Markzware PDF Conversion and Preflight Solutions Spring Savings Event
Markzware, leading innovator of digital publishing software, content search technology and data conversion software, is pleased to announce the
opportunity to take advantage of savings on select Markzware data conversion and preflight solutions during its Spring Savings Event, May 15 to
June 30, 2013.
Graphic designers, publishers, prepress operators and printers are eligible to select the Spring Savings special that will most benefit their needs of
maximizing their digital preflighting or data conversion performance. Through these unique specials, graphic art users can now benefit from many
of the common data conversion, preflighting and packaging needs at one affordable price.
The three specials that Markzware is making available until June 30, 2013, consist of:
Preflight and PDF Conversion Bundle for InDesign CS6 or QuarkXPress 9
QuarkXPress to InDesign and PDF Conversion Bundle
PDF to InDesign Special for Social Media
"I can’t remember the last time a printer called me because of a problem with one of my files. FlightCheck tells me everything I need to know to
spot any potential issues with a document so they can be fixed before it ever goes to press. There are no surprises. Printers like the fact that they
don’t have to do anything with my files other than open them and print them.” Ray Lopez, Arett.
Markzware PDF2DTP provides a quick, easy and affordable method to migrate content from PDF to an editable format within a new Adobe
InDesign or QuarkXPress document. Once in the familiar, flexible environment of InDesign or QuarkXPress, users can more easily edit PDF.
“After seeing a video on PDF2DTP, I purchased this product. I immediately noticed the great accuracy of font size, placement and justification as
compared to the original. I am very impressed with how well this product works. Thanks, this will save me days and days of work!” Grant De
Jongh, manager director, The Diner’s Choice Magazine Ltd.
PageZephyr v3 Mac Digital Content Search can Publish InDesign CS6, QuarkXPress, and Microsoft Publisher via Print or Web
Markzware, leading innovator of digital publishing software, content search technology, and data conversion software, announces the release of
PageZephyr v3, a powerful stand-alone desktop search engine that holds the key to unlocking a user’s most valuable content. PageZephyr
reduces the risk of losing valuable electronic information by helping to manage voluminous amounts of legacy files. All of this is accomplished –
without the need for the original desktop publishing applications.
PageZephyr supports documents generated in the latest versions of today's most popular layout applications. PageZephyr v3 is now compatible
with Adobe InDesign CS6 and QuarkXPress 9 documents for both Mac and Windows platforms, as well as continued support for Microsoft
Publisher.
Before PageZephyr, it was impossible to search content within proprietary desktop publishing document types, such as Adobe InDesign,
QuarkXPress or Microsoft Publisher. Today, valuable content previously generated within .indd, .qxd, .qxp, and .pub can be found, edited and
republished, using PageZephyr.
PageZephyr benefits a variety of industries, including businesses focused on corporate identity and branding. Publishing, advertising and graphic
arts industries can also profit from using PageZephyr's desktop search capabilities. PageZephyr can further be used to assist in discovery, an
important legal area. Content that was previously unsearchable within native files can now be located and reviewed to help find the 'smoking-gun'.
Markzware now offers ID2Q for QuarkXPress 8 and 9 with InDesign CS6 Support
Markzware announces ID2Q for QuarkXPress 8 and ID2Q for QuarkXPress 9, both with InDesign CS6 support for Macintosh and Windows
platforms. Markzware is a leading software developer and provider of document conversion tools, pre-press software and printing solutions for
QuarkXPress®, Adobe® InDesign® for Adobe Creative Suite®, and Microsoft Publisher.
Markzware continues to develop the ID2Q QuarkXPress XTension to import InDesign CS6 files created in Adobe Creative Suite. These latest
versions will convert InDesign to QuarkXPress 8 or 9 and convert Japanese language (Rubi, Vertical Text, Font Sets, Tate-Chu-Yoko). ID2Q for
QuarkXPress now includes improved font handling and a more user-friendly licensing system.
This data conversion software provides a quick and easy way to open InDesign CS INDD in a new QXP document. The InDesign to
QuarkXPress file conversion is enabled by simply selecting ‘Convert InDesign Document’ from the QuarkXPress utilities menu.
With the ID2Q QuarkXPress XTension to import InDesign CS, intricate details of the Adobe Creative Suite InDesign file are instantly converted
and re-created within QuarkXPress. Markzware ID2Q data conversion software will convert InDesign to QuarkXPress, including fonts and several
other document elements, in order to import InDesign CS into QuarkXPress to quickly open InDesign files created in INDD, and edit that content
in QXP.
