Extensis, a division of Celartem, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Contact
Cindy Valladares
Extensis
503.274.2020 ext. 123
press@extensis.com

Labels: Extensis, font management, indesign, quarkxpress, Universal Type Server

  ¶ 5:30 PM

Zevrix Solutions Introduces Graphics Software Discount Bundles Zevrix Solutions, a leading developer of solutions for graphics and printing industries, announces a new software pricing program that offers consumers significant savings on software product bundles. Zevrix product bundles offer consumers a convenient and cost-effective solution by enabling the purchase of several software titles in a single bundled product. Depending on the bundle, the savings can result in 10 to 20% off the regular product price.

Toronto (ON), Canada - May 13, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions, a leading developer of solutions for graphics and printing industries, announces a new software pricing program that offers consumers significant savings on software product bundles.

Zevrix product bundles offer consumers a convenient and cost-effective solution by enabling the purchase of several software titles in a single bundled product. Depending on the bundle, the savings can result in 10 to 20% off the regular product price.

Zevrix currently offers twelve versatile product bundles which combine the following solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphics diagnostics and Microsoft Office:

LinkOptimizer - automatically reduces the size of images linked to Adobe InDesign documents by eliminating excessive image data; automates image color conversion and basic retouching; helps save dsk space and cut down on processing times;

ArtOptimizer - a similar solution for Adobe Illustrator;

BatchOutput - automates printing and exporting of multiple and single InDesign documents while reducing output time and simplifying the process; BatchOutput can process hundreds of documents while running unattended;

InPreflight - a professional preflighting, packaging and reporting solution that goes beyond InDesign basics and allows to package multiple documents and produce interactive PDF reports;

Graphic Inspector - a checkup solution for both raster and vector files aimed to help graphics professionals of any trade, whether it's design, print or web production;

BatchOutput DOC/XLS/PPT - a suite of output automation utilities for Microsoft Office which simplifies and speeds up printing and PDF production.

All Zevrix solutions for InDesign are built as plug-in applications - a new, more advanced type of plug-in which integrates with Mac OS X Finder, doesn't limit user's ability to manipulate InDesign documents while open, and delivers the power of a fully integrated InDesign plug-in combined with the flexibility of a standalone application.

Pricing and Availability:
Zevrix software bundles can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site, www.zevrix.com, with prices ranging from US$84 to US$487. Product demos are also available for download. All Zevrix products require Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Labels: bundles, indesign, plug-ins, Zevrix

  ¶ 3:52 PM

StockLayouts Offers Licensing of Its Templates for Web-to-Print Applications FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Companies offering web-to-print storefronts and design-online solutions can easily create a premium template resource with StockLayouts designs

BEAVERTON, Ore., May 12, 2009 -- StockLayouts LLC (http://www.stocklayouts.com), today announced its new Web-to-Print Template Subscription which offers printers and marketing companies a way to quickly and easily create professional design templates for their web-to-print storefronts and design online applications. The 24-month Subscription, which provides unrestricted, 24/7 access to the entire StockLayouts design library, provides the freedom to develop and deploy an unlimited number of print templates for a broad selection of products and business types.

StockLayouts has combined its creative talent and marketing knowledge to develop a finely tuned selection of design layouts for businesses that demonstrate a high demand for print marketing materials. StockLayouts has gathered its market data from years of customer sales and feedback from its end-users, including business owners and graphic designers. Tapping this comprehensive resource minimizes the need for market research and reduces the amount of graphic design work needed to go to market.

The customizable, press-ready layout files include high-resolution stock photos and artwork and can be easily converted into specialized software for web-to-print and design-online applications. The subscriber may import and edit any of the following supported file formats: Adobe(R) InDesign(R), Adobe Illustrator(R), QuarkXPress(R) and CorelDRAW(R). Additional features include defined color palettes, headlines and advertising messaging. Subscribers may further expand their template offering by mixing and matching design elements to create a broader selection of unique templates.

Rick Hardy, Senior Vice President, Business Development at Expresscopy.com, an InfoGroup company, commented on his experience using the StockLayouts design library to create templates for their web-to-print marketing solution. Says Rick, "We chose StockLayouts because of the breadth and depth of their templates, as well the unique, high-quality designs. They were also very easy to work with and get loaded into our online design system. StockLayouts has really improved our online template library, and encouraged our customers to keep coming back to our site and explore all the new choices."

Tami Cooper, President and CEO of StockLayouts, comments, "With StockLayouts' agency-quality designs, printers and marketing agencies have an enormous advantage over their competition, in quality of design, labor costs, and time to market." Cooper adds, "For what it would cost to pay a graphic designer two months' salary, the StockLayouts Web-to-Print Subscription provides developers access to a huge selection of designs that have proven their effectiveness in the marketplace."

The Web-to-Print Template Subscription includes extended license rights and 24-month access to the StockLayouts design library. Templates created from the design library during the subscription period have perpetual rights and will incur no ongoing licensing fees. Companies may renew their Subscription at a discounted rate if they wish to continue developing templates from StockLayouts' growing library of designs.

Contact Business Development at info@stocklayouts.com for more information and pricing.

About StockLayouts LLC

StockLayouts LLC, an Oregon-based graphic design and production company, develops affordably priced graphic design solutions for producing professional marketing materials. The company offers do-it-yourself, royalty-free design templates via its website, http://www.stocklayouts.com. StockLayouts' customers are graphic designers, desktop publishers, printers, in-house marketing professionals and business owners.

To view the design library and purchase online, go to http://www.stocklayouts.com or call 1-877-833-3305.

Press contact:

Rod Cooper Vice President StockLayouts LLC 503 627-0986 877 833-3305 rodc@stocklayouts.com

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Labels: Adobe, CorelDRAW, Illustrator, indesign, quarkxpress, templates

  ¶ 5:02 PM

Zevrix introduces auto-serialization in InPreflight 2.6.10 for InDesign Zevrix Solutions announces the release of InPreflight Pro 2.6.10, an update to its quality control, packaging automation and file info reporting solution for Adobe InDesign. InPreflight quickly gathers extensive information about document fonts, colors and links and lets users instantly locate potential problems according to preflight presets. The new version allows system administrators to automatically serialize InPreflight Pro for large-scale distribution.

Toronto (ON), Canada - May 12, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of InPreflight Pro 2.6.10, a maintenance update to its quality control, packaging automation and file info reporting solution for Adobe InDesign.

InPreflight quickly gathers extensive information about document fonts, colors and links and lets users instantly locate potential problems according to preflight presets. InPreflight Pro also includes a powerful packaging automation engine which allows users to preflight and package multiple documents. Among other abilities, it can collect all files into one folder, eliminating the need to collect the same links multiple times for each design. The savings can result in gigabytes of space and hours of production time. In addition, InPreflight lets users create interactive graphic PDF reports with the detailed InDesign document info and preflight results.

The new update allows system administrators to automatically serialize InPreflight Pro for large-scale distribution. System administrators with large-scale installations of InPreflight Pro can now include their site's serial number with their distribution of InPreflight Pro. Users will be prompted to activate InPreflight Pro upon first use, but will not require administrative privileges to activate and use the software.

Pricing and Availability:
InPreflight Pro 2.6.10 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site, www.zevrix.com, for US$139.95, as well as from authorized resellers. A low-cost version, InPreflight Studio, is also available for $99.95. Demo is available for download. Upgrade to InPreflight Pro 2.6.10 is free for licensed users of version 2.x and US$40 for the users of earlier versions.

InPreflight Pro is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.

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CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

Labels: cs3, CS4, indesign, Plug-in

  ¶ 4:21 PM

PCMag.com Announces 22nd Annual Service and Reliability Survey Polls Open Now

—Apple, Sony, Kodak, Verizon, Panasonic and Other Heavyweights Topped 2008 List—

New York, NY (May 5, 2009) – PCMag.com kicks off its 22nd annual Service and Reliability Survey, which asks readers to weigh in on thousands and thousands of products. The Survey focuses on which manufacturers of cameras, HDTVs, cell phones, printers and more provide the tech-savvy readers of PCMag.com the most dependable products and customer service. The full results will be available in the fall at go.pcmag.com/sr , which currently links to past results.

“From viruses and bugs to human error and destruction, there are a million ways to damage even the highest quality, hardiest tech product,” said PCMag.com Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff. “Having quality customer service back up a great product is what really makes a big difference to consumers. Our survey helps consumers identify the most reliable products, as well as the very best customer service, a combination that will lead to long-term purchase satisfaction.”

Each year, thousands of products are reviewed—more than 19,000 in 2008 alone—with those receiving top marks denoted a Readers’ Choice. In 2008, the Readers’ Choice winners included:

· Desktops: Apple and Sony

· Notebooks: Apple and Lenovo

· Printers: Kodak and Canon

· Digital Cameras: Nikon, Canon and Panasonic

· Cell Phone Service Providers: Verizon Wireless, US Cellular and Virgin Mobile

· HDTVs: Pioneer, Panasonic and Sony

· ISPs: Verizon FiOS, Cablevision’s Optimum Online and AT&T South

· MP3/Media Players: Apple and Microsoft


About the PCMag Digital Network
The PCMag Digital Network (www.PCMag.com) is one of the world’s best-known publishers of leading technology-based digital content products. Its flagship property, PCMag.com, delivers comprehensive labs-based product reviews and the world-renowned PCMag Editors’ Choice Awards, the most trusted buying recommendations for technology products and services across the globe.

Reaching more than seven million highly engaged technology buyers and influencers, PCMag Digital Network provides contextual marketing solutions that drive results. Brands within the Network also include ExtremeTech, Gearlog, Appscout, Smart Device Central, GoodCleanTech, DL.TV, Cranky Geeks, and PCMagCast. The Network’s content is delivered worldwide to readers across a multiple platform of Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts, broadband video, software downloads and RSS feeds to users in more than 20 countries.

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Labels: apple, PC Magazine, Sony, survey

  ¶ 7:13 PM

Yaffa Publishing: We Create Magazines for the Truly Obsessed using WoodWing PRESS RELEASE - for immediate release

Yaffa Publishing: We Create Magazines for the Truly Obsessed using WoodWing

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (May 4, 2009) - One of the oldest family-owned publishers in Australia has begun using WoodWing’s Enterprise content publishing platform to produce their large range of niche consumer and business-to-business titles.

