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Markzware announces the Release of PUB2ID V2 for Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:13:00 +0000

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.

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

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Media Contact:

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

Quark Applies New Math to Old Problems

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:56:00 +0000

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

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:11:00 +0000

Technorati Profile

No User Left Behind

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:04:00 +0000

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.

Quark Certifies New QuarkXPress 8 Training Experts from Around the World

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:44:00 +0000

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.

Leading UK Newspaper Group Publishes in QuarkXPress 8

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:03:00 +0000

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

Zevrix Solutions automates export to Adobe InDesign Interchange format

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:45:00 +0000

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 Â© 2009 Zevrix Solutions. All Rights Reserved.

XChange International, ThePowerXChange, and X-Ray Magazine Announce  New Free Screencasts of XTensions and Plug-ins Solutions

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

ThePowerXChange and XChange International, the global sources for extended technology worldwide, along with X-Ray magazine, the publication dedicated to desktop-publishing, design, electronic-content creation, pre-press, and printing, are pleased to announce their new TimeSaver:MoneyMaker screencasts series. The series was designed in response to increased customer requests for insight into the tools that are available to help users save time and make money in the publishing and design industries.

“Our pre-sale technical support staffs are fielding a substantially increasing number of calls and contacts from users and companies seeking ways to work smarter in their publishing environments. They have heard about the value of XTensions® or Plug-ins in increasing their production or in saving money, and in this economy, are looking for advice on which products best suit their workflows,” offers Tami Stodghill, press relations manager for XChange International. “By offering this series, users can — in the comfort of their home or work environments — learn in just a few minutes exactly the kind of automation and expedition of tasks that these products offer.”

The series of demonstrations, which will exhibit key features of a wide range of publishing products, will let users see first-hand exactly what these products bring to the table. In most cases, users experience an immediate return on investment.

“X-Ray Magazine finds that our readers seek out tips and tricks to aid them in their day-to-day tasks. They are hungry for products that can add to their menu of services and make them money. Whether they are looking to check, edit, and send PDFs, create a catalogue or directory or automatically personalize mailings, utilize special effects, or add desired features and shortcuts to their workflow, they will find that there are products available that can change the way they work,” says Cyndie Shaffstall, owner of ThePowerXChange and editor of X-Ray magazine. “Those who have discovered the power of these products can’t believe how they are able to accomplish more, save more, and make more.”

Depending upon the individual screencast’s topic, the TimeSaver:MoneyMaker series will be available, at no cost, on X-Ray Magazine web site (http://www.xraymag.com), the XChange International web site (http://www.xchangeuk.com), through YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/users/thepowerxchange), Quark, Inc., and Planet Quark (http://www.planetquark.com). The first screencast covers the database publishing QuarkXPress® XTensions module, Xdata, and InDesign® Plug-in, InData.
The demo will show users how to completely automate production and make money in the process. The streaming screencast is available by clicking this link: http://dss26.streamhoster.com/thepowerxchange/TimeSaverMoneyMaker/Xdata.mov

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For more information, users and press may contact: 
XChange International (Europe) 
Tami Stodghill
http://www.xchangeuk.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7490 4455
Email: info@xchangeuk.com

ThePowerXChange (Americas)
Cyndie Shaffstall
http://www.thepowerxchange.com
Phone: 877-940-0600
Email: sales@thepowerxchange.com

WoodWing has released Enterprise 6 Content Publishing Platform

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:55:00 +0000

New content planning and web delivery tools lead the feature set of Enterprise 6

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands (February 3, 2009) — WoodWing Software has released Enterprise 6, the latest version of the company’s flagship content publishing platform. Equipped with a new editing application called “Content Station”, Enterprise 6 offers article planning tools, direct access to any type of content repository, and integrated Web delivery functionality. Content Station allows users to efficiently create articles for delivery to the Web, print, and mobile devices, and offers out-of-the-box integration with the open-source Web content management system Drupal.

“We've always separated layout from content, but we now separate content from publications,” said Erik Schut, president of WoodWing. “Our competitors still follow a single channel model in their products, believing that an XML export makes a solution cross-media. In Enterprise 6, publication channels are native concepts, each with an associated publishing system. Major internal changes to the system have been made to allow for this radical new approach.”

Content Station works with Enterprise’s new server plug-ins to allow users to search, select, and retrieve content stored in other third-party repositories such as digital asset management systems, archives, and wire systems. Video, audio, and text files can then be collected into “dossiers”, edited, and set for delivery to a variety of outputs, all from a single user-interface. A built-in XML editor lets authors create documents intended solely for digital output. The content planning application lets managers assign content to users both inside and outside of the office.

Enterprise’s Web publishing capabilities feature a direct integration with Drupal, the popular open-source Web content management system. Content authors click on a single button to preview or deliver content directly to Drupal and get information such as page views, ratings, and comments back from the Web CMS. And if something needs to be pulled from the site, editors can simply click “Unpublish”. They don’t have to contact a separate Web editor or navigate through another system’s interface. The server plug-in architecture also allows for any other Web content management system to be easily connected.

Other features in Enterprise 6 address print industry-specific needs in InDesign, such as jumping articles from one page or document to another, a plug-in called Smart Image that automates importing of XMP metadata from images into text frames, and the ability to save InDesign documents as Layout Modules which can have their own workflow and be reused in multiple layouts. A new versioning system and deeper integration with Adobe’s InDesign server also debuted. For a full list of features, demo videos and more information, visit www.woodwing.com .

Enterprise 6 is currently already in use by several customers, including Express Newspapers, UK.