User Feedback
Susan Mark, Coghill Composition Company said, “ID2Q has been and continues to be an absolutely invaluable tool in expediting our workflow. Its
capabilities are amazing and I look forward to each new release. I highly recommend it.”
According to Melanie Fisher, graphic designer, “I used ID2Q to take a 200-page book from InDesign CS4 to QuarkXPress 9. It saved me, not
hours, but days’ worth of time. It worked extremely well and it was worth every penny!”
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
You can obtain system requirements and purchasing information through the ID2Q product page.
California — Markzware, a leading software developer and provider of document conversion tools and publishing solutions for Microsoft Publisher,
Adobe® InDesign®, and QuarkXPress®, announces Pub2ID for InDesign CS6 to convert Publisher to Adobe InDesign and a new easier
licensing system.
Pub2ID (Publisher to InDesign) data conversion software is an Adobe CS6 plugin to convert Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign. This
InDesign plugin provides a quick, easy and affordable method for you to open Publisher legacy files in Adobe Creative Suite INDD as new
InDesign files. This data conversion software can convert Publisher to Adobe InDesign CS6 with a single click, using the Adobe Creative Suite
InDesign File->Open menu. No more re-creating documents from scratch. Just open Publisher in INDD.
The Markzware Pub2ID InDesign plugin translates the intricate details of the content within the Microsoft Publisher document and instantly re-
creates it to open Publisher within Adobe Creative Suite INDD. This Adobe CS6 plugin can convert Publisher to InDesign files, including: fonts,
page size, positioning, color models, text attributes, tables, text flow, layers, text wrap, and linked text boxes, as well as automatically extract
images embedded in the Publisher file.
User Feedback:
Darren Moore, graphic designer, Titus, D, Co. said, "As a graphic designer, I use Pub2ID to convert my clients' newsletter and brochure content
to a format where real design and typography can happen in Adobe InDesign. Clients appreciate that they can communicate their layout
preferences and I appreciate that I don't have to keyboard or reformat the entire document. It's just a better workflow."
Gavin Anderson, Sterling Studios, Inc., stated, "Pub2ID is still the BEST way to convert Publisher Files into a usable InDesign file, complete with
links. If you're on a Mac and have customers that send you Publisher files, you no longer need to tell them you can't use Publisher files – Pub2ID
not only makes it possible, it makes it easy."
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
You can obtain system requirements and purchasing information for this InDesign plugin through the Pub2ID Product Page.
PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 8; QuarkXPress XTension, Released by Markzware
Markzware, a proven, leading publisher of data conversion, preflight and search technologies for QuarkXPress®, Adobe® InDesign® and
Microsoft Publisher, announces the release of PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 8. PDF2DTP data conversion software is a QuarkXPress XTension
that enables you to open and convert PDF to QuarkXPress 8 for both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 8 provides a quick, easy and affordable way for you to migrate content from PDF to an editable format within
QuarkXPress, a desktop publishing (DTP) layout. PDF2DTP data conversion software will convert PDF to QuarkXPress from a flattened Portable
Document Format right into QuarkXPress. Users can then more easily edit PDF in QuarkXPress, a flexible and familiar environment.
PDF2DTP can convert PDF to QuarkXPress, including all elements possible to bring over from the PDF, including text, colors, and images.
PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 8 will also extract images embedded within PDFs and saves them in a separate folder.
Analyst Input
Frank Romano from whattheythink.com said, "This is the kind of software that really makes a company run because you never know what you
are going to get in. You have to convert something to something. Most people would take their original file make it into a PDF and years later they
now have the PDF, but will now need to get back and make changes. Now this is the perfect software to do that. This is the kind of utility
software every company should have. And by the way it works so easily even I can do it!"
How It Works
PDF data conversion is enabled with a single click by selecting PDF2DTP -> Convert PDF. No longer re-create documents from scratch or
convert just one page at a time. PDF2DTP gives you a big head-start in converting your PDF to QuarkXPress 8.
Joe Marin, manager and developer of training programs, PIA of America, said, "It's interesting and it looks like it has some great potential.
Especially with some workflows where people have to work backwards, it definitely beats opening up the PDF in Photoshop and rasterizing or
trying to defeat the PDF in Illustrator. The editability that I saw with it is a really good thing."