Yaffa Publishing is an independent Australian-owned operation with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Amongst their many titles Yaffa publish AdNews (Australia’s top-selling advertising, media and marketing magazine), and the oldest and best-selling fishing magazine in the country; Fishing World. Yaffa is also Australia's premier photography magazine publisher with titles including Australian Photography, Capture and Digital Photography Design and their business-to-business division incorporates over 15 titles spanning industries such as fashion, advertising, healthcare, foodservice and packaging.

“Creative Folks approached us in the middle of 2008 with the concept of streamlining our editorial systems and as soon as we saw the demonstration we realised that WoodWing offered great potential for our business,“ said Matthew Gunn, the Production Director at Yaffa. “In order to prove an impressive ROI we commissioned Creative Folks to scope our new workflow and run a pilot installation. The results were brilliant.”

“Yaffa’s range of niche publications presented us with a unique challenge,” says Andrew Lomas, Project / Sales Director for Creative Folks. “Content for their consumer magazines is produced by editorial teams working from remote coastal locations as well as the Australian outback. We used a combination of WoodWing’s Web Editor with Adobe InCopy and InDesign Server to create a virtual office so that the editors felt as though they were working from head office.”

“When we first starting talking to Creative Folks we were using a mixture of Quark Xpress and Adobe InDesign for page layout, so our workflow was somewhat over complicated. WoodWing’s Smart Styles and Smart Layout plugins made the transition to InDesign easy,” said Matthew Gunn. “For our flat-planning requirements Creative Folks provided us with a site license for van Gennep’s PlanMaker fE which integrates directly with our WoodWing database. Incoming ads are automatically placed in the InDesign file giving us a solid, robust workflow that we couldn’t be happier with.”

“All the people at Yaffa have been open and acceptant of the new system. Change management has not been an issue, with everyone - right up to the Managing Director - embracing the new technology,” says Matthew Green, Managing Director at Creative Folks. “We have been extremely fortunate to be able to work with such a wonderful team.”

“The installation at Yaffa really shows the flexibility of our solutions,” Remco Koster, Managing Director of WoodWing Asia Pacific, said. “Because of the large distances in Australia, being able to work remotely as if you’re in the office is an important feature, and this is working exceptionally well.”

About Yaffa Publishing Group
Yaffa Publishing Group was founded in 1925 with the publication of Newspaper News, the forerunner to AdNews, Australia's top-selling advertising, media and marketing magazine. Yaffa publishes over 35 consumer and business-to-business magazines and is the country's leading marine publisher with titles such as Cruising Helmsman, Australian Sailing and Australasian Yachting.

About WoodWing
WoodWing creates the most progressive solutions available on the market for the production of print and online publications. Rapid growth worldwide and success across the full spectrum of small to large publishers demonstrate that WoodWing makes the best tools for the best price. WoodWing Software is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands, and has regional sales companies for Europe, the USA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Customers are served through select partners.

About Creative Folks
For over 30 years Creative Folks Pty Ltd (previously known as Folks Graphics) has been providing high quality products and exceptional services to the creative, advertising, media, publishing and printing industries in Australia. We have built specialist solutions in areas of Digital Asset Management, Publishing Editorial Systems, PDF InDesign Workflow, Colour Management, Server Storage, Backup and Archiving as well as Microsoft Active Directory Exchange integration with Mac OS X. As a result our skills and technical expertise are now recognised by international vendors such as Adobe, Canto, WoodWing, Opix AG, van Gennep, Atempo, HP, Apple and Microsoft to name but a few. Our philosophy is to work closely with our clients to determine the best solution for their needs. Our passion is to exceed every client's expectations.

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Contact
Remco Koster
WoodWing Asia Pacific
Tel. +603 8320 1839
rko@woodwing.com

Matthew Green
Creative Folks Pty Ltd
Tel: +61 2 9516 2677
matthew.green@folks.com.au

Labels: indesign, plug-ins, Woodwing

  ¶ 5:16 PM

Markzware announces the Release of MarkzTools for QuarkXPress 8 Markzware announces the Release of MarkzTools for QuarkXPress 8; Prevents Corrupted QuarkXPress 8 Documents with MarkzTools
 
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA -- April 6, 2009 -- Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software today released an upgrade to its highly recommended utility, MarkzTools v8 for QuarkXPress 8. MarkzTools is an XTension that is used to prevent corrupted QuarkXPress documents, along with several other useful features.
  
"MarkzTools is an easy-to-use XTension that delivers outstanding results preserving intellectual property investment, by enabling easy version conversion, salvaging corrupted files and reducing costs re-creating content. These benefits have a dramatic and positive impact on day-to-day productivity," said Mary Gay Marchese, director of public relations, Markzware. Marchese continues, "MarkzTools is a time saver when the need arises and you need to rescue a corrupted document. It really is a no-brainer to have this in your tool kit."
 
MarkzTools Features
 
MarkzTools allows users to automatically verify saved Quark documents, so users will immediately know the file is safe. Furthermore, with the MarkzTools special temp file, users can more easily recover documents that have become corrupted during a save operation. In the case of a badly corrupted file where the page layout data cannot be salvaged, the Scavenge Text feature may be able to extract text stories from the damaged document.
 
The Gray Previews feature allows users to convert your full color picture previews into gray-scale previews; greatly reducing the file size of saved documents. MarkzTools 8 can also convert saved documents to Quark 6 or Quark 4 or allow Quark 8 to export open documents to those versions directly.
 
Pricing and Availability
 
Markzware's MarkzTools v8 is available from Software House International (SHI), Software Spectrum, Programmers Paradise, MacConnection, CDW and through Markzware Direct Sales at (800) 300-3532, or at Markzware's online store, http://www.markzware.com/markztools/#store. The MSRP is $199 and the upgrade is $99 for MarkzTools v6 and v7. For more information please visit http://www.markzware.com/markztools/
 
About Markzware
 
Markzware, a privately-held company based in Santa Ana, California, is the leading developer of quality assurance, data conversion and workflow solutions for the international graphic arts, printing and digital multimedia industries. Markzware B.V., located in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

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2009 Markzware©. All rights reserved. Covered by U.S. Patent #5,963,641.
 
Media Contact
 
Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100 x250
pr@markzware.com

Labels: corrupt documents, Markztools, quarkxpress, xtensions

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Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2 Adds Tiger Compatibility The industry-leading font manager adds compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).

PORTLAND, Ore., March 31, 2009 – Extensis, a division of Celartem Inc., today released Suitcase Fusion™ 2 version 13.1, adding support for Mac OS X Tiger to its single-user professional font management product.

“We understand that times are tough for our customers right now,” says Brian Berson, General Manager at Extensis. “By adding Tiger compatibility, users can benefit from the outstanding previews and performance of Suitcase Fusion 2 without upgrading their Mac OS.”

Suitcase Fusion 2 was built with the same advanced technology utilized in Extensis Universal Type Server™ Client. Users on Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.11 will now be able to enjoy the many new benefits of Extensis latest professional font manager:

• Sleek and modern interface
• Amazing font previews (floating previews, zoom slider, glyph view)
• Faster-than-ever font previewing and activation
• Exact font matching with plug-in based auto-activation for Adobe InDesign® & Illustrator® CS4/CS3 and QuarkXPress® 8/7
• All-new backend for superior performance and stability
• Printable font previews

Current Suitcase Fusion 2 users on Mac OS X Leopard v 10.5 or higher will receive this maintenance update at no cost, which includes a variety of desktop, plug-in manager and other enhancements.

All current users of Suitcase Fusion 1 (v12) are eligible for upgrade pricing. English, French, and German versions of Suitcase Fusion 2 v13.1 are now available for download from the Extensis website at www.extensis.com/SuitcaseFusion2.

About Extensis
Extensis is a software developer that allows creative workgroups and professionals to streamline their workflow and securely manage their digital assets and fonts. Extensis' award-winning client/server and desktop products are used by hundreds of Fortune 5000 companies and include Universal Type Server for server-based font management, Suitcase for single-user font management and the Portfolio suite for digital asset management. Extensis was founded in 1993 and is based in Portland, Oregon, and the United Kingdom. Extensis is a division of Celartem Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For additional information, visit www.extensis.com or call 1-800-796-9798.

About Celartem
Celartem Technology Inc. develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, Hercules:4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. with headquarters in Seattle.

Extensis, Suitcase, Suitcase Fusion, Universal Type Server and Portfolio are trademarks of Extensis, a division of Celartem, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Contact
Cindy Valladares
Extensis
503.274.2020 ext. 123
press@extensis.com

Labels: Extensis, Illustrator, indesign, plug-ins, quarkxpress, thepowerxchange, Universal Type Server, xtensions

  ¶ 3:54 PM

Book Publishing Specialist PSG Orlando Joins WoodWing Network of Partners PRESS RELEASE - for immediate release

Book Publishing Specialist PSG Orlando Joins WoodWing Network of Partners

Detroit - USA (May 1, 2009) - WoodWing Software’s network of partners recently welcomed one of the top book-publishing specialists in the industry, Publishing Solutions Group Orlando (PSG Orlando). PSG Orlando will handle sales and installation of WoodWing’s entire suite of editorial solutions, and provide training, advice and support to customers.

PSG Orlando provides services for customers throughout the publishing industry, with particular expertise in the book-publishing world, including Web and e-publishing. PSG Orlando helps publishers improve efficiency in the planning, creation and delivery of content across all product lines.

“WoodWing is a major player in the book-publishing industry, with some of the biggest and best-known companies in the world using our solutions,” said Shawn Duffy, Managing Director at WoodWing USA. “PSG Orlando has long been impressed with the power and versatility of our software, and we’ve been impressed with their expertise and knowledge of the industry. The people at PSG Orlando are the best in the business at what they do.”

PSG Orlando was founded by Jackie Bedoya and Sheila Magie, both of whom have extensive experience in all phases of publishing. Bedoya has worked in process improvement, production, management, and manufacturing areas managing educational content development ranging from pre-K to college level. She’s also fluent in Spanish, which helps PSG Orlando handle Spanish-language projects. Magie’s background is in design and art direction, and she has spearheaded the implementation of emerging technologies to migrate large corporate cultures and specific project teams away from traditional paper workflows to electronic workflow processes.

About WoodWing
WoodWing creates the most progressive solutions available on the market for the production of print and online publications. Rapid growth worldwide and success across the full spectrum of small to large publishers demonstrate that WoodWing makes the best tools for the best price.