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
Tel +31 75 614 3400
pr@woodwing.com
WoodWing Software

Meadows Publishing Solutions Releases AutoPrice

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:52:00 +0000

Software for Adobe® InDesign® CS4 Macintosh and PC Users

News Highlights

• Automates intricate data entry, saving time and money: AutoPrice links databases to InDesign or QuarkXPress documents, automating previously costly, time-intensive and tedious manual entry of prices and other material;

• Adds greater document flexibility: With AutoPrice, records can be extracted from any type of database and placed anywhere within InDesign documents. Updating, reformatting, revising, batch processing and versioning becomes relatively effortless, reducing errors and accelerating production cycles. Users can create more flexible catalogs, and similar publications in less time;

• Updates graphics: AutoPrice can also be used to instantly insert or swap out product pictures, logos or any type of graphic image;

• Compatible with existing workflows: AutoPrice software is compatible with versions of the Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress applications.

SCHAUMBURG, IL -- February 2, 2009 -- Meadows Publishing Solutions (MPS) today announced the release of their AutoPrice˙ plug-in module for Adobe InDesign CS4 users on both Macintosh® and PC platforms. AutoPrice is a powerful yet easy-to-use tool for linking text and graphics in any type of database to Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress® documents, vastly streamlining production. Proven over 14 years by many of the largest catalog and financial publishers throughout the world, AutoPrice has set the standard for plug-in based data-connectivity software.

As the name implies, AutoPrice is engineered to automate the process of inserting, updating and versioning prices for catalogs, retail flyers and similar publications. It is also ideal for updating timetables, phone lists or any other type of information that can be referenced from a database or spreadsheet file. For more information about MPS software, please visit www.meadowsps.com .

How It Works

AutoPrice extracts and updates prices (or other data) via „placeholders‰ within InDesign (or QuarkXPress) documents that are linked to records in any type of database or spreadsheet. Placeholders can be positioned anywhere on the page, even within running text, and can be styled without restriction for maximum design possibilities. Raw database prices can also be styled in virtually any fashion as they are extracted.

More flexible catalogs, flyers, timetables and similar publications can be created and manipulated in less time. Users can update, reformat, revise and spin off multiple versions with far less effort, thereby reducing errors and accelerating production cycles. A single command can update (re-price) an entire publication from a revised database. The AutoPrice database engine is mature, field-tested and proven to be lightning fast, typically requiring no more than a few seconds to completely update a page.

Update Graphics, Generate Reports, Batch Process

AutoPrice also supports graphic file import and exchange, which includes advanced searching and error reporting capabilities. Comprehensive and fully-featured report generation aids proofing, billing or index generation. For large projects and multiple files, AutoPrice supplies selectable batch processing, also complete with full reporting. An entire catalog containing hundreds of individual documents can be fully processed within minutes.

Full Compatibility

AutoPrice is now available for InDesign CS4 and QuarkXPress 7, as well as previous versions, from Meadows Publishing Solutions. For more information, please visit www.meadowsps.com .

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®, 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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(c) 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. 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 Contact

John Kriho
President
Meadows Publishing Solutions
T: 847-882-8202
E: jkriho@meadowsps.com

XChange International, ThePowerXChange, and X-Ray Magazine Announce New Free Screencasts of XTensions and Plug-ins Solutions

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:55:00 +0000

ThePowerXChange and XChange International, the global sources for extended technology worldwide, along with X-Ray magazine, the publication dedicated to desktop-publishing, design, electronic-content creation, pre-press, and printing, are pleased to announce their new TimeSaver:MoneyMaker screencasts series. The series was designed in response to increased customer requests for insight into the tools that are available to help users save time and make money in the publishing and design industries.

“Our pre-sale technical support staffs are fielding a substantially increasing number of calls and contacts from users and companies seeking ways to work smarter in their publishing environments. They have heard about the value of XTensions® or Plug-ins in increasing their production or in saving money, and in this economy, are looking for advice on which products best suit their workflows,” offers Tami Stodghill, press relations manager for XChange International. “By offering this series, users can — in the comfort of their home or work environments — learn in just a few minutes exactly the kind of automation and expedition of tasks that these products offer.”

The series of demonstrations, which will exhibit key features of a wide range of publishing products, will let users see first-hand exactly what these products bring to the table. In most cases, users experience an immediate return on investment.
“X-Ray Magazine finds that our readers seek out tips and tricks to aid them in their day-to-day tasks. They are hungry for products that can add to their menu of services and make them money. Whether they are looking to check, edit, and send PDFs, create a catalogue or directory or automatically personalize mailings, utilize special effects, or add desired features and shortcuts to their workflow, they will find that there are products available that can change the way they work,” says Cyndie Shaffstall, owner of ThePowerXChange and editor of X-Ray magazine. “Those who have discovered the power of these products can’t believe how they are able to accomplish more, save more, and make more.”

Depending upon the individual screencast’s topic, the TimeSaver:MoneyMaker series will be available, at no cost, on X-Ray Magazine web site (http://www.xraymag.com), the XChange International web site (http://www.xchangeuk.com), through YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/users/thepowerxchange), Quark, Inc., and Planet Quark (http://www.planetquark.com). The first screencast covers the database publishing QuarkXPress® XTensions module, Xdata, and InDesign® Plug-in, InData. The demo will show users how to completely automate production and make money in the process. The streaming screencast is available by clicking this link: http://dss26.streamhoster.com/thepowerxchange/TimeSaverMoneyMaker/Xdata.mov

For more information, users and press may contact:
XChange International (Europe)
Tami Stodghill
http://www.xchangeuk.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7490 4455
Email: info@xchangeuk.com

ThePowerXChange (Americas)
Cyndie Shaffstall
http://www.thepowerxchange.com
Phone: 877-940-0600
Email: sales@thepowerxchange.com

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Smart Image saves layout time in InDesign

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:18:00 +0000

New productivity plug-in by WoodWing Software

Zaandam, The Netherlands (December 4th, 2008) – DTP departments use thousands of photos and images every day, adding captions and credits manually. Most of these pictures, though, already contain ready-to-use descriptions and copyrights. WoodWing decided to put these to use in InDesign, saving time and improving efficiency.