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 8 data conversion software is available immediately at the PDF2DTP Store for $149. You can obtain the system
requirements for Macintosh and Windows platforms, as well as purchase through the PDF2DTP Product page.
FlightCheck v6.90 Prepress Software to Preflight InDesign CS6 Released
Markzware, a leading software developer and provider of prepress software for proofing and printing solutions for print quality control, announces
the upgrade to FlightCheck® v6.90 with support of Adobe® Creative Suite® 6. Markzware FlightCheck is the patented preflight solution used by
printers, publishers and creative professionals to check native files for printing problems and to ensure printing quality by preflighting.
FlightCheck v6.90 pre-press software can preflight InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop CS6 in Adobe Creative Suite 6, as well as preflight
QuarkXPress, check Adobe Acrobat PDF, and several other DTP file types created in graphic software page layout applications. FlightCheck
Ground Controls for preflighting can catch printing problems, such as missing fonts or low image resolution, to help avoid printing problems.
The FlightCheck v6.90 powerful upgrade includes:
CS6 support for InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
Improved handling of embedded EPS files in InDesign documents
Improved rendering of Pantone Color swatches in the Overview window
Improved thumbnails for PDFs created out of PowerPoint documents
To get a complete list of all the additional upgrade enhancements and improvements, please visit our FlightCheck Release Notes page.
User Testimony
Ronald Cuttright, To The Point Typesetting, expressed, "I don't have to worry about making sure everything is collected and ready to go to the
printer, FlightCheck does that for me. FlightCheck saves me time and money and makes my work a lot easier."
Patrick Burns, production coordinator, Hammock Publishing, affirmed "I've been using FlightCheck for over 10 years, and it is by far the best
preflight software on the market. I would never trust any other preflight software for preparing files for print."
According to Markzware customer Sally Mast, senior graphic designer, Kadant, "FlightCheck is an indispensable part of my workflow. I am a
graphic designer and will not send a file out to be printed without first checking it out with FlightCheck. FlightCheck provides me with the tools I
need to print my layouts anywhere in the world with confidence that they will print successfully. I started with FlightCheck 3 and was an immediate
fan. Each upgrade has made an excellent program even better."
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
You can obtain system requirements and purchasing information on Markzware FlightCheck v6.90 through the FlightCheck product page.
FlightCheck v6.90 Prepress Software to Preflight InDesign CS6 Released
Markzware, a leading software developer and provider of prepress software for proofing and printing solutions for print quality control, announces
the upgrade to FlightCheck® v6.90 with support of Adobe® Creative Suite® 6. Markzware FlightCheck is the patented preflight solution used by
printers, publishers and creative professionals to check native files for printing problems and to ensure printing quality by preflighting.
FlightCheck v6.90 pre-press software can preflight InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop CS6 in Adobe Creative Suite 6, as well as preflight
QuarkXPress, check Adobe Acrobat PDF, and several other DTP file types created in graphic software page layout applications. FlightCheck
Ground Controls for preflighting can catch printing problems, such as missing fonts or low image resolution, to help avoid printing problems.
The FlightCheck v6.90 powerful upgrade includes:
CS6 support for InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
Improved handling of embedded EPS files in InDesign documents
Improved rendering of Pantone Color swatches in the Overview window
Improved thumbnails for PDFs created out of PowerPoint documents
Markzware, a leading software developer and provider of data conversion, preflight and packaging technology for Adobe® InDesign®,
QuarkXPress and Microsoft Publisher announces a brand new data conversion software, PDF2DTP for Adobe InDesign.
PDF2DTP for InDesign CS6 provides an easy and affordable method to migrate content from a PDF into an editable format within Adobe
InDesign. PDF2DTP will provide a detailed conversion, bringing PDF elements into a familiar layout and graphic design environment for creative
professionals, so that changes can be made as needed. This CS6 plugin will be particularly beneficial to users of InDesign in the Adobe Creative
Suite. PDF2DTP will recover embedded images and save them in a job folder, as well as place the text, frames, images and colors back into the
InDesign document. It will convert a PDF to InDesign, whether the original PDF was created in QuarkXPress, Microsoft Word or an Internet web
page.