WoodWing Software is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands, and has regional sales companies for Europe, the USA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Customers are served through select partners.

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Contact
Shawn Duffy
Managing Director
WoodWing USA
shawn.duffy@woodwing.com
+1 313-962-0542, ext. 151
Mobile: +1 313-212-7711

Jackie Bedoya
PSG Orlando
jackie@psgorlando.com
+1 407-647-4441

Labels: indesign, plug-ins, Woodwing

  ¶ 3:14 PM

Institute for Graphics and Imaging Offers Two Color Seminars Press Release

For additional information, contact
Ron Dahl at 262-695-6260
or rdahl@igi.org

For Immediate Release
 
Institute for Graphics and Imaging Offers Two Color Seminars
 
Pewaukee, Wisconsin—May 2009—The Institute for Graphics and Imaging (IGI)—an education and training organization funded by and dedicated to the printing and graphic arts industry—has announced two color seminars.  The first, to be held Tuesday, May 19, 2009, will cover how-to techniques for troubleshooting color control issues for any output device.  The second, to be held the following day, will deal with setting up a color management system for an entire workflow.  Both sessions will be conducted by David Hunter, a veteran graphic arts industry color expert.  Hunter was responsible for the Graphic Arts business segment for Aldus Corporation, and is now the principal of Pilot Marketing, a graphic arts consultancy specializing in high end color training.
 
Announcing the new courses, IGI Executive Director Ron Dahl commented: “With this pair of color management seminars, IGI continues its mission of bringing practical, hands-on training to Midwestern printers.  David Hunter is widely known and respected for his ability to simplify concepts that often appear initially difficult.  The IGI classroom includes individual workstations for each student, and provides actual participation in the methods being taught.”
 
The Institute for Graphics and Imaging provides education and training in the graphic design, printing, and related industries.  Supported by a vast network of industry suppliers, printers, publishers, and governmental agencies, IGI operates on the campus of the Waukesha County Technical College in suburban Milwaukee .  IGI facilities, which include computer classrooms and access to the latest printing equipment, are available for sales events and corporate training courses.  For additional information go to www.igi.org or call 262-695-6260.

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Labels: Grahics, seminars

  ¶ 2:44 PM

Markzware Donates Software Upgrades To RIT’s School of Print Media and RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf Contact:
Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100, ext. 250
pr@markzware.com



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA ANA, California, April  22, 2009 -- Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software has donated upgrades of its preflighting and conversion solutions to Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Print Media.

"This donation will help the students continue to develop and learn the importance of preflighting skills with FlightCheck .  Access to the latest in preflighting technology, FlightCheck not only helps students to better understand the process, but it helps new graduates arrive on the doorsteps of future employers having mastered key software applications, and entering the workforce as highly productive employees," said Mary Gay Marchese, director of public relations Markzware.  

"We are very pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with Markzware," says Erich Lehman, premedia facilities coordinator, RIT's School of Print Media. "Their support for our students and programs has helped us to enhance academic exposure to the issues that arise during preflight in a practical manner using industry standard tools.  Markzware also enables us to troubleshoot the latest problematic files. Their Q2ID and ID2Q conversion tools have saved many student projects in a pinch."

About RIT:
Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic leadership in computing, engineering, imaging technology, and fine and applied arts, in addition to unparalleled support services for students with hearing loss.  Nearly 16,500 full-and part-time students are enrolled in more than 200 career oriented and professional programs at RIT, and its cooperative education program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation.

For two decades, U.S. News & World Report has ranked RIT among the nation's leading comprehensive universities. RIT is featured in The Princeton Review's 2009 edition of The Best 368 Colleges and In Barron's Best Buys in Education. The Chronicle of Higher Education recognizes RIT as a "Great College to Work For."

About Markzware:
Markzware, a privately-held company based in Santa Ana, California, is the leading developer of quality assurance, data conversion and workflow solutions for the international graphic arts, printing and digital multimedia industries.  Markzware B.V., located in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

2009 Markzware. All rights reserved. Covered by U.S. Patent #5,963,641.

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Quark Launches K-12 School Volume Licensing Program Quark Invests in Education to Bring QuarkXPress 8 to Classrooms, Schools, and School Districts

DENVER – April 22, 2009 – Quark announced today special volume licensing for K-12 schools that allows educators to bring QuarkXPress® 8 into their classrooms for discounted prices. As a part of the volume licensing program, K-12 schools can purchase 250 seats of QuarkXPress 8 for less than $1,500 or 500 seats of QuarkXPress 8 for less than $2,500.

QuarkXPress is graphic design and layout software that offers students the ability to create print, Web, and Flash® output using a single software application that is easy to learn and fun to explore. When integrated into K-12 curriculum, QuarkXPress can help fuel younger students’ creativity and ability to communicate in a digital world. By learning QuarkXPress early, students are prepared for their pursuits of graphic design, communication, marketing, and art-related fields after graduation or in college.

Find out how students are using QuarkXPress 8 in the classroom by reading commentary from teachers and professors at all levels of study: http://www.quark.com/about/presscenter/prview.cfm?idx=1478=no

In addition to discounted pricing, Quark’s volume pricing program for K-12 schools ties all of the QuarkXPress 8 seats purchased by a school to one serial number, easing the management of many licenses. School districts can also save expenses by signing up for a one- or three-year maintenance plan that provides automatic upgrades to new releases of QuarkXPress throughout their enrollment in the program.

To learn more about the K-12 volume licensing program visit: http://www.quark.com/education/k-12_program.html.

The Teacher Resource Guide
Quark offers The Teacher Resource Guide, a guide for instructors that includes a sample syllabus, 14 training modules, and an outline for deploying the modules in a classroom environment. The syllabus includes a capstone project for students to develop as part of the course, with class-time suggestions, and a sample grading scale. The guide is applicable for students learning the software for the first time as well as experienced QuarkXPress users. It is available for both Mac® and PC users at no charge in a single, downloadable file found here: http://www.quark.com/education/teacher_resource_guide/

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com ) led the first revolution in publishing with QuarkXPress, desktop publishing software that rapidly became the industry standard. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market, Quark is revolutionizing publishing again. With Quark® Dynamic Publishing Solution, we are helping customers meet changing requirements and develop new revenue streams by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Our dynamic publishing solution is setting a new standard in automated multi-channel publishing by combining the power of flexible layout and design with easy XML authoring and automated workflows for customized communications across print, the Web, and electronic media.

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Quark, the Quark logo and QuarkXPress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark, Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Media Contacts: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., 303-894-3753, srector@quark.com

Labels: education, quark, QuarkXPress 8

  ¶ 5:51 PM

New Versions of FiFi, Fido and Split & Folio Now Available from MEI Managing Editor April 21, 2009 Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), an Adobe premier development partner and a leading provider of software solutions for the publishing industry, today announced the releases of FiFi XT version 8.0 for QuarkXPress 8 and Fido Plug-in version 6.0 for Adobe InDesign CS4.

MEI also announced the availability of Split & Folio XT for QuarkXPress 8 and Split & Folio Plug-in for InDesign CS4.

These upgrades for the company’s powerful add-on tools offer compatibility with the latest page design software from Quark and Adobe. Available fresh on the heels of the recent releases of MEI’s Page Director Ad Layout System (ALS) 5.4, ALS for Magazines 5.4, AdForce 5.4, Classified Layout System (CLS) 3.8 and ClassForce 3.8, FiFi and Fido are designed to enhance the functionality of MEI’s industry-leading ad layout and issue-planning software and increase the productivity of paginators when dealing with missing ads.

The add-ons quickly restore file path information for graphic and ad files after the ad map has been opened in QuarkXPress or InDesign, eliminating the need to manually link any remaining empty ad boxes to their appropriate digital files.

Split & Folio takes a QuarkXPress or InDesign dummy and divides it into smaller units to deal out to multiple users. The new files retain the properties of the original, including attributes inherited from the ad layout software such as sections, page numbers, page folio characteristics and file links. Users can then easily distribute pagination assignments without losing any vital layout information.

Labels: ALS, CLS, Fido, InDesign CS4, Managing Editor, Plug-in, QuarkXPress 8, Split and Folio, xtensions

  ¶ 12:06 PM

Zevrix Solutions releases Graphic Inspector with German localization Zevrix Solutions releases Graphic Inspector with German localization

Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.6, an update to its quality control solution which checks entire folders of graphic files for potential problems according to user defined checkup presets. The software lets graphic professionals of any trade instantly get crucial info on multiple graphic files instead of checking them manually. The new version ships with a German localization following popular demand from users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Toronto (ON), Canada - April 22, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of Graphic Inspector 1.6, a maintenance update to its quality control solution for graphic files which provides extensive info on entire folders of files and helps locate potential problems according to specific workflow requirements.

Graphic Inspector provides a professional quality control solution for users of any trade, whether it's print, prepress, web design, electronic publishing or digital photography. With Graphic Inspector, users automatically get crucial information on multiple raster and vector files, saving hours of manual checking and eliminating costly mistakes. Graphic Inspector will display the file kind, color mode, resolution, compression, color profile, type, creator, fonts, metadata and other attributes.

With its powerful Checkup Presets, Graphic Inspector lets users create custom control settings tailored to their various workflow requirements, and quickly locate files with unwanted attributes. For example, users can make Graphic Inspector warn them about all files whose color mode is RGB, format - JPEG, resolution is below 200 dpi, ICC profile doesn't contain "USWebCoated" etc.

Graphic Inspector reports several important attributes which no other tools of its kind report, such as fonts in vector files (embedded and regular), spot colors in both vector and raster files, EPS and TIFF compression etc. In addition, users can open files in there creator application, reveal files in the Finder, specify favorite folders and scan the entire subfolder tree.

The new version ships with a German localization following popular demand from users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Pricing and Availability:
Graphic Inspector 1.6 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$59.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Demo is also available for download. Upgrade to Graphic Inspector 1.6 is free for licensed users of previous version. Graphic Inspector is a Universal Binary and available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Copyright © 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Labels: Adobe, indesign, plug-ins, Zevrix

  ¶ 11:59 AM

Institute for Graphics and Imaging Seminar Press Release

For additional information, contact
Ron Dahl at 262-695-6260
or rdahl@igi.org

For Immediate Release
 
Institute for Graphics and Imaging Seminar
to Focus on Best Practices for Printing Estimating and Planning
 
Pewaukee, Wisconsin—April 2009—The Institute for Graphics and Imaging (IGI)—an education and training organization funded by and dedicated to the printing and graphic arts industry—has announced a training course focused on Best Practices for Printing Estimating and Planning.  The session will be held on May 12, 2009, and will be conducted by Craig Press, the president of Profectus, a national consultancy which helps printing organizations implement best business practices.  The course will be directed at estimators, sales personnel, customer service representatives, production managers, print buyers, graphic designers, desktop publishers, or anyone responsible for estimating, planning, or production.  See www.igi.org/events/IGI_Craig_Print_Estimating_F.pdf for course details.
 