Saving time
Smart Image, WoodWing’s new plug-in for Adobe InDesign, will save DTP departments many hours of tedious, repetitive and error-prone work. When placing an image in InDesign, the attached caption and/or credit text frames are created and filled with text automatically, all at once and with a single mouse-click. Saving just one minute per photo adds up to many hours per week.

Use what’s already there
Most professional photographers and stock agencies add metadata to their photos in XMP or IPTC format. They add their own copyright information, and fill out fields to describe and catalog their images with locations, subjects and keywords. In most cases, credit information can be placed by Smart Image without the need for modification by the user. Descriptions may need some fine-tuning, but generally provide a perfect place to start. After inserting the image, the created text frames are ready to edit.

Flexible but consistent layout
Settings, styles and templates can be used to add the text frames according to company, department, document or any user preferences. Text position, alignment, rotation and size can all be set in advance. Caption and credits may be combined into a single frame. Even standard prefixes and/or suffixes are available, for example, to automatically create credits such as: “Photo by [author]. All rights reserved.”.

Erik Schut, President of WoodWing Software, said, “Photographers may not be aware of it, but from now on, they’ll be helping DTP departments to be even more productive.”

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
Tel +31 75 614 3400
pr [@] woodwing.com
WoodWing Software

Graphics
The WoodWing logo can be downloaded from http://www.woodwing.com/pr/ww-logo.jpg
More information on Smart Image is available at http://www.woodwing.com/en/Smart_Image

New QuarkXPress 8 and CS4 Integration Booklet

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Quark News
December 3, 2008
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Comprehensive Free Booklet and Video Provide Practical Guidance to Using QuarkXPress 8 with Adobe Creative Suite

Downloadable 36-Page Booklet Demonstrates how Creative Suite Users Can Work Seamlessly with QuarkXPress 8 for the Best Possible Integrated Design Experience

DENVER - 12-03-2008 - Quark Inc. announced today the availability of a free booklet, online content, and video to enable creative professionals to unlock the full potential of their design tools. The book, downloadable from http://8.quark.com/cs_integration, details how QuarkXPress® 8 users can work seamlessly with Photoshop®, Illustrator®, Dreamweaver®, Flash® and PDFs either separately or within Adobe® Creative Suite®. It also provides an introduction to QuarkXPress 8 for InDesign® users, outlining both the similarities and differences that users should know.

The booklet, which was previously available for QuarkXPress 7, has been updated to reflect the changes in both QuarkXPress 8 and Adobe Creative Suite 4. QuarkXPress 8 builds on the previous integration with leading design applications, with new support for native Illustrator (.ai) files and built-in Flash design capabilities. Through standards such as SWF, XHTML and CSS, QuarkXPress 8 users can design across media both within the integrated design environment of QuarkXPress 8 and alongside dedicated Adobe Creative Suite applications, like Adobe Flash and Adobe Dreamweaver. The booklet outlines in more detail how QuarkXPress works with Creative Suite and the best practices that users should follow when using these design applications together.

Getting the Full Potential from Leading Design Tools
QuarkXPress and Photoshop are two of the most widely used design applications, and QuarkXPress is considered by some to have the best integration with Photoshop’s PSD file format. The booklet recommends when designers should use the PSD file format for images and gives tips on how to get the best results.

The booklet also covers Illustrator—another extensively used application—as well as the refined pen tools in QuarkXPress 8 for the creation of logos and vector illustrations. Traditionally, the route for bringing Illustrator files into QuarkXPress has been to export an EPS from Illustrator; now it is possible to import native Illustrator files into QuarkXPress 8. This gives much more flexibility as well as the advantage of having an Illustrator file that can be easily shared across the organization. In addition, the new pen tools in QuarkXPress 8 mean that users may decide to create more of their vector artwork directly in QuarkXPress 8.

Another topic covered in the booklet is an introduction to the built-in Flash design capabilities of QuarkXPress 8, which make it easier than ever to output Flash (.swf) files directly from a page-layout application. Users can easily create interactive materials by leveraging the design precision and ease-of-use of QuarkXPress with the power and flexibility of the Flash format. This means that users can create for print, Web and Flash in a single integrated environment, with synchronized design and content without having to learn to code.

“QuarkXPress now has better integration with Adobe Creative Suite than ever before, and this free booklet highlights how users can leverage all of these applications to improve their design experience,” said Marc Horne, Quark Senior Product Marketing Manager. “The booklet also highlights some of the differences between QuarkXPress 8 and Adobe InDesign to help users evaluate the most appropriate page-layout tool for specific tasks, and it outlines how both QuarkXPress and InDesign integrate with key design applications within Creative Suite.” The free book is available to download at http://8.quark.com/cs_integration/ along with a short video that shows some of the highlights.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is an innovative software company providing design, production, and collaboration solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Quark, QuarkXPress and the Quark logo 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, srector@quark.com, 303-894-3753

Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department Adopts QuarkXPress 8

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:43:00 +0000

Quark News
September 30, 2008
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Denver, CO — September 30, 2008 — Quark announced today that students in the Graphic Communication Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo will use QuarkXPress® 8 in prepress courses and in the university’s experiential student-run printing and publishing enterprise, University Graphic Systems. QuarkXPress 8 will also be used in workshops and seminars offered by the Graphic Communication Institute at Cal Poly.