Dan Figlo, principal, Moblpress said, "In our design business, we are sometimes asked to work from PDFs when clients don't have access to the
original design files. Our current workflow involves reconstructing the pages from scratch and using the PDFs for little more than a reference. To
speed up this clumsy process, we have tested numerous dedicated applications and InDesign plugins. Some of the apps we tested chugged
along so slowly that we wondered if they had hung, and when they did finish, there were often inaccuracies in the content or layout to clean up.
Two even crashed InDesign CS6. None came close to the processing speed or produced cleaner or more accurate InDesign files than
Markzware's PDF2DTP – even though it was still in Beta when we tested it. The choice was a no-brainer for us."
While PDFs are nice for viewing, it is difficult to actually edit PDF in order to make changes for business productivity purposes. The new
Markzware PDF2DTP for InDesign CS6 plugin makes it simple to edit PDF content within a new InDesign document.
Independent design professional, Glen Saville said, "PDF2DTP has saved me a day or two simply processing the images. I was able to start
working on the text in a new design in InDesign, and copy and paste the images from the converted file. Brilliant! This not only saved me time, but
saved the editor retyping the whole thing! What got me was somehow it preserved where the original designer had put little bits of text into
separate text boxes on tricky test run-arounds, so I was able to keep the text making sense! Another brilliant, useful tool from Markzware!"
Timus Rees, professional in graphic and technical illustration, said of this InDesign CS6 plugin, "I was amazed and very pleased that each
document opened and converted quickly. Wow! This is a very powerful program! It is the type of 'save the day' program that we (the spoiled
customers of Markzware) have come to expect."
Brad Squires, creative director, Bold Type Design said, "I have been using the PDF2DTP plugin and I love it! Previously, I had used another
product, but it did very strange things with all the text boxes – breaking text blocks into seemingly arbitrary parts and adding dozens of paragraph
and character styles. I noticed that Markzware's PDF2DTP for Adobe InDesign product handles all this very elegantly, leaving no need for all the
cleanup."
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
The PDF2DTP for InDesign CS6 plugin to convert a PDF file to InDesign is available immediately at the PDF2DTP InDesign Store for $199.
(PDF2DTP for InDesign CS5.5 is $149 and PDF2DTP for InDesign CS5 is $149). You can obtain the system requirements for Macintosh and
Windows platforms, as well as purchase PDF2DTP for InDesign CS6, PDF2DTP for InDesign CS5.5, or PDF2DTP for InDesign CS5, through the
PDF2DTP product page.
Q2ID CS6 Windows Released. Convert QuarkXPress to InDesign CS6
Markzware releases the QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign plugin supporting Adobe InDesign CS6 on the Windows platform with Q2ID for CS6.
Markzware a proven, leading developer and provider of data conversion and preflight technology for Adobe® InDesign®, QuarkXPress® and
Microsoft® Publisher, announces the release of Q2ID for CS6 (InDesign plugin to convert QuarkXPress to InDesign CS6). Markzware Q2ID v6 for
WIN supports Adobe InDesign CS6 on the Windows platform.
Q2ID for InDesign CS6 eliminates the need to recreate the contents of a QuarkXPress file within Adobe InDesign and the latest version, Q2ID for
CS6, has been seamlessly integrated with the latest release of Adobe InDesign CS6.
Tony Anni, Marketing Director, Sponge-Jet said, "It's not often that you get everything you expect from a piece of software. Q2ID actually does
what it says it's going to do and, even better, does it seamlessly. You barely know it's there. In the design world, precision is everything and that is
what you get from this software – 99% accurate results in my experience."
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
Q2ID for InDesign CS6 is available immediately at the Q2ID Store online. You can obtain the system requirements for, as well as purchase, this
InDesign plugin through the Q2ID for InDesign CS6 product page.
PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 9, QuarkXPress XTension, Released by Markzware
Markzware, a proven, leading publisher of data conversion, preflight and search technologies for QuarkXPress®, Adobe® InDesign® and
Microsoft Publisher announces the release of PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 9.
PDF2DTP is an XTension module for QuarkXPress that enables you to open and convert PDF documents within QuarkXPress 9 and supports
both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
Glenn McDowall, pre-press for Midway Colour Print said, “I have been wanting this sort of functionality in QuarkXPress for many years. Many
times, I’m asked to make extensive edits to PDFs and no one has the original DTP files, and it’s often a clumsy process – placing the original PDF
multiple times into QuarkXPress produces PDFs where everything is duplicated – it will be good to have another option.”