Announcing the new course, IGI Executive Director Ron Dahl commented: “IGI is pleased to make process improvement and information technology expert Craig Press available for a hands-on training session focusing on best practices for printing estimating and planning.  Craig is widely known for his more than 35 years of experience in industry best practices, process improvements, and management information systems.”
 
The Institute for Graphics and Imaging provides education and training in the graphic design, printing, and related industries.  Supported by a vast network of industry suppliers, printers, publishers, and governmental agencies, IGI operates on the campus of the Waukesha County Technical College in suburban Milwaukee .  IGI facilities, which include computer classrooms and access to the latest printing equipment, are available for sales events and corporate training courses.  For additional information go to www.igi.org or call 262-695-6260.

Labels: estimating, graphics, print, print estimating, printing, seminar, training

  ¶ 3:42 PM

Zevrix Introduces InPreflight Pro and Studio for Adobe InDesign Zevrix Introduces InPreflight Pro and Studio for Adobe InDesign

Zevrix Solutions announces the Pro and Studio versions of InPreflight, its quality control, packaging automation and preflight reporting solution for Adobe InDesign. InPreflight quickly and easily locates potential problems, helps produce error-free documents and automates packaging of multiple files. The current version of InPreflight becomes InPreflight Pro. InPreflight Studio is a new light version which doesn't include the advanced packaging capabilities.

Toronto (ON), Canada - April 1, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of the Pro and Studio versions of InPreflight, its quality control, packaging automation and preflight reporting solution for Adobe InDesign.

InPreflight provides a robust, fast, reliable and user-friendly preflight solution for service providers, printers, ad agencies, designers and publishing houses. InPreflight quickly gathers extensive information about document fonts, colors and links and lets users instantly locate potential problems according to preflight presets. It also checks for hidden attributes not reported by InDesign, such as EPS compression and embedded fonts in EPS files. The program saves hours of checking InDesign documents manually and dealing with consequences of costly mistakes. InPreflight is, on average, 2-10 times faster than FlightCheck.

InPreflight is also a powerful packaging automation solution which allows users to preflight and package multiple documents. Among other abilities, it can collect all files into one folder, eliminating the need to collect the same links multiple times for each design. The savings can result in gigabytes of space and hours of production time. In addition, InPreflight lets users print graphic preflight reports and save them as fully searchable interactive PDF files, providing an easy way to analyze, archive and send reports to service providers.

The new InPreflight Studio is a low cost version which targets artists and designers who don't require the advanced packaging capabilities. It provides the same powerful preflight and reporting solutions as the Pro version. InPreflight Pro is identical to the current version of InPreflight which includes automated packaging of multiple documents and other advanced options.

Pricing and Availability:
InPreflight Pro/Studio can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site, www.zevrix.com, for US$139.95/99.95 respectively, as well as from authorized resellers. Demo is also available for download. Upgrade to InPreflight Pro is free for licensed users of version 2.2 and up, and US$40 for the users of earlier versions.

InPreflight is available for Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Copyright (C) 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Labels: Adobe, indesign, plug-ins, thepowerxchange, X-Ray Magazine, Zevrix

  ¶ 11:28 AM

MathDaisy 1.0 is Now Shipping FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Microsoft Word users can now create documents with accessible math

LONG BEACH, Calif. - April 13, 2009 - Design Science today announced the release of MathDaisy 1.0. MathDaisy enhances Microsoft's Save As DAISY add-in for Microsoft Word to convert Word documents containing math notation to DAISY Digital Talking Books, ready to be read by students, teachers, engineers, and scientists with vision and learning disabilities, including blindness, low vision, and dyslexia.

Save As DAISY is open source software developed by Microsoft. Once installed, it adds a "Save As Daisy" command to Microsoft Word XP, 2003, and 2007 that converts Word documents into DAISY's Digital Talking Book format. MathDaisy installs into Save As Daisy to support math conversion.

Increasingly, educators and publishers are being required to accommodate their students with special needs by providing content in the DAISY Book format. Students then use DAISY player software, dedicated eBook readers, and other portable devices to read the DAISY Book. "DAISY Books are the format of choice for accessible content. Now that Save As DAISY makes it possible for educators to make their own accessible content, DAISY will really take off. We were happy to work with the DAISY
Consortium and Microsoft to make this happen," said Paul R. Topping, President & CEO of Design Science.

DAISY (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) is a globally recognized XML standard for producing accessible and navigable multimedia documents, including Digital Talking Books (DTBook), digital textbooks, and synchronized audio/text books. DAISY is used by NIMAS (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard) for accessible K-12 textbooks and by ePub, a widely used standard for digital books. The latest version of the DAISY standard requires that mathematics be represented in MathML, the World Wide Web Consortium's standard for representing math notation in XML.

Save as DAISY with MathDaisy works well for teachers and professors that must accommodate their students' needs. However, organizations with their own publishing workflow, or those wanting to create a more automated or more powerful DAISY production facility should also be interested in Design Science's MathFlow line of products.

MathDaisy is US $97 for academic users, $179 for non-academic users. Anyone can download MathDaisy from the Design Science website and try it free for 30 days.

About Design Science

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Long Beach, California, Design Science develops software used by educators, scientists and publishing professionals, including MathType, Equation Editor in Microsoft Office, MathDaisy, MathFlow, MathPlayer and WebEQ, to communicate on the web and in print. For more information please visit www.dessci.com.

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Contact:
Bruce Virga
brucev@dessci.com
800-827-0685
+1 (562) 432-2920
Design Science, Inc.
140 Pine Avenue, 4th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802
USA

Labels: Design Science, equation, math, MathDaisy, XML

  ¶ 7:30 AM

TopGrading Solutions Finds that Unemployed Candidates are Willing to Wait for Better Compensation Press Release
For Immediate Release

Contact:
Larry J. Breault, President
(772) 871-1100
TopGrading Solutions
julie@topgradingsolutions.com
756 SE Port St. Lucie Blvd.
www.topgradingsolutions.com
Port St. Lucie, FL 34984

Money is still the tipping point for job acceptance

(Port St. Lucie, FL) – TopGrading Solutions recently conducted research to determine how long an unemployed candidate would wait before taking a cut in salary . The search firm is a perennial President Club winner within the MRINetwork®, the world’s largest search and recruitment organization. It works domestically and internationally with a focus on the industries of Payments and Prepaid Systems; Retail and Hospitality Technology; and Supply Chain Planning, Purchasing, and Consulting for both permanent and contract hires.

TopGrading Solutions has spent the last 3 months surveying candidates from the Payments and Retail Technology Sector to determine exactly how long they would hold out before taking a new job at a lower salary, if they lost their job today. Results indicate that despite the unstable economy, people are still willing to wait for better, or at least equal compensation. 29.7%: The majority of candidates surveyed, indicated that they would wait at least 120 days (4 months) before considering a cut in their annual salary. 20.3% said they would wait 60 days (2 months) while another 20.3% said they would not take a cut in pay. 16.9% would wait 90 days (3 months). Only 12.8% would consider it after the first 30 days of unemployment.

Ed Schmitt, who specializes in recruiting sales and marketing professionals for companies who offer payment solutions, finds many of his candidates optimistic that the right job with the right money is out there somewhere. “The job market seems to be bouncing back. As we come to the end of this quarter and budgets are set in stone, companies are loosening their purse strings to meet their goals for 2009.”

Although the industry has had its problems with security breaches and large mergers, it seems that companies are anxious to rebuild their portfolios. “Most of these companies have had a poor end to 2008 and slow start to 2009. They are making moves to bring their companies back to their former glory and candidates are aware of this.”

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About TopGrading Solutions:
TopGrading Solutions, Inc. is an MRINetwork® affiliate with offices in Florida and Massachusetts. TopGrading Solutions builds the Heart of Business by helping our clients locate and place Impact Players – that top 10% of the workforce that accounts for 90% of business impact. Its industry specialties include Payment Systems, Retail Store Systems, and Supply Chain Demand Planners and Consulting. Visit TopGrading Solutions at www.topgradingsolutions.com .

About MRINetwork:
Management Recruiters International, Inc, branded as MRINetwork®, is a subsidiary of CDI (NYSE:CDI), a global provider of engineering & information technology outsourcing solutions and professional staffing (www.cdicorp.com). MRINetwork has more than 1,000 offices in over 35 countries.

Labels: employment, wages

  ¶ 10:00 AM

Markzware announces the Release of MarkzTools for QuarkXPress 8 NEWS: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Markzware announces the Release of MarkzTools for QuarkXPress 8;
Prevents Corrupted QuarkXPress 8 Documents with MarkzTools
 
 
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA -- April 6, 2009 -- Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software today released an upgrade to its highly recommended utility, MarkzTools v8 for QuarkXPress 8. MarkzTools is an XTension that is used to prevent corrupted QuarkXPress documents, along with several other useful features.
 
Markzware Quote
 
"MarkzTools is an easy-to-use XTension that delivers outstanding results preserving intellectual property investment, by enabling easy version conversion, salvaging corrupted files and reducing costs re-creating content. These benefits have a dramatic and positive impact on day-to-day productivity," said Mary Gay Marchese, director of public relations, Markzware. Marchese continues, "MarkzTools is a time saver when the need arises and you need to rescue a corrupted document. It really is a no-brainer to have this in your tool kit."
 
MarkzTools Features
 
MarkzTools allows users to automatically verify saved Quark documents, so users will immediately know the file is safe. Furthermore, with the MarkzTools special temp file, users can more easily recover documents that have become corrupted during a save operation. In the case of a badly corrupted file where the page layout data cannot be salvaged, the Scavenge Text feature may be able to extract text stories from the damaged document.
 
The Gray Previews feature allows users to convert your full color picture previews into gray-scale previews; greatly reducing the file size of saved documents. MarkzTools 8 can also convert saved documents to Quark 6 or Quark 4 or allow Quark 8 to export open documents to those versions directly.
 