“The latest version of QuarkXPress automates and streamlines complex prepress production,” said Mike Blum, Cal Poly Graphic Communication Professor and coordinator of the department’s Electronic Publishing and Imaging concentration. “It is an incredible learning tool for our students.” Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department has had a long and positive relationship with Quark. “We are pleased to enhance our partnership with one of the leading vendors in the graphic arts industry,” Blum said.

“It’s important to equip our students with the necessary software skills for our industry,” said Lorraine Donegan, Cal Poly Graphic Communication Professor and coordinator of the department’s Design Reproduction Technology concentration. “Quark is an icon in the creative publishing arena and we’re thrilled to integrate QuarkXPress 8 into our curriculum,” Donegan said.

This update will help educate students using the latest prepress technology in today’s graphic communication market. “QuarkXPress 8 will help us provide industry-ready graphic communication professionals who are proficient with the latest tools produced by one of the leading manufacturers in our industry,” said Harvey Levenson, head of the Graphic Communication Department.

“Cal Poly is a leading educational institution focused on preparing the next generation of graphic communicators and we are proud that their Graphic Communication Department has adopted QuarkXPress 8,” said Cherie Walker, Director of Channel and Education Sales at Quark. “Today’s employers are seeking well-rounded graphic communication professionals, and by incorporating QuarkXPress 8 into their curriculum, Cal Poly is helping students pave their way for success after graduation.”

About Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department
Founded in 1946, Cal Poly’s Graphic Communication Department (www.grc.calpoly.edu) is one of the largest and best known in the nation, offering students a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Communication with concentrations in printing and imaging management, electronic publishing and imaging, design reproduction technology, graphics for packaging, and an Individual course of study. With over 33,000 square feet of space, the department houses some of the most modern laboratory facilities in graphic arts education. The department received national accreditation by the Accreditation Council of Collegiate Graphic Communications. The department also houses the Graphic Communication Institute (www.grci.calpoly.edu), which conducts research, testing, product evaluations, seminars, workshops and conferences.

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.

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

Markzware Releases Free Update To Popular Preflighting Software, FlightCheck

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:51:00 +0000

Contact:
Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100, ext. 250
pr@markzware.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Markzware Releases Free Update To Popular Preflighting Software, FlightCheck
Markzware's FlightCheck v6.12 provides the most up-to-date enhancements for greater productivity.

SANTA ANA, California, September 16, 2008 -- Markzware, the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software, announced a free update for its preflighting solution, FlightCheck v6.12.

"Markzware continues to provide the level of support to our customer base to ensure efficiency, flexibility and ease of use of our popular and award-winning preflighting solution," said Mary Gay Marchese, public relations director of Markzware.

This new update will allow the user to drop folders of multiple files of QuarkXPress or Adobe InDesign onto the FlightCheck icon for preflighting.

Other new enhancements include:

-- Relaxed constraints on bad data to allow more files to be seen as recognized by FlightCheck

-- Modified reading of Illustrator files to better handle documents with layers previously flagged as unrecognized or locked

-- Improved detection of small point-size fonts in Illustrator (.ai and eps files created out of Illustrator)

-- Addressed content of an image box containing an eps image with scaling applied would report the "image_name is transparent," when no transparency had been applied

-- Coordinated file creation/Modification Dates and Finder Dates

-- Improved reading and detection of fonts in QuarkXPress 7 documents

-- Improved scanning of Illustrator CS3 files to handle files previously unrecognized files

-- Improved ability to read additional QuarkXPress files

-- Improved reporting of resolution data for JPEGs that use EXIF data

-- Improved font detection even includes fonts created over 10 years ago

In addition, customers can download free tutorial movies by visiting our web site at:

http://www.markzware.com/movies

Pricing and Availability:

The FlightCheck v6.12 update is available fee of charge to all registered FlightCheck 6.x users. The MSRP of FlightCheck Professional is $499. For more information, or to purchase, visit: http://www.markzware.com/store .

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.

(c)2008 Markzware. All rights reserved. Covered by U.S. Patent #5,963,641.

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WoodWing meets Adobe CS4 announcement with Smart Styles CS4 Beta release

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:49:00 +0000

PRESS RELEASE - for immediate release

WoodWing meets Adobe CS4 announcement with Smart Styles CS4 Beta release

Zaandam, The Netherlands (September 24, 2008) – Adobe helped publishers prepare for the future with yesterday’s introduction of Creative Suite 4, and WoodWing Software greets the launch today with the news that all of its products will be fully compatible with CS4.

Blended Media Philosophy
“Adobe continues to revolutionize the publishing industry with the launch of CS4, and publishers are going to be blown away when they see some of the improvements,” said Erik Schut, President of WoodWing Software. “Specifically, the new InDesign CS4 feature to directly export to Flash, and the channel-specific text in InCopy CS4. All of this meshes perfectly with WoodWing’s philosophy of ‘blended media,’ the convergence between print and online.”

More Smartness
“After eight years of developing Smart plug-ins, we're delighted to see that Adobe is helping WoodWing bring maximum smartness to InDesign CS4, with new features such as Smart Guides, Smart Dimensions and Smart Text Reflow,” Schut added. “For corporate publishers, the enhanced table editing inside InCopy will be of great value. And the Live Preflight feature will be a tremendous help to improve efficiency with on-the-fly alerts about potential production problems.”

WoodWing Labs with Smart Styles CS4
The first WoodWing product available for CS4 is the company’s renowned Smart Styles efficiency plug-in for Adobe InDesign. A beta release is already available on the brand new WoodWing Labs Web site, at labs.woodwing.com . Additional beta releases are planned to be released shortly, with the first CS4-compatible products shipping before the end of the year. All of WoodWing’s products will be compatible with CS4.