PDF2DTP provides a quick, easy and affordable method for you to migrate content from PDF into an editable format within QuarkXPress. Once in
QuarkXPress, users are now in a flexible and familiar environment, allowing for much easier editing. PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 9 will convert that
entire, flattened PDF right back into QuarkXPress, a desktop publishing (DTP) layout.
PDF2DTP converts all elements that are possible to bring over from the PDF, including text, colors, and images. It will also extract the images
embedded within most PDFs and saves them in a separate folder.
Paul Ramos, publishing professional, Difusao Cultural said, “PDF2DTP is fantastic!! I tried it on a PDF for a book that had 524 pages, and it took
less than 5 minutes to make the total conversion. It even isolated the images in separate files.”
The PDF data conversion is enabled with a single click by selecting PDF2DTP -> Convert PDF from the QuarkXPress Utilities menu. No longer re-
create documents from scratch or convert just one page at a time. PDF2DTP gives you a big head-start in converting your PDF to QuarkXPress 9.
“Markzware does not need any further recommendations. They’ve created another wise tool for wise users,” Jianu Marian production manager at
Ecologic Group SRL.
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
PDF2DTP for QuarkXPress 9 is available immediately at the PDF2DTP Store for $199. You can obtain the system requirements for Macintosh and
Windows platforms, as well as purchase through the PDF2DTP Product page.
Markzware Announces Plugin Q2ID for InDesign CS6 Mac
Markzware releases the QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign plugin supporting Adobe InDesign CS6 on the Macintosh platform with Q2ID for CS6.
Markzware a proven, leading developer and provider of data conversion and preflight technology for Adobe® InDesign®, QuarkXPress and
Microsoft Publisher, announces the release of Q2ID for CS6 (InDesign plugin to convert QuarkXPress to InDesign CS6). Markzware Q2ID v6 for
Mac supports Adobe InDesign CS6 on the Macintosh platform.
"Markzware has always focused on developing solutions that meet the needs of printing and creative professionals. We want to cut to the chase
and enable our customers to continue to have the superior file conversion from quick, efficient Quark to Adobe InDesign, while staying current
the important releases from Adobe with CS6," said Mary Gay Marchese, public relations for Markzware.
Q2ID eliminates the need to recreate the contents of a QuarkXPress file within Adobe InDesign and the latest version, Q2ID for CS6, has been
seamlessly integrated with the latest release of Adobe InDesign CS6.
Bob Hoot, Hoot Communications said, "I have been aware of Markzware for years and owned FlightCheck and PM2Q years ago and have kept
track of new products. I like using their conversion product, Q2ID for short form materials such as ads. Q2ID is indispensable for the designer
making the change from Quark to InDesign. I am unaware of anything else available that works as well. I have been converting whole
publications of 56 pages or more with only minor oversets. Q2ID has been a lifesaver."
Q2ID for CS6 key features:
• Support for Adobe InDesign CS5, CS5.5 and now Adobe InDesign CS6
• Convert QuarkXPress 9 and under to Adobe InDesign CS6
• Accurate conversion: Markzware Q2ID for CS6 for Mac maintains the layout of the Quark document to convert QuarkXPress to InDesign CS6,
including appropriately converting paragraphs, tables, graphics and other object property information
“I would most definitely recommend Q2ID to any creative professional. Time is money and my time is too valuable to recreate the wheel, so to
speak. All the hard work that goes into your Quark documents can be saved and translated into InDesign CS6. Q2ID from Markzware is a 10 in
my book," said self-employed graphic designer, Sharon Lill.
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
Q2ID for InDesign CS6 is available immediately at the Q2ID Store online. You can obtain the system requirements for, as well as purchase, this
InDesign plugin through the Q2ID product page.
PUB2ID Plugin to Convert Publisher Files to InDesign
Markzware, the leading developer of file conversion technology for Microsoft Publisher, Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress, today announced the
PUB2ID v5.5 upgrade (http://markzware.com/products/pub2id/) of its popular CS5 plugin to convert Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign.
PUB2ID v5.5, for both Macintosh and Windows, allows graphic designers to convert Publisher files within Adobe InDesign CS5.5. This updated
version of the InDesign CS5 plugin has the added ability to import Microsoft Publisher files from version 2002 up through 2010.