Pricing and Availability
 
Markzware's MarkzTools v8 is available from Software House International (SHI), Software Spectrum, Programmers Paradise, MacConnection, CDW and through Markzware Direct Sales at (800) 300-3532, or at Markzware's online store, http://www.markzware.com/markztools/#store. The MSRP is $199 and the upgrade is $99 for MarkzTools v6 and v7. For more information please visit http://www.markzware.com/markztools/
 
About Markzware
 
Markzware, a privately-held company based in Santa Ana, California, is the leading developer of quality assurance, data conversion and workflow solutions for the international graphic arts, printing and digital multimedia industries. Markzware B.V., located in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
 
2009 Markzware©. All rights reserved. Covered by U.S. Patent #5,963,641.
 
Media Contact
 
Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100 x250
pr@markzware.com
 

Labels: Markztools, markzware, quark, quarkxpress, xtensions

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Quark Partners with IBM Today Quark announced that it has teamed with IBM Enterprise Content Management to integrate Quark XML Author with IBM FileNet Content Manager. The partnership combines the ease of Quark’s XML authoring tool, which is based on Microsoft Word, with the benefits of IBM ECM, helping to bring familiar and valuable XML and DITA authoring capabilities to non-technical business workers.

The full press release is included below or available here: http://www.quark.com/about/presscenter/prview.cfm?idx=1473&alap=no

More information from Quark:
www.quark.com/ibm

More information from IBM:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/content-management/filenet-content-manager/dita.html

If you are onsite at AIIM, please visit Quark's booth #1032 to meet with Quark and IBM for a demo of the integration. If you are not at AIIM and would like more information, please contact Sarah Rector at 303-520-2993 or srector@quark.com.

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Quark Teams with Leading Enterprise Content Management Provider to Bring XML and DITA to the Masses

Quark and IBM Work Together to Combine the Ease of Quark XML Author with the Benefits of IBM Enterprise Content Management

PHILADELPHIA [AIIM Expo Booth #1032] — April 1, 2009 — Quark announced today that it has teamed with IBM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) to enable the broad adoption of XML across the enterprise by integrating Quark® XML Author with IBM® FileNet® Content Manager. By eliminating barriers previously associated with the creation of DITA-based XML, Quark makes it possible for any IBM FileNet Content Manager user working in Microsoft® Word to author intelligent content that can be reused and delivered to multiple channels or formats.

“In the past, XML authoring was designated for technical writers and IT personnel familiar with XML coding, or required business users to learn complex tools. Quark XML Author has changed the game entirely,” said Ken Bisconti, Vice President of Products and Strategy, IBM Enterprise Content Management. “By integrating Quark XML Author into IBM FileNet Content Manager we are helping enable customers to unlock the value of their business content to reduce costs, increase productivity, improve quality of service, and gain competitive advantage.”

The ability to author, manage, and reuse structured content enables critical business needs, such as managing intellectual property, complying with regulatory mandates, and automating business processes. A simple and streamlined process for XML authoring also allows organizations to:

-- Enable enterprise-wide adoption of XML and DITA
-- Capture and manage the knowledge of business users more effectively
-- Increase the return on content management investments

“Quark’s goal is to move XML authoring from technical experts to non-technical business users and content owners, making it easier for enterprises to create and manage intelligent, structured content,” said Ray Schiavone, President and CEO of Quark. “We are pleased to be working with IBM ECM to combine easy and familiar XML authoring with the benefits of enterprise content management.”

For more information about Quark’s teaming with IBM, please visit www.quark.com/ibm .

Quark XML Author for Microsoft Word
Quark XML Author for Microsoft Word is an XML authoring tool that allows users to easily create XML content in a familiar word processing environment. Quark XML Author enhances Microsoft Word’s native XML support by allowing users to create narrative XML documents directly — without seeing tags, being constrained to boxes, or being aware of the technical complexities associated with XML. Equally important, Quark XML Author ensures that the content an author creates is constantly validated against the XML standard — eliminating the need to rework content at a later time.

About XML and DITA
To achieve consistency and avoid redundancy in technical documentation, technical writers adopted XML early to repurpose their content and manage complex documentation. XML became the de facto standard for structuring intelligent documents, with DITA emerging as the next step in complex document management. DITA, the Darwin Information Typing Architecture, is an XML-based OASIS standard that enables the creation and management of re-usable content for complex documents.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) led the first revolution in publishing with QuarkXPress®, desktop publishing software that rapidly became the industry standard. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market, Quark is revolutionizing publishing again. With Quark® Dynamic Publishing Solution, we are helping customers meet changing requirements and develop new revenue streams by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Our dynamic publishing solution is setting a new standard in automated multi-channel publishing by combining the power of flexible layout and design with easy XML authoring and automated workflows for customized communications across print, the Web, and electronic media.

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Quark, the Quark logo and QuarkXPress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark, Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., 303-894-3753, srector@quark.com

Labels: DITA, quark, XML

  ¶ 6:53 AM

MathType 6 for Macintosh is Now Shipping New version adds support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and Intel Mac; compatible with Microsoft Office 2008

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Design Science today announced the release of MathType£ 6 for Macintosh, a major upgrade that adds support for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and Intel Macs, and Microsoft Office 2008. New features include TeX/LaTeX input, the ability to copy equations to and from Wikipedia, and more. MathType is the full-featured, professional version of the Equation Editor in Microsoft Office and many other products, and is used by math and science educators, engineers, research scientists, students and publishing professionals to include mathematical notation in printed documents, presentations and web pages.

MathType 6 for Macintosh enables the user to copy equations from existing TeX documents, and scientists who already know the TeX typesetting language can now type expressions directly into MathType. "The new LaTeX-to-MathType feature is marvelous. Instead of having to retype all my equations again to use in a PowerPoint presentation, I now can just cut and paste. This is the best software purchase I have made in a long time," said Alfonso Limon, Chief Scientist, A&A Consulting Ca.

MathType 6 for Macintosh now works with Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia that contains thousands of pages with mathematical equations. Users can do research on Wikipedia and copy relevant equations for use in their own work. MathType equations can also be copied into Wikipedia's page editor to create new pages, or edit existing ones. With MathType 6 for Mac you can copy or drag equations from any web page that contains accessible math directly into MathType.

MathType 6 for Macintosh is a Universal application that runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintosh computers, and has all the features of MathType 6 for Windows.

MathType is US $57 for academic users, $97 for non-academic users; upgrades are US $37 for academic users, $49 for non-academic users. Anyone can download MathType from the Design Science website and try it free for 30 days.

About Design Science
Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Long Beach, California, Design Science develops software used by educators, scientists and publishing professionals, including MathType, Equation Editor in Microsoft Office, WebEQ, MathFlow and MathPlayer, to communicate on the web and in print. For more information please visit www.dessci.com.

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Contact:
Bruce Virga
Vice President, Sales
brucev@dessci.com
800-827-0685
+1 (562) 432-2920
Design Science, Inc.
140 Pine Avenue, 4th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802
USA

Design Science
140 Pine Avenue, 4th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802
USA

Labels: math

  ¶ 7:19 PM

Zevrix updates BatchOutput Server for InDesign, improves link updating Zevrix updates BatchOutput Server for InDesign, improves link updating

Zevrix Solutions released BatchOutput Server 4.1.5, a maintenance update to its output workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. The software automates printing and exporting to PDF and PostScript by processing InDesign files from network-based hotfolders. BatchOutput Server frees up operator stations from the output process and allows companies to achieve more with same or less resources. The new update improves the auto-updating of modified links in InDesign documents.

Toronto (ON), Canada - March 25, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announced today the release of BatchOutput Server 4.1.5, a maintenance update to its powerful output workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. The software automates printing and exporting to PDF and PostScript by processing InDesign files from network-based hotfolders. It targets publishing houses, design firms, printers, and prepress bureaus. BatchOutput Server allows companies to achieve more with same or less resources because it frees up the operator stations from the output process. Platform independent, it can process files from both Mac and Windows PC computers.

Once the BatchOutput Server Workflow is installed, the operators stop wasting their time on waiting for InDesign to output files. The output process is taking place on the BatchOutput Server workstation. BatchOutput Server also contains a single set of output settings for an entire workgroup, eliminating costly mistakes related to settings inconsistency and simplifying IT tasks.

BatchOutput Server also offers e-mail notifications during processing, detailed logs and automatic error handling, variable output file names, automatic link updating, font auto-activation, remote monitoring and more.

The new update improves the auto-updating of modified links in InDesign documents. In previous versions, some duplicate modified links could remain outdated after processing by BatchOutput Server. This issue is now fixed.

Pricing and Availability
BatchOutput Server runs on Mac OS X 10.4.2 or later (including Leopard), a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4. Files can be submitted from both Mac and PC computers. BatchOutput Server can be purchased for an introductory price of $499.95 from the Zevrix Solutions website, www.zevrix.com, as well as from authorized resellers.

About Zevrix Solutions
Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics, and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions makes it easier for professionals to achieve more while doing less by automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting down on production costs.

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Contact:
Leo Revzin, Owner
Zevrix Solutions
leo@zevrix.com
416.217.0607

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Copyright (C) 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Labels: indesign, plug-ins

  ¶ 7:16 PM

Zevrix improves print queue handling in BatchOutput for InDesign Zevrix Solutions released BatchOutput 3.5.1, a maintenance update to its popular solution to automate printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign. BatchOutput lets users accomplish their tasks faster and with less resources by automating and simplifying the output from InDesign. The new update allows to change the output job name in printer queue when printing from non-admin accounts.

Toronto (ON), Canada - March 27, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of version 3.5.1 of BatchOutput, its popular professional solution to automate printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign.

BatchOutput automates and simplifies InDesign output workflow of printers, ad agencies, service providers and publishing houses. With BatchOutput, users only need to select the files to output and adjust the settings, instead of opening and printing each document manually. BatchOutput lets users accomplish their tasks faster and with less resources. For example, BatchOutput can be left printing or exporting hundreds of InDesign files overnight, and the completed job can be picked up next morning.

BatchOutput also allows users to output InDesign documents as single pages, update links automatically, and output files invisibly for the user. BatchOutput automatically composes complex variable file names, which makes it equally indispensable for export of single documents as well.

The new update allows to change the output job name in printer queue when printing from non-admin accounts. This option is especially indispensable when sending InDesign files to printer as single pages. Using the option in previous versions could cause an error.