“This is all about helping our customers position themselves for the future,” Schut said. “This is the approach that we have with our ‘blended media’ philosophy, and Adobe’s CS4 helps take this to the next level. We share the same philosophy with Adobe: Never stop making your products better. The future isn’t tomorrow. The future is now.”

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

Quark Introduces Quark Publishing System 8, QuarkCopyDesk 8, and QuarkXPressServer 8 in Support of QuarkXPress 8

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:40:00 +0000

Quark Introduces Quark Publishing System 8, QuarkCopyDesk8, and QuarkXPress Server 8 in Support of QuarkXPress 8

Quark’s Fully Compatible Enterprise and Dynamic Publishing Solutions to be Demonstrated at IFRA and Graph Expo

Denver, CO — September 24, 2008 — Quark announced today the simultaneous fall release of Quark Publishing System® 8, QuarkCopyDesk® 8, and QuarkXPress® Server 8, marking the complete compatibility of Quark’s enterprise solutions with QuarkXPress 8. With the release of these offerings, customers can leverage the superior design capabilities of QuarkXPress 8 with the flexible, automated workflow of QPS® in their publishing environments. Together these offerings connect key publishing tasks and technologies to help customers lay the groundwork for Quark® Dynamic Publishing Solution.

Built on an open standards-based architecture, QPS 8 provides a flexible framework for marketing departments, agencies, and magazine and newspaper publishers to manage their publishing workflows. Through compatibility with QuarkXPress 8, QPS 8 delivers greater design capability for the delivery of print, Web, and Flash® output, and — through the universal file format of QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkCopyDesk 8 — allows publishers to preview, edit, and output high-fidelity documents created anywhere in the world.

QuarkCopyDesk 8, Quark’s text and picture editing software, and QuarkXPress Server 8, the composition and rendering engine that powers publishing workflows and business applications — both core components of QPS — are also compatible with QuarkXPress 8. QuarkCopyDesk 8 inherits QuarkXPress 8’s new intuitive interface, advanced typographical control, and support for East Asian text, as well as improved page and baseline grid features, and operating system-level drag-and-drop functionality.

In addition to compatibility with QuarkCopyDesk 8, QuarkXPress Server 8, and QuarkXPress 8, QPS 8 introduces:

-- A ready-made adapter for AlfrescoTM Enterprise 2, the leading open source content management system, allowing users to store assets in a single repository and view and update content in real-time -- User interface support for 13 languages including Japanese, as well as hyphenation and spell checking for more than 30 languages, enabling advanced international collaboration
-- Improved asset management through QPS Connect Client, including multi-page preview, multiple asset check-in, metadata tagging, custom grouping, and full text search functionality
-- QPS Web Hub support for East Asian languages, including the support for Rubi and Group Characters
-- Support for native Adobe® Illustrator® file formats, which eliminates the need to switch back and forth between QuarkXPress and Illustrator for editing

QPS is the most flexible and easy-to-use workflow system available today. Unlike Woodwing’s Smart Connection Enterprise and Softcare’s K4, only QPS offers XML-based Job Jackets technology to evaluate design and content accuracy in order to prevent errors early in the production process. Only QPS offers ready-made integration with Alfresco Enterprise 2, the leading open-source content management system. In addition, it is the easiest workflow system to set up because it is configured through a graphical user interface instead of a browser interface or text-based configuration scripts. QPS also works with more desktop applications than Smart Connection Enterprise and K4.

“Quark Publishing System 8 is the most flexible, cost-effective, and easy-to-use publishing system available today,” said PG Bartlett, Senior Vice President of Product Management for Quark. “Its compatibility with QuarkXPress 8, combined with the power of QuarkCopyDesk 8 and QuarkXPress Server 8, helps customers build the foundation for dynamic publishing.”

Quark will be onsite at IFRA (Booth #10240) October 27-30, 2008 and Graph Expo (Booth #4421) October 26-29, 2008 to demonstrate Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution, QPS 8, QuarkCopyDesk 8, QuarkXPress Server 8, and QuarkXPress 8. While onsite at the two events, Quark will make another significant announcement related to QPS 8.

Quark Publishing System 8, QuarkCopyDesk 8 and QuarkXPress Server 8 will be available in Q4 2008.

For more information on QPS 8 and the entire portfolio of QuarkXPress 8 compliant solutions, please visit http://dynamicpublishing.quark.com/qps/. 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 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, QuarkXPress, QuarkCopyDesk, Quark Publishing System and QPS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark, Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are the properties of their respective owners.

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

PG Bartlett Joins Quark as Senior Vice President of Product Management

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:44:00 +0000

Quark News
PG Bartlett Joins Quark
September 10, 2008
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PG Bartlett Joins Quark as Senior Vice President of Product Management

Denver, CO — September 10, 2008 — Today Quark announced that PG Bartlett has joined the company as senior vice president of product management. In his new role, Bartlett leads all of Quark’s product management and product marketing functions, spanning across the company’s desktop and enterprise business units. His focus will be on increasing revenue by identifying key growth opportunities and working with product development, operations, marketing, and sales to take advantage of these opportunities.

With fourteen years of experience in dynamic publishing, Bartlett is a recognized expert in the industry. Prior to joining Quark, Bartlett was the vice president of product management at PTC (Parametric Technology) and Arbortext, where he was responsible for product direction and management of Arbortext software. In this role Bartlett was instrumental in managing the company’s growth through the introduction of new products, entry into new markets, and expansion in existing markets.