PUB2ID (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) is an updated CS5 plugin for Adobe InDesign CS5.5. It provides a quick, easy and affordable
method for users to migrate Microsoft Publisher content to Adobe InDesign as new InDesign documents. The file conversion is enabled with a
single click, using the InDesign File->Open menu. No more re-creating documents from scratch; PUB2ID gives you a big head start to convert
Publisher files to InDesign.
User Feedback:
Donovan McNeil, Senior News, said, "PUB2ID is essential for any graphics department that deals with small businesses. Since Microsoft
introduced Publisher and allowed anyone to think they are a designer, we have been dealing with customer produced ads that we continually
need to reproduce to run. PUB2ID makes this redesign immediate and it is a huge time saver."
"The PUB2ID product has saved our business countless hours (and dollars) not having to rebuild files. Being a Mac-based business, we couldn't
even view a Publisher document before. Now, we have an InDesign file that is nearly a seamless recreation of the original file," Sahrah
Hennigner, project coordinator, PDA Marketing expressed.
James MacLearie, MacLearie Printing said, "PUB2ID is a great tool for print shops to open Publisher Files and amend them within Adobe
InDesign. The program paid for itself in the first job, and we now open Publisher files on a Mac!"
Peter Stremic, PETERPICA Productions, concurs, "PUB2ID has obviated the need to run Windows on my Mac; it's also saved me from shelling
out for MS Publisher too! Great app that's paid for itself ten times over (and still counting)."
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
The PUB2ID v5.5 plugin software upgrade for InDesign CS5.5 to enable Publisher to InDesign conversion is available immediately at the PUB2ID
Store.
Some users will qualify for a free PUB2ID upgrade to convert Publisher to InDesign. Users can obtain the system requirements for Macintosh and
Windows platforms, as well as obtain purchase, upgrade and pricing information through the PUB2ID v5.5 product page.
FlightCheck 6.80 Printing Preflight for Print Quality Control
FlightCheck v6.80 Upgrade for Print
New Preflighting for Printing with Adobe CS5.5 and QuarkXPress 9!
Markzware, the inventor of preflighting for print, announces the new Flight Check (http://markzware.com/products/flightcheck/) v6.80.
FlightCheck is the prepress solution for total printing quality control. Among its several features, FlightCheck 6.80 will preflight and package Adobe
InDesign CS5.5 files for printing, including Illustrator, Photoshop, PDF and QuarkXPress 9, using the Macintosh platform. FlightCheck 6.80 is also
compatible with the earlier versions of these popular Desktop Publishing (DTP) file types.
Preflighting Process
The process of preflighting and packaging print-jobs has been an important step for printers and prepress professionals. The earlier in the
workflow that printing problems can be flagged and fixed during prepress, the easier it is to remedy file issues prior to print production.
FlightCheck’s versatility for thoroughly checking all document elements in several file types is one reason why it remains so popular and is the
preeminent quality control and preflighting tool for printing.
FlightCheck 6.80 delivers accurate printing precision with difficult design jobs as well. As Robert Guy from the marketing company, Gold N Fish,
expressed, “I can confidently deliver complex mechanicals with ease thanks to the new FlightCheck 6.80!”
More User Feedback
According to Joe Stevens, art director, Ball Media, “Ball Media works on projects large and small, including CD & DVD releases, book printing and
every manner of print design. Every day, we rely on preflighting files and FlightCheck to give us the results that allow our printing jobs to go to our
print partners error free, saving time and money. FlightCheck 6.80 should be in the arsenal of every design house that is serious about printing and
quality control.”
Graphic Production Specialist Geof Innis says, "There are a lot of misperceptions about FlightCheck when compared to InDesign's Preflight panel.
FlightCheck goes a lot further and provides a much more robust solution. One of my realizations is that when you use FlightCheck – you are
focused on the specific production specs and issues, not distracted by all the other things that ID does."
Fred Lee, production manager, Countryman Press, shares, “I can say unequivocally that we find FlightCheck indispensable whenever preflighting
our files; it is much more thorough and informative than the built-in InDesign preflight.”
Pricing and Availability:
The software upgrade for FlightCheck v6.80 is available immediately at the online FlightCheck Store
To qualify for a free FlightCheck upgrade, go to http://markzware.com/products/flightcheck/flightcheck-upgrade/). Users can also obtain the
system requirements as well as pricing, upgrades and purchasing information through the FlightCheck Product Page.