Pricing and Availability:
BatchOutput 3.5.1 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site, www.zevrix.com, for US$119.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Demo is also available for download at http://zevrix.com/download.php. Upgrade to BatchOutput 3.5.1 is free for licensed users of version 3.x, and US$40 for the users of earlier versions.

BatchOutput 3.5.1 is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Copyright (C) 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Labels: indesign, plug-ins

  ¶ 7:14 PM

Photowriter® teaches photos to talk Freeware version at photowriter.org • Full version for €10 • Junior and Pro versions also available

Dresden (26th of November 2008). Photowriter® is a program which allows photo-realistic image fonts with variable texts to be integrated into images. This enables users to teach their own photos to talk – whether using words in the sand or a cloud text in the sky. Users can therefore make their images more personal and leave a lasting impression – for instance when creating party invitations or “thank you” notes. Photowriter® features a modern, intuitive user interface and is available for free download at www.photowriter.org.

The full version (available for just €10) features even more font types and allows images to be saved either in a format optimized for email and internet or in print quality. A “Junior” version in a playful look designed for younger users is also available. Users who wish to have complete control over motif and font creation can opt for the Photowriter® “Pro” version, which opens up a world of photo-realistic image font possibilities.

The above-mentioned software has been developed by Dresden’s Deutsch Technologies GmbH. The company’s DirecType® program makes it one of the world’s leading providers of software for the photo-realistic personalization of images for professional print, web and mobile telephony applications. The company also provides a wide range of related services and solutions.

About Deutsch Technologies GmbH
Photowriter and DirecType® are developments by Deutsch Technologies GmbH. The company is worldwide one of the leading providers of image personalization technology for print, web and mobile telephone applications. As a subsidiary of SDV AG, the market-leading full-service service providers in the fields of variable data print and direct marketing, the company also offers comprehensive direct marketing concepts alongside products and services for image personalization.

Labels: font

  ¶ 7:12 PM

Meadows Publishing Solutions Announce DesignMerge VDP Software for Adobe InDesign CS4 MEADOWS PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES
DESIGNMERGE VDP SOFTWARE FOR ADOBE INDESIGN CS4
 
-- Personalized Printing and Full VDP Capabilities Inside InDesign CS4 --
 
News Highlights
 
v      DesignMerge® Pro is an award-winning suite of plug-in modules that allow users to quickly and easily create variable data output from any Adobe® InDesign® document
 
v      DesignMerge includes many sophisticated VDP features, such as automatic copy-fitting, menu-driven conditional logic programming, multi-up layout support, as well as PostScript, PPML, and Creo VPS output
 
v      Meadows will be demonstrating DesignMerge Pro in booth #2234 at the On Demand Conference & Exposition in Philadelphia (March 31- April 2, 2009)
 
v      For more information, go to www.designmerge.com.
 
 
SCHAUMBURG, IL -- March 26, 2009 -- Meadows Publishing Solutions today announced the release of DesignMerge Pro for Adobe InDesign CS4, supporting both Apple® and Windows-based platforms. DesignMerge Pro will provide Adobe InDesign users with sophisticated variable data publishing, personalized printing, and document automation features. The modules work within the InDesign application, enabling professional mail-merge, variable data printing, and document automation features. The entire process is database-driven, completely flexible, and very easy to use.
 
DesignMerge can easily support variable text, picture, article, and even complete InDesign layouts and master pages. All of the features of Adobe InDesign are available when using DesignMerge software, so advanced features such as variable type-on-a-curve are easily supported. DesignMerge also outputs the most popular variable data printing formats including PostScript, PPML, and Creo VPS. The product is fully compatible with systems offered by Canon, Xerox, HP, EFI, Ricoh, and Konica-Minolta, among others. For more information about DesignMerge technology, please visit www.designmerge.com/aboutplugins.  

 
Meadows Publishing Solutions Quote
 
“We have seen a dramatic increase in the adoption rate of variable data and personalized printing, especially within the past year”, noted Meadows President, John Kriho. “Companies are searching for new potential revenue streams, and personalized printing is a great way to capitalize on the digital printing equipment they already own, for a very minimal investment. In addition, the document assembly aspects of DesignMerge can completely automate the production of certain types of standard digital print work. Everything from consecutive numbering and bar coding jobs, to sophisticated, multi-up direct mail pieces can be produced using DesignMerge. It is a completely unique and incredibly versatile tool.”
 
About Meadows Publishing Solutions
 
Meadows Publishing Solutions is a software development and consulting company specializing in commercial and custom XTensions™ for QuarkXPress®, plug-in modules for Adobe® InDesign® and Adobe® Acrobat® and other extensible technologies. Meadows has developed a number of popular software packages for the database publishing and variable data printing markets, including their award-winning products AutoPrice™ and DesignMerge®. Founded in 1991, Meadows is based just outside of Chicago in Schaumburg, Illinois. For more information, please visit www.meadowsps.com.  
 
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© 2009 Meadows Publishing Solutions. The Meadows Publishing Solutions product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or service marks of Meadows Publishing Solutions, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other company and brand, product, and service names are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Data subject to change without notice.
 
Press Contacts
 
John Kriho      
President
Meadows Publishing Solutions
E: jkriho@meadowsps.com 
T: 847-882-8202
 
Craig Kevghas
Boston PR Network
T: 978-392-8990
E: craig@bostonprnetwork.com

Labels: Adobe, indesign, variable-data

  ¶ 7:09 PM

The Istituto Della Enciclopedia Italiana Adopts Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution To streamline the production processes used to create specialized multi-channel encyclopaedias, The Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana has chosen Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution.

Milano (Italy), 24 March, 2009 – Quark Inc. today announced that The Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, founded in 1925 by Giovanni Treccani and today one of the largest knowledge publications companies in Italy, has chosen Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution to automate the publishing processes for its editions and catalogues.

Treccani’s publications cover the entire breadth of human knowledge. In eighty years since its inception the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana has produced works which have met with universal acclaim, providing researchers of every level with detailed outlines and comprehensive accounts on every conceivable scholarly topic. These works are the product of a fruitful relationship with people and organizations, with thousands of collaborators representing universities and research centers from every country and every corner of the world. In keeping with the needs of contemporary society, the Treccani’s editions are targeting an ever-wider audience, branching out into different formats and channels of communication, from paper to multimedia support both on and offline.

Labels: quark

  ¶ 7:08 PM

Quark Names Kevin Mammel Chief Financial Officer Quark Names Kevin Mammel Chief Financial Officer

Denver – March 25, 2008 – Quark today announced that Kevin Mammel has joined the company as chief financial officer. Mammel brings more than 17 years of experience to Quark, including expertise in financial planning and analysis, accounting, investor relations, and mergers and acquisitions. Mammel is now responsible for leading Quark’s financial operations, including overseeing and managing all global finance, accounting, and treasury functions.

Prior to joining Quark, Mammel was the vice president of finance for Skyetek Corporation where he led the company’s accounting and operations functions. Prior to Skyetek, Kevin served in several senior-level finance positions with McData Corporation, including vice president of finance, treasurer, controller, director of financial planning and analysis, and director of investor relations. Kevin also held leadership positions with Qwest Communications in its finance, accounting, and corporate development organizations.

Mammel reports to Quark CEO Ray Schiavone who said, “I am excited to have Kevin join the Quark leadership team. Kevin brings a wealth of experience that will be beneficial in helping us manage through this challenging economy as well as position us for continued growth and expansion.”

Commented Mammel, “I’ve dedicated the bulk of my career to leading finance teams at some of the most impressive Colorado-based technology companies. I am excited to bring my experience to Quark and look forward to working with the entire team.”

Mammel earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Colorado. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) provides desktop publishing and dynamic publishing software that help customers design and publish richly designed communications across a broad spectrum of media. Two decades ago, our flagship product — QuarkXPress® — changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market — now Quark is revolutionizing publishing again with Quark® Dynamic Publishing Solution, helping customers cost-effectively meet enterprise-scale publishing challenges by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Quark, the Quark logo and QuarkXPress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark, Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Media Contacts: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., 303-894-3753, srector@quark.com

Labels: quark, xtensions

  ¶ 6:57 PM

Institute for Graphics and Imaging to Host FTA FIRST 4.0 Regional Workshop Press Release

For additional information, contact
Ron Dahl at 262-695-6260
or rdahl@igi.org

For Immediate Release
 
Pewaukee, Wisconsin—March 2009—The Institute for Graphics and Imaging (IGI)—an education and training organization funded by and dedicated to the printing and graphic arts industry—will host a regional workshop devoted to FIRST 4.0—Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances.  The workshop, sponsored by the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Association, will be held on April 13, 2009, at the IGI facility in suburban Milwaukee , Wisconsin .  Richard Black, Director of Digital Products at All Printing Resources, will facilitate the workshop.  Attendees will learn to optimize plates, inks, substrates and other variables in the flexographic printing process.  In addition, Black, who has extensive color experience, will detail the G7 process and appropriate color measurement techniques.  Online registration is available at www.flexography.org/online/meetings/regional.cfm.
 
Announcing the new training series, IGI Executive Director Ron Dahl commented: “IGI is pleased to host this outstanding new workshop.  The IGI facilities are an ideal venue for classes of this sort, and we are pleased to have been selected as the site of the initial workshop in this program.” 
 
The Institute for Graphics and Imaging provides education and training in the graphic design, printing, and related industries.  Supported by a vast network of industry suppliers, printers, publishers, and governmental agencies, IGI operates on the campus of the Waukesha County Technical College in suburban Milwaukee .  IGI facilities, which include computer classrooms and access to the latest printing equipment, are available for sales events and corporate training courses.  For additional information go to www.igi.org or call 262-695-6260.
 
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Labels: flexographic, graphics, workshop

  ¶ 8:52 AM

Zevrix Solutions Releases InPreflight 2.6.7 for Adobe InDesign Zevrix Solutions announces the release of InPreflight 2.6.7, a maintenance update to its quality control, packaging automation and file info reporting solution for Adobe InDesign. InPreflight quickly gathers extensive information about document fonts, colors and links and lets users instantly locate potential problems according to preflight presets. The update provides the ability to report the color mode of Illustrator CS4 EPS files, which isn't available in InDesign.

Toronto (ON), Canada - March 18, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of InPreflight 2.6.7, a maintenance update to its quality control, packaging automation and file info reporting solution for Adobe InDesign.