“Having played an influential role in establishing dynamic publishing as a market category, PG is a perfect fit for our senior team. He will play a key role in driving our dynamic publishing strategy, including the ongoing development of both our enterprise and desktop technologies,” said Ray Schiavone, CEO, Quark.

“I have passion for publishing software and have been on both the user and vendor sides of the industry for nearly my entire career,” said Bartlett. “I’m excited to be here where desktop publishing was born — and where dynamic publishing will flourish.”

As an industry leader, Bartlett is a noted author and speaker. He has written a number of corporate white papers and more than 45 newsletter columns; spoken at nearly 100 conferences and online seminars; and helped garner major industry awards.

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 and Quark related marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Quark Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies, Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and in many other countries. All other marks are the properties of their respective owners.

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

Quark Establishes Quark Virtual Knowledge Base: "A Tech at Your Fingertips"

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:40:00 +0000

New Virtual Knowledge Base Empowers Customers with Easily Accessible, High Quality, 24/7 Self-Service Technical Support Tools

Denver, Colorado - August 6, 2008 - Quark announced today the establishment of the Quark® Virtual Knowledge Base, a virtual "Tech at Your Fingertips." Quark's Virtual Knowledge Base was created to empower customers with a 24/7 self-service technical support tool. Offered as an addition to Quark's current technical support options, including free phone-based technical support, the Virtual Knowledge Base is designed so that creative professionals and those supporting them can quickly find answers to questions and solutions to technical problems.

Paul Brothe, Senior Vice President of Customer Service and Operations stated, "Quark customers desire the latest technology when interacting with us. The Virtual Knowledge Base provides another valuable option to our existing support of live telephone, chat and email support."

Two Tools: Quark Knowledge Base and Self-Service Portal
There are two main tools associated with the Virtual Knowledge Base: the Knowledge Base itself and the Self-Service Portal. The Quark Knowledge Base allows customers to access technical articles that offer solutions to commonly encountered problems, explanations for application behaviors, and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ). More than just a listing of issues often encountered on the web sites of software developers, each Quark solution includes a background section where an in-depth technical analysis is given for specific software behavior.

"The point of including a background section for each solution is to offer customers more than a static and simplistic listing of software issues," said Craig Lanning, Solutions Manager for the Virtual Knowledge Base Team. "We wanted to create a dynamic tool that contains information that can help customers build their own technical understanding of particular software issues or behaviors. That way, if a similar production issue comes up in the future, they will know right away how to handle it."

The Self-Service Portal
Users can also access the customer Self-Service Portal from the Knowledge Base. In the Self-Service Portal they can log cases, track the status of cases, and comment on solutions provided through the portal. Customer insights logged in this manner can be added to new or existing Solutions in the Knowledge Base. In order to use the portal customers will need to request log-in information from the Virtual Knowledge Base team. Once logged into the portal, they can also view solutions that relate to their problem.

Quark is committed to world-class customer service and with the Virtual Knowledge Base now available, and hundreds of solutions either already posted or scheduled for posting, customers have access to the information they want, when they want it, through the communication channels that make most sense to them.

The following links will take you to the Self Service Portal and Public Knowledge Base for each major product line:

Desktop Customers:
-- Self-Service Portal: http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/support/techinfo/vkb.html
-- Public Knowledge Base: http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/support/techinfo/knowledgebase.html

Enterprise Customers:
-- Self-Service Portal: http://dynamicpublishing.quark.com/support/self_service.html
-- Public Knowledge Base: http://dynamicpublishing.quark.com/support/knowledge_center.html

The Virtual Knowledge Base and Self-Service Portal are available to enterprise customers with maintenance programs and QuarkXPress users with versions 6.5, 7 or 8.

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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AXAIO SOFTWARE INTRODUCES MADETOPRINT XT FOR QUARK QPS 7

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:13:00 +0000

Berlin, August 2008. axaio software has announced availability of the
output enhancement XTension MadeToPrint QPS 7, supporting the new
version of Quarks publishing system. The XTension runs under Mac OS X
and supports QXP for QPS 7 as well as QuarkCopyDesk 7.

MadeToPrint adds a variety of sophisticated features to QPS 7, thus
taking the editorial system to a higher output workflow level.
Processes like file exporting, printing and collecting can be
automated entirely using MadeToPrint. The XTension monitors layouts
and articles constantly through adjustable queries and initiates
output unattendedly as soon as a document matches an output argument.
The MadeToPrint auto functionality comprises updating document
contents/ document geometry as well as checking out documents before
output and back in after. Having completetd output actions,
MadeToPrint sets a new status for layouts and articles.

On top of that, MadeToPrint for QPS 7 offers all advantages of the
regular XTension, such as addressing multiple output devices and
executing different tasks simultaniousely or token-based labeling and
naming of output. Other features include Preflight on links and
fonts, flexible output of layers and layer combinations or placing
configurable infobars on printouts and postscript-based export files.

Pricing for MadeToPrint XT QPS 7 is 4.490 EURO, trial versions can be
downloaded at www.axaio.com/doku.php/en:download. In order to
activate and test the XTension, interested QPS 7 users may contact
axaio software (mailto: info@axaio.com)to obtain limited demo keys –
NFR keys for Resellers and Integrators can be obtained the same way.

axaio Software
was founded 2006 as a sister company of callas software. With a
dedicated team of software developers, product managers and support
specialists, axaio designs XTensions and Plug-Ins for Quark XPress
and Adobe InDesign — which are being used on thousands of
workstations and servers in publishing houses, advertisement agencies
and prepress companies all over the world.