To sign up to receive FlightCheck News, go to http://markzware.com/subscribe_manage_markzware-mail-list/). Includes free updates, product
specials and support.
Convert Quark with the Upgrade of Q2ID Adobe Plugin
File Conversion for Quark 9 and InDesign CS5.5
Markzware, the leading developer of file conversion technology for Adobe InDesign, today announced an upgrade to its popular Adobe Plugin,
Q2ID (Quark to InDesign). This latest version of the Adobe plugin runs under InDesign CS5.5 to convert Quark up through QuarkXPress 9 files.
Q2ID is also available with Quark 9 support for InDesign CS4 and InDesign CS5.5 and is available on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms.
Markzware Q2ID InDesign plugin converts Quark documents and instantly re-creates them to an InDesign CS4, CS5 and now CS5.5. It is often a
daunting task to manually convert Quark files. Today, Q2ID v5.5 provides a quick, easy and affordable method to convert content from Quark to
InDesign. This Quark conversion is as easy as opening up any Quark document into a new InDesign document. Q2ID is very accurate, providing
special attention to the intricate details of the Quark content when converting Quark to InDesign.
User Feedback
Shelley White of Running With Scissors Graphic Design explains how she benefited from this Adobe plugin for Quark to InDesign, “I have been
working in Adobe InDesign for a couple of years, so when faced with revising two catalogs created in QuarkXPress, I knew I had to find a way to
painlessly convert them to InDesign.”
White continues, “After a bit of research, I found the Markzware Q2ID software. Reviews were solid and the price was reasonable, so I
purchased the software and took it to task. I was thrilled and amazed at the results. Sure, there were a few little oddball remnants left after the
translation, but there was very, very little cleanup work involved. It would have taken me untold hours of my own manual work to do what Q2ID
did in a flash! This could be the best thing since sliced bread, at least in the form of conversion utilities.”
Lee McKevitt of LAM Graphics SW Florida says of the Q2ID InDesign plugin, “Having been a Quark user for many years, your product has saved
me much time and effort. I have been able to switch any number of existing files to InDesign with little or no problem. A heartfelt thanks!
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
The software upgrade of the Q2ID v5.5 for Quark conversion is available immediately at the Q2ID Store to upgrade this InDesign plugin today.
Find out if you qualify for a free Q2ID upgrade for your InDesign plugin. You can obtain the system requirements for Macintosh and Windows
platforms, as well as purchase, upgrade and pricing information through the Q2ID Product Page.
Convert Quark To Adobe InDesign with New Q2ID v5.5
Markzware, the leading developer of file conversion technology for Adobe InDesign, today announced an upgrade to its popular Adobe Plugin,
Q2ID (Quark to InDesign). This latest version of the Adobe plugin runs under InDesign CS5.5 to convert Quark up through QuarkXPress 9 files.
Q2ID is also available with Quark 9 support for InDesign CS4 and InDesign CS5.5 and is available on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms.
Markzware Q2ID InDesign plugin converts Quark documents and instantly re-creates them to an InDesign CS4, CS5 and now CS5.5. It is often a
daunting task to manually convert Quark files. Today, Q2ID v5.5 provides a quick, easy and affordable method to convert content from Quark to
InDesign. This Quark conversion is as easy as opening up any Quark document into a new InDesign document. Q2ID is very accurate, providing
special attention to the intricate details of the Quark content when converting Quark to InDesign.
Shelley White of Running With Scissors Graphic Design explains how she benefited from this Adobe plugin for Quark to InDesign, “I have been
working in Adobe InDesign for a couple of years, so when faced with revising two catalogs created in QuarkXPress, I knew I had to find a way to
painlessly convert them to InDesign.” White continues, “After a bit of research, I found the Markzware Q2ID software.
Reviews were solid and the price was reasonable, so I purchased the software and took it to task. I was thrilled and amazed at the results. Sure,
there were a few little oddball remnants left after the translation, but there was very, very little clean up work involved. It would have taken me
untold hours of my own manual work to do what Q2ID did in a flash!
This could be the best thing since sliced bread, at least in the form of conversion utilities.” Lee McKevitt of LAM Graphics SW Florida says of the
Q2ID InDesign plugin, “Having been a Quark user for many years, your product has saved me much time and effort. I have been able to switch
any number of existing files to InDesign with little or no problem. A heartfelt thanks!”