InPreflight quickly gathers extensive information about document fonts, colors and links and lets users instantly locate potential problems according to preflight presets. InPreflight also includes a powerful packaging automation solution which allows users to preflight and package multiple documents. Among other abilities, it can collect all files into one folder, eliminating the need to collect the same links multiple times for each design. The savings can result in gigabytes of saved space and hours of production time. In addition, InPreflight lets users create interactive graphic PDF reports with the detailed InDesign document info and preflight results.

The update provides the ability to report the color mode of Illustrator CS4 EPS files, which isn't available in InDesign. With InPreflight, users can instantly check the color mode of vector EPS files without the need to open each linked file manually.

Pricing and Availability:
InPreflight 2.6.7 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site, www.zevrix.com, for US$99.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Demo is also available for download. Upgrade to InPreflight 2.6.7 is free for licensed users of version 2.2 and up, and US$40 for the users of earlier versions.

InPreflight is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Copyright 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

Labels: indesign, plug-ins, thepowerxchange

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WoodWing Releases Smart Image CS4, an Assistive XMP Metadata Plug-In, for Adobe InDesign ZAANDAM, The Netherlands (March 16, 2009) — WoodWing Software, a leading provider of publishing software for magazines, newspapers, books and corporate agencies, today released Smart Image for Adobe Creative Suite 4. Smart Image aids designers placing photographs on an InDesign page by automatically creating caption and credit text frames containing the embedded metadata stored within the photograph.

Professional photographers and stock agencies generally add XMP or IPTC metadata to their photos such as copyright information, location, subjects and keywords. In page layouts, the credit and description/caption are often placed next to the photograph. Smart Image is able to automatically create the desired text frames in InDesign and place them according to the user’s preferences, helping designers to avoid repetitive and time-consuming tasks.

Smart Image CS4 allows users to:
Selectively import caption/description information, credit information or both
Set object, paragraph, and character styling of imported text
Specify a position, width, and rotation of imported information
Insert custom text such as “Photo by” or “All rights reserved” to imported information
Preferences for Smart Image are stored within the InDesign document itself, so styles based on user, company, or project are easy to manage without copying settings files between computers. Smart Image also allows caption and credit placeholders to be created and styled so that when a photograph is placed in a frame, its metadata can come in styled automatically.

Erik Schut, President of WoodWing Software, said, "Adobe Creative Suite 4 is a boon to the publishing industry. With Smart Image CS4, we aim to further increase the productivity of desktop publishing departments worldwide."

For more information and instructional videos, visit the Smart Image CS4 Web pages at http://www.woodwing.com/en/Smart_Image.

A free 30-day trial of Smart Image CS4 and other WoodWing software can be downloaded from the company website at http://www.woodwing.com/download.


About WoodWing
WoodWing creates the most progressive solutions available on the market for the production of print and online publications. Rapid growth worldwide and success across the full spectrum of small to large publishers demonstrate that WoodWing makes the best tools for the best price.
WoodWing Software is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands, and has regional sales companies for Europe, the USA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Customers are served through select partners.

Contact
Gerard van den Akker
Marketing manager, WoodWing Software
Tel +31 75 614 3400
pr@woodwing.com

Labels: Adobe, indesign, plug-ins, thepowerxchange, X-Ray Magazine

  ¶ 7:56 PM

Markzware announces the Release of PUB2ID V2 for Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4 Publisher to InDesign Now Runs with Adobe CS4
 
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA -- March 11, 2009 -- Markzware (http://www.markzware.com), the leading developer of data extraction and conversion software and inventor of preflighting, released an upgrade to its highly recommended conversion tool PUB2ID for InDesign CS3 and CS4. PUB2ID v2 (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) is a plug-in that enables users to convert native-application Microsoft Publisher files (MS Publisher versions 2002 through 2007) to Adobe InDesign while preserving the content, as well as the styles and formatting.
 
Markzware Quote:
 
"Markzware's mission is to make it easier for the creators and printers to work with the applications they are comfortable with so users can seamlessly integrate these valuable products into their existing workflow," said Mary Gay Marchese, public relations of Markzware.
 
A Simple Two-Click Process:
 
The Adobe InDesign user simply clicks on "File" in the toolbar, then "Open," and selects the Microsoft Publisher file for conversion. This simple two-step process initiates the conversion and opens the document in Adobe InDesign, saving graphic artists, prepress and printing professionals countless hours that would otherwise be spent recreating the document from the ground up.
 
User Feedback:
 
Dave Matthews, who heads up the prepress department for Progressive Printing said, “We have around 10-percent of our customers who use [Microsoft] Publisher. The PUB2ID plug-in has allowed me to stop booting up the PC for that one job per week… PUB2ID makes it very easy to deal with these files from customers… [It] was a great investment and paid for itself in the first week; because I had a big book to deal with, and if I didn’t have the PUB2ID plug-in, I would probably still be working on that book!”
 
Joe Phillips, Minuteman Press expressed, "One of the few programs that I have used that actually works the way I was told it would." Phillips continues, "Unlike every other conversion program we have used, there was no lengthy and complex process to convert the file. You simply open the file as if it were an InDesign file. It is almost as if the file were sent to you with the wrong file extension."
 
Graphic artist Davina Sauer said, "Worked great! It brought everything over, including the layout, fonts, graphics, and formatting. If a font was not installed on my system it would tell me what it was so I could load it. The best part was that everything was still editable, from the fonts to the graphics and layout."
 
The conversion is enabled with a single click using the InDesign File->Open menu. No more re-creating documents from scratch; PUB2ID gives users a big head-start.
 
Pricing and Availability:
 
Markzware's PUB2ID v2 is available from Software House International (SHI), Software Spectrum, Programmers Paradise, MacConnection, CDW and through Markzware Direct Sales at (800) 300-3532, or at Markzware's online store, http://www.markzware.com/pub2id/.  The MSRP is $199 and the upgrade is $99 for PUB2ID v1.x users. For more information please visit http://www.markzware.com/pub2id/.
 
About Markzware:
 
Markzware, a privately-held company based in Santa Ana, California, is the leading developer of quality assurance, data conversion and workflow solutions for the international graphic arts, printing and digital multimedia industries. Markzware B.V., located in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
 
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Quark Applies New Math to Old Problems Quark News
March 12, 2009
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Quark Encourages Customers to Make QuarkXPress 3+4+5 Equal 8 Before September 30

Denver, CO – March 12, 2009 – Quark today announced that customers with old licenses of QuarkXPress®, from QuarkXPress 3 to QuarkXPress 5, can upgrade to the award-winning QuarkXPress 8 for the same low upgrade price until September 30, 2009.

"QuarkXPress 8 has reaffirmed my faith in the product and company, restoring the reliability and stability that a pre–press and design environment rely on,” said Malcolm Anderson, Studio Manager, TRMG. “I have no reservations in recommending QuarkXPress 8 to my company, clients, and staff."

Released in August, 2008, QuarkXPress 8 delivers an intuitive new interface, easy Flash® authoring, stunning new typographic features, native Illustrator® file import, and global publishing features. A comparison table, which can be viewed at http://8.quark.com/quarkupgrade/comparequark.html, shows users specifically which features have been added over the years and includes headline features from QuarkXPress 3 to QuarkXPress 8.

“We know that there are a significant number of customers in the world that either continue to use older versions of QuarkXPress or are previous users of the software,” said Gavin Drake, Quark marketing director. “What most people don’t know is that if they act now they can get all of those old licenses up to the latest version of QuarkXPress for the cost of an upgrade. We believe that QuarkXPress 8 is the version of QuarkXPress that customers have always wanted and that now is the perfect time to breathe new life into outdated licenses.”

Flash for Designers
One of the features in QuarkXPress 8 that is getting a lot of attention is the ability to create Flash and Web content using existing QuarkXPress 8 features and skills without having to learn to code. Examples include microsites, online portfolios, product tours, banners, and presentations.

“In the current economic climate it’s important that designers have a wide skill set in terms of the media they can design for. We have spoken with a large number of designers that would love to have a tool for creating Flash and Web content that’s easy for them to use and doesn’t require coding skills,” continued Drake. “The great news is that it now exists with QuarkXPress 8 so even if they are using other software for print design, for the cost of an upgrade, they can add Flash and Web design skills to their resume and client offering.”

Platform Independent
One of the reasons for a QuarkXPress license becomes redundant may be that customers have switched platforms from Windows® to Mac® (or vice versa), and not taken their QuarkXPress license with them. The good news is that QuarkXPress 8 upgrades and new licenses are platform independent, so customers do not need to specify Mac or Windows when purchasing – the license will install and activate on either platform. This avoids customers having to get involved with complex cross grade policies that other software vendors may have, making migration from one platform to another easy. With Quark’s dual-activation, a customer can even install their license on a Mac at work for example and a Windows computer at home (or vice versa).

“A lot has changed in Quark’s approach to licensing in recent years, all of which has been to make Quark easier to do business with,” said Drake. “We believe we have one of the most flexible licensing and support approaches in the industry with platform independent licensing, dual activation, and free phone and Web technical support. Customers who have not interacted with Quark for many years will, I’m sure, be pleasantly surprised.”

What’s Involved?
Upgrades under this program are available from Quark Authorized Resellers, the Quark Store, and Quark Customer Service. Customers will need to have access to the serial number of their previous license of QuarkXPress in order to successfully install QuarkXPress 8.

Missing Serial Number, Disks, or Product Box?
Customers that are unable to locate their old QuarkXPress serial number, program disks, or product box may still have the opportunity to upgrade their licenses. In these cases, customers can provide proof of purchase or complete an online “missing serial number” form at http://8.quark.com/quarkupgrade/missingserialnumber.html. Quark maintains an historical database of serial numbers based on the information provided in the form, and may still be able to locate a customer’s details enabling them to get QuarkXPress 8 for the cost of an upgrade.

For further information and answers to frequently asked questions on this program, please visit http://8.quark.com/quarkupgrade/.

Pricing and Availability
QuarkXPress 8 is available directly from Quark and through Quark® Authorized Resellers. An upgrade to QuarkXPress 8 is $299 (+Tax) and full product can be purchased for $799 (+Tax). To purchase, visit the QuarkStore www.quark.com/sales/estore.html or locate the nearest Quark Authorized Reseller at www.quark.com/sales/desktop/resellers.cfm.