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contact:
Achim Kuhlmann
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QuarkXPress 8 Now Available

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:19:00 +0000

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Quark News
QuarkXPress 8 Now Available
July 31, 2008
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New Version of QuarkXPress Delivers a Modern, Intuitive Interface for Faster Design with Fewer Clicks, Precise Typographic Control, Built-in Flash Authoring, and Global Publishing Capabilities

Denver - July 31, 2008 - Today Quark announced that QuarkXPress® 8, the next major release of the industry standard page-layout and design software, is now available to purchase directly from Quark and through Quark® Authorized Resellers worldwide.

QuarkXPress 8 delivers superior design power through a new, intuitive interface developed purposefully for the creation of high-end page layout and includes new features such as built-in print, Web and Flash® authoring tools, advanced typography control, and global publishing capabilities. QuarkXPress 8 also offers users an enhanced design experience so they can work faster and smarter by quickly and easily accessing the tools they need. The new, intuitive interface delivers updates that allow for more design with fewer clicks. For example:

-- Flash and Web Authoring Tools: Without any programming skills, designers and creative professionals can share print content on the Web and in Flash format without purchasing multiple applications or learning code.
-- Picture Content Tool: Allows users to grab, rotate, and scale images in real-time without typing in numbers or switching from tool to tool.
-- Item Tool and Text Content Tool: Smart behavior within these tools allows for less switching between tools, even for rotation and managing multiple items.
-- New Bézier Pen Tools: Draw illustrations directly in QuarkXPress 8 with the redefined Bézier Pen tool.
-- Workspace Enhancements: Include new buttons for instant access to master pages and exporting to PDF, EPS, SWF, and HTML- plus new split-view buttons, enhanced contextual menus, and customizable active pasteboards.
-- Measurements Palette: Further enhanced to make even more functions easily accessible, including new clickable controls for on-the-fly drop-shadow modification.
-- Drag-and-Drop: Drag text and pictures from the desktop, Adobe® Bridge, iPhoto®, or any other application that supports drag and drop. Alternatively, drag content from QuarkXPress to Photoshop®, Illustrator®, Microsoft® Word, and other applications for direct editing.

"We are excited to announce the broad availability of QuarkXPress 8. This new version of our flagship product raises the bar once again for page-layout and design," said Terry Welty, Senior Vice President of corporate marketing for Quark. "QuarkXPress 8 offers users advanced features and functionality and increased productivity while maintaining familiarity for long-time users. I encourage everyone to try QuarkXPress 8 with our 60-day Test Drive version, or visit us at one of our Xperience Design Global Tour stops."

60-Day Test Drive
In addition to being available for purchase, Quark is also now offering a free, fully functional, 60-day Test Drive version to users who are interested in experiencing QuarkXPress' new user interface, improved typographical control, built-in Flash functionality and much more. The 60-day Test Drive can be downloaded from http://8.quark.com/evaluation.html.

Xperience Design Global Tour
The Xperience Design Global Tour is now underway and, in total, will span 30 countries and 58 cities across the globe. The upcoming portion of the tour to hit the United States includes Dallas and Milwaukee (Pewaukee). The international tour will visit various cities in the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Please visit http://www.quark.com/about/events/quarkxpress8_roadshow.html to find out more.

Purchase Information
QuarkXPress 8 is now available for purchase directly from Quark and through Quark Authorized Resellers. An upgrade to QuarkXPress 8 from any previous version is $299 and full product can be purchased for $799. To purchase, visit the Quark Store http://www.quark.com/sales/estore.html or find your nearest authorized Quark reseller at http://www.quark.com/sales/desktop/resellers.cfm.

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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Contact: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., 303-894-3753, srector@quark.com
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pdfToolbox 3 is available for download now

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:16:00 +0000

The new version 3.0.006 of pdfToolbox 3 is available for download now and contains the following improvements:

Features

- For optimized color conversion results several changes have been made to the pdfColorConvert config files
- Setting of the appropriate Output Intent in the PDF after DeviceLink conversions
- Sample configuration for tone value adjustment added (curve files)

Fixes

- pdfColorConvert: RGB and Lab are no longer color converted during DeviceLink conversion
- pdfColorConvert: Problem solved where a spot color had not been set to overprint
- pdfInspektor4: Problem solved where number of plates was not evaluated correctly

These improvements are currently available in the Windows and Macintosh versions. The other platforms will be released soon.

SigMaker 3 Goes Multilingual

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:13:00 +0000

Perhaps English is not your first or best language? And you want to add a symbol, character or signature to a font? Or to create your own "fontlet" with maybe only a single character? If your preferred language is French, German, Spanish, Japanese or Chinese it's now a lot easier!

SigMaker 3
With SigMaker 3, the user picks an image; optionally opens one of the fonts installed on their system; chooses the keystroke position under which the new symbol will be available - and SigMaker does the rest. It will generate a modified version of the original font or - new in version 3 - a tiny one-glyph font, either in the Adobe InDesign-compatible SING glyphlet format, or as a universally usable OpenType "fontlet". And now you can get the whole thing - GUI and user manual - in the language of your choice!

The European and Japanese language versions of SigMaker 3 for Mac OS X and Windows retails for about EUR29.95. And all products from Fontlab Ltd. carry a 60-day satisfaction guarantee. For more information visit the SigMaker page at
http://www.fontlab.com/font-utility/sigmaker/

In other news: The Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) is having their 2008 conference in September in beautiful, historic St. Petersburg, Russia. Take a look at the ATypI website (www.atypi.org) for details.