System Requirements, Pricing and Availability:
The software upgrade of the Q2ID v5.5 for Quark conversion is available immediately at the Q2ID Store to upgrade this InDesign plugin today.
Find out if you qualify for a free Q2ID upgrade for your InDesign plugin. You can obtain the system requirements for Macintosh and Windows
platforms, as well as purchase, upgrade and pricing information through the Q2ID Product Page.
PageZephyr - Desktop Search Engine Supports Adobe, Quark and Microsoft Convert print content from Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress and
Microsoft Publisher documents for re-purposing digital content to the Internet
Markzware announces PageZephyr 2.11, a free updater of the desktop search and content extraction engine for InDesign and other formats on
Macintosh.
PageZephyr desktop search converts InDesign, QuarkXPress and Publisher documents to the internet. PageZephyr 2.11 supports InDesign CS5
plus extracts and exports text to your WordPress Blog, Scribd, Google Docs, and Box.net accounts.
PageZephyr desktop search helps printing and publishing companies manage and distribute content in InDesign.
Jeremy Glassenberg at Box.net stated, "We're glad to be integrated into the latest version of PageZephyr. Box has a variety of customers,
including many Mac users, of course, and we always appreciate seeing a business or productivity tool utilize our developer platform to help their
users better manage and share content."
PageZephyr serves several markets, including advertising, marketing, e-discovery, research, intelligence and corporate branding.
PageZephyr searches documents within InDesign, Publisher and QuarkXPress and extracts and finds content within specific areas across file
types. PageZephyr is a semi-automatic content creator, providing ability to quickly merge, edit and combine content. This search engine finds
content in multiple documents in different formats and highlights search criteria. Customize discovered text by editing font styles, size, colors, etc.,
to optimize for output options.
PageZephyr processes InDesign and Quark files on Macintosh or Windows and Publisher files on Windows. DTP applications are not required for
PageZephyr to function. PageZephyr displays found text with option to maintain font, size and color. PageZephyr empowers users to open, edit
and convert content to text or rich text format.
Terry Sanders of Sanders Printing Company exclaims, “… you have a very useful program here (PageZephyr) and not just for the service bureau,
but also the catalog and magazine publishing biz, as they often collect files from multiple creation sources, and software manufacturers often need
to find these files and don’t have index info relative to content. I think this is another Home Run for Markzware!"
PageZephyr indexes InDesign CS-CS5, QuarkXPress 6-8, and Publisher 2002-2010 on Macintosh. Jeff Kew of Fireboy Creative Inc., says,
"PageZephyr has been a huge help in improving efficiencies in de-archiving and job searches. Its paid off for itself many times over since I started
working with it."
PageZephyr - Desktop Search Engine Supports Adobe, Quark and Microsoft
Convert print content from Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress and Microsoft Publisher documents for re-purposing digital content to the Internet –
Markzware, the leading innovator of data content conversion technology announces PageZephyr 2.11. Effective immediately, a free updater for
PageZephyr is available to all existing PageZephyr 2.0 users. PageZephyr is the desktop search engine and content extraction engine for Adobe
InDesign and other file formats on Apple Macintosh.
The PageZephyr desktop search engine helps users of Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress and Microsoft Publisher to convert print documents for
publishing to the internet. PageZephyr 2.11 adds full support for Adobe InDesign CS5, and the following features to this latest version, which has
the ability to extract and export text to a WordPress Blog, Scribd account, Google Docs account, and Box.net accounts.
PageZephyr desktop search makes it easy for printing and publishing companies to manage print content in Adobe InDesign and other native file
formats and to distribute that content to the internet. This search engine helps content creators gain control of the text within these files.
Box.net Quote
Platform Manager at Box.net, Jeremy Glassenberg, stated, "We're glad to be integrated into the latest version of PageZephyr. Box has a variety of
customers, including many Mac users, of course, and we always appreciate seeing a business or productivity tool utilize our developer platform to
help their users better manage and share content."
Stand-Alone Applications
As a stand-alone desktop application, PageZephyr is unique and can serve several markets. Those markets include advertising, marketing,
printing, publishing, e-discovery, research, intelligence and corporate branding.
PageZephyr not only searches print content in documents and archives within Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher and QuarkXPress, it extracts
the content as well. PageZephyr is useful for finding content within specific areas of interest across these different file types. PageZephyr is
essentially a semi-automatic content creator, providing authors the ability to merge, edit, and combine content for a specific topic, almost
instantaneously