60-Day Test Drive
In addition to being available for purchase, a free, fully functional, 60-day Test Drive version can be downloaded from http://8.quark.com/evaluation.html. To learn more about QuarkXPress 8 please visit http://8.quark.com.

About Quark
Quark Inc., (www.quark.com) provides desktop publishing and dynamic publishing software that helps customers design and publish rich communications across a broad spectrum of media. Two decades ago, Quark’s flagship product — QuarkXPress — changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market — now Quark is revolutionizing publishing again with Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution, helping customers cost-effectively meet enterprise-scale publishing challenges by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Contact: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., 303-894-3753, srector@quark.com

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No User Left Behind Quark is offering to upgrade everyone for the same price. If you have a copy of QuarkXPress v3, v4, v5, v6, or v7, be sure to take advantage of this limited-time offer. Quark's complimentary technical support for v3 through v5 has already expired, but on 31 March, v6 will also be discontinued. For information on which of your XTensions have already been ported, or which will are no longer necessary, call ThePowerXChange at 877 940 0600.

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Quark Certifies New QuarkXPress 8 Training Experts from Around the World Online Training Classes for QuarkAlliance Partners Offered Throughout the Year

DENVER – March 5, 2009 – Quark announced today that more than twenty QuarkAlliance partners have been recognized as QuarkXPress® 8 Certified Training Experts. As QuarkXPress 8 Certified Training Experts, these QuarkAlliance training providers not only receive all the benefits of membership in the QuarkAlliance, but have been taught QuarkXPress 8 in detail by Quark’s own internal trainers. Individual trainers who receive certification are recognized by Quark, and their organizations receive a logo that designates them as a Quark-certified QuarkXPress 8 training provider.

To become a QuarkXPress 8 Certified Training Expert, QuarkAlliance partners must successfully complete an online exam that is focused on print media or print media and Web publishing. To help QuarkAlliance partners prepare for the exam, Quark offers training sessions throughout the year. The training sessions planned for 2009 are as follows:

-- Tuesday, March 17 and Friday, March 20, 2009
-- Tuesday, May 12 and Friday, May 15, 2009
-- Tuesday, September 15 and Friday, September 18, 2009
-- Tuesday, November 3 and Friday, November 6, 2009

The training sessions are hosted by internal trainers from Quark, consist of two four-hour sessions, and culminate with the exam for certification. To gain certification, trainers must pass the exam with a score of 88 percent or better.

QuarkAlliance partners can register for the upcoming certification classes by contacting sbaars@quark.com.

A number of QuarkAlliance training providers from around the world completed the exam successfully and were recently certified as QuarkXPress 8 training experts, including:

United States
-- AACTT, Inc. (Crystal Lake, IL) www.aactt.com
-- C2 Graphics Productivity (Milwaukee, WI) www.c2gps.com
-- I.D.E.A.S. Training (Bonsall, CA) www.ideastraining.com
-- Noble Desktop (New York, NY) www.nobledesktop.com
-- Resolutions Training (Mechanicsburg, PA) www.resolutions-training.com
-- The Graphics Tutor (Florissant, MO) www.thegraphicstutor.com
-- TJP&A (Washington DC) www.tjpa.com

Europe
-- 2-FI (Villeurbanne, France) www.2-fi.com
-- Computer Training Center (Moscow, Russia) www.specialist.ru
-- Cryptic Peach (Manchester, UK) www.crypticpeach.co.uk
-- elementa:res GmbH (Herford, Germany) www.elementares.de
-- FMS Computer GMbH (Aschaffenburg, Germany) www.fmscomputer.de
-- Giant Associates (Belfast, Northern Ireland) www.giant-associates.com
-- Initiative, Ltd. (Sheffield, UK) www.initiative.ltd.uk
-- NHK Formatic (Lisbon, Portugal) www.nhk.pt
-- XChange International (London, UK) www.xchangeuk.com

About QuarkAlliance
QuarkAlliance provides technical support, product and program discounts, and other benefits that help QuarkXPress training providers, authors, output providers, and technology providers deliver on-target solutions to customers who work with Quark® software. QuarkAlliance manages partner participation, interaction, and implementation with other key Quark departments and projects, such as marketing, sales, and training. For more information about the QuarkAlliance, please visit http://www.quarkalliance.com.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) provides desktop publishing and dynamic publishing software that help customers design and publish richly designed communications across a broad spectrum of media. Two decades ago, our flagship product — QuarkXPress — changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market — now Quark is revolutionizing publishing again with Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution, helping customers cost-effectively meet enterprise-scale publishing challenges by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Leading UK Newspaper Group Publishes in QuarkXPress 8 Leading Regional Newspaper Group is UK’s First to Publish in QuarkXPress 8

The Midland News Association Chooses Award-winning QuarkXPress 8 as the Backbone of Cutting-edge Editorial System

London, 4 March 2009 — Quark Inc. announced today that the Midland News Association, publishers of two of the UK’s top-selling evening newspapers, the Express & Star and Shropshire Star, has become the first UK newspaper group to go live using QuarkXPress 8.

The MNA, part of the independent family-owned Claverley Group, began producing the West Midlands Chronicles and Shropshire Weekly Newspapers series in January using a new editorial system from Press Computer Systems based on QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress Server 8 for pagination.

The Kidderminster Chronicle was the first newspaper off the press, followed by the Telford Journal and Walsall Chronicle. QuarkXPress 8 and the new system will be implemented across all twenty weekly titles in the group by the end of May. The next step will be to upgrade the daily newspapers, Express & Star and Shropshire Star, to the new system.

The desire to remain with Quark was a key factor in the MNA’s decision to specify QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress Server 8 as the base for its preferred version of the smart and versatile KnowlEDGE development.

“Our group’s titles are extremely popular across the West Midlands and Shropshire and we pride ourselves on our reputation for being innovative and cutting-edge,” said Adrian Faber, MNA Editorial Director, and Editor of the flagship Express & Star. “We have always been quick to embrace new technology, and there has been so much positive opinion in the market surrounding QuarkXPress 8 that we were keen to upgrade and maintain QuarkXPress as a key part of our editorial workflow.

“We have also found that while users have been able to take advantage of the many new features within QuarkXPress 8, their very familiarity with QuarkXPress as a product on which many users have worked for years, has been a positive factor in easing the transition to KnowlEDGE,” he added.

“Quark has gone to great lengths to improve the overall usability and efficiency in QuarkXPress 8. This is extremely evident in the redesigned use interface, which takes existing tools and expands their functionality in an intuitive way to make the user instantly more efficient at day-to-day tasks. In addition, the new Content tool allows significantly streamlined manipulation of boxes as well as their content, eliminating the need for time-consuming tool changes or menu commands. All of these improvements mean that our users can now work faster and smarter, which is extremely important in a busy newspaper environment,” continued Faber.

Press Computer Systems Ltd is a leading systems supplier to the UK publishing industry with a comprehensive suite of proven integrated systems specifically designed to maximize the potential efficiency and profitability of information publishing. PCS has developed KnowlEDGE, a leading-edge editorial workflow system that integrates seamlessly with QuarkXPress.

Philip Walker, Managing Director of PCS, said, “KnowlEDGE is a system built from the ground up to integrate some very smart technologies, many of them very new to the newspaper industry. But PCS has worked closely with Quark for many years delivering to the industry innovative and cost-effective solutions. That close working relationship has meant we have been able to rapidly integrate QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress Server 8 within the overall KnowlEDGE package.”

“By maintaining a position at the cutting-edge of technology, we are committed to developing systems that help our customers to continue to push their business forward both in terms of revenue and technology.”

Matthew Wallis, Quark senior vice president of sales in Europe and Africa, said, “Quark’s dynamic publishing technology can bring significant productivity benefits to the newspaper sector by streamlining the workflow and automating business processes to gain greater efficiency. We are thrilled that PCS, who have been at the forefront of the UK newspaper computer revolution, are leveraging the creative power of QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress Server 8 to deliver dynamic publishing systems to their customers.”

About Press Computer Systems
Known universally as PCS, Press Computer Systems (www.presscomputers.com) is the leading systems supplier to the UK publishing industry with an impressive portfolio of proven integrated systems specifically designed to maximise the potential efficiency and profitability of information publishing. With more than three decades of experience in developing prepress systems and new media publishing applications, PCS has the expertise to drive its publishing business forward in terms of revenue and technology.

About Quark
Quark Inc., (euro.quark.com/en) provides desktop publishing and dynamic publishing software that helps customers design and publish rich communications across a broad spectrum of media. Two decades ago, Quark’s flagship product — QuarkXPress — changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market — now Quark is revolutionizing publishing again with Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution, helping customers cost-effectively meet enterprise-scale publishing challenges by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

Contact: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., 303-894-3753, srector@quark.com

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Zevrix Solutions automates export to Adobe InDesign Interchange format Zevrix Solutions announces the release of BatchOutput 3.5, an upgrade to its popular solution to automate printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign. The new version adds the ability to automate export of InDesign documents to the InDesign Interchange file format (INX). With BatchOutput 3.5, users can repurpose multiple InDesign documents for its earlier versions with just a click of a button instead of opening and exporting each document manually.

Toronto (ON), Canada - February 26, 2009 - Zevrix Solutions announces the release of version 3.5 of BatchOutput, its popular professional solution to automate printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign.

BatchOutput saves valuable production time and simplifies workflows of printers, ad agencies, service providers and publishing houses by automating the output from InDesign. With BatchOutput, users only need to select the files to output and adjust the settings, instead of opening and printing each document manually. For example, BatchOutput can be left printing or exporting hundreds of InDesign files overnight, and the completed job can be picked up next morning.

BatchOutput also allows users to output InDesign documents as single pages, update links automatically, and output files invisibly for the user. BatchOutput automatically composes complex variable file names, which makes it equally indispensable for export of single documents as well.

The new version adds the ability to export to the InDesign Interchange file format (INX), dramatically simplifying repurposing of InDesign documents for its earlier versions.

Pricing and Availability:
BatchOutput 3.5 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$119.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Demo is also available for download. Upgrade to BatchOutput 3.5 is free for licensed users of version 3.x, and US$40 for the users of earlier versions.

BatchOutput 3.5 is available for Mac OS X 10.4.2 and higher, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe InDesign CS-CS4.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, graphic file diagnostics and Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit www.zevrix.com.


CONTACT INFO:

Leo Revzin
Owner
416-217-0607
leo@zevrix.com

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Copyright © 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

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