Image Source launches “Sneak Preview” – portraits for advertising and design with attitude and authenticity

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:07:00 +0000

Image Source launches “Sneak Preview” – portraits for advertising and design with attitude and authenticity

Image Source, the world's leading independent producer of royalty free stock photography, today announces the launch of its showcase catalogue “Sneak Preview” demonstrating its latest collection of high end imagery including a folio of World Portraits, the innovative ‘Fair Trade’ photo collection that directly benefits the people photographed. The uniqueness of World Portraits is that every time a photo is sold, the sitter receives a royalty and can share in the profits.

The new 54 page booklet is innovative in its touch, feel and creative format and is set to inspire designers worldwide. Working closely with Hamburg based designers, elbstern.com, Image Source wanted to draw in modern media techniques combined with traditional artisan skills, hence the unusual cover of 4 colour print coldfoil on 350 gram Profigloss paper stock. Internally, showcasing the contrasting collections of raw World Portraits against the highly polished Celebrity styled portraiture are two distinct paper stocks of 150grm Taurus Offset white naturepaper and150 g/gm Profigloss glossy white.

“It is some time since Image Source produced a print book, as we have chosen to work increasingly in other media, partly to reach a growing customer database online and partly to demonstrate our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint” said Christina Vaughan, Image Source Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “Whilst we are dedicated to exploring all aspects of cross-media communication, we decided to showcase this current collection in paper format as we remain excited about how well our images work in print and we want to confirm to any designer that they can be bold in using our imagery large and out loud”.

The release of this new book comes at a time when Image Source continues to push forward the boundaries of creativity and is exploring the mélange of its world-renowned slick photo production style of strong creative direction and high production values, with authentic Fair Trade world imagery. It follows on from the highly successful ‘Open Your Eyes’ brand campaign, which demonstrated Image Source’s engagement with the design and advertising community as a partner for compelling and commercially relevant imagery. “It’s a great book for designers to get their hands on, but its just the tip of the iceberg of what Image Source has to offer in creative photography” adds Vaughan.

“Sneak Preview” is available now from Image Source direct sales offices in London, Cologne and New York.

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For more information, a copy of ‘Sneak Preview’ or image samples from the latest collection, please contact Phillip Jennings +44 (0)20 7851 5646 or email phillip.jennings@imagesource.com

About Image Source
Image Source is the world's leading independent producer of royalty free stock photography. Headquartered in London, UK, with regional offices in Cologne, New York and Los Angeles, the company also supplies imagery to over 200 partners worldwide. This strong international sales network enabled the company to win the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade Category in 2005.

Image Source has also been shortlisted by The Sunday Times Best Employers Guide 2008 as One to Watch and is in The Guardian’s 2008 book of Britain’s Top Employers. The company is also accredited with ISO 9001 and achieved a place on the 2008 Media Momentum Top 50, a list of the fastest growing digital media companies in the UK. Creative professionals around the world can purchase and download imagery instantly from imagesource.com

Image Source launches “Sneak Preview” – portraits for advertising and design with attitude and authenticity

editor@xraymag.com (X-Ray Magazine) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:58:00 +0000

Image Source launches “Sneak Preview” – portraits for advertising and design with attitude and authenticity

Image Source, the world's leading independent producer of royalty free stock photography, today announces the launch of its showcase catalogue “Sneak Preview” demonstrating its latest collection of high end imagery including a folio of World Portraits, the innovative ‘Fair Trade’ photo collection that directly benefits the people photographed. The uniqueness of World Portraits is that every time a photo is sold, the sitter receives a royalty and can share in the profits.

The new 54 page booklet is innovative in its touch, feel and creative format and is set to inspire designers worldwide. Working closely with Hamburg based designers, elbstern.com, Image Source wanted to draw in modern media techniques combined with traditional artisan skills, hence the unusual cover of 4 colour print coldfoil on 350 gram Profigloss paper stock. Internally, showcasing the contrasting collections of raw World Portraits against the highly polished Celebrity styled portraiture are two distinct paper stocks of 150grm Taurus Offset white naturepaper and150 g/gm Profigloss glossy white.

“It is some time since Image Source produced a print book, as we have chosen to work increasingly in other media, partly to reach a growing customer database online and partly to demonstrate our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint” said Christina Vaughan, Image Source Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “Whilst we are dedicated to exploring all aspects of cross-media communication, we decided to showcase this current collection in paper format as we remain excited about how well our images work in print and we want to confirm to any designer that they can be bold in using our imagery large and out loud”.

The release of this new book comes at a time when Image Source continues to push forward the boundaries of creativity and is exploring the mélange of its world-renowned slick photo production style of strong creative direction and high production values, with authentic Fair Trade world imagery. It follows on from the highly successful ‘Open Your Eyes’ brand campaign, which demonstrated Image Source’s engagement with the design and advertising community as a partner for compelling and commercially relevant imagery. “It’s a great book for designers to get their hands on, but its just the tip of the iceberg of what Image Source has to offer in creative photography” adds Vaughan.

“Sneak Preview” is available now from Image Source direct sales offices in London, Cologne and New York.

For more information, a copy of ‘Sneak Preview’ or image samples from the latest collection, please contact Phillip Jennings +44 (0)20 7851 5646 or email phillip.jennings@imagesource.com

About Image Source
Image Source is the world's leading independent producer of royalty free stock photography. Headquartered in London, UK, with regional offices in Cologne, New York and Los Angeles, the company also supplies imagery to over 200 partners worldwide. This strong international sales network enabled the company to win the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade Category in 2005.

Image Source has also been shortlisted by The Sunday Times Best Employers Guide 2008 as One to Watch and is in The Guardian’s 2008 book of Britain’s Top Employers. The company is also accredited with ISO 9001 and achieved a place on the 2008 Media Momentum Top 50, a list of the fastest growing digital media companies in the UK. Creative professionals around the world can purchase and download imagery instantly from imagesource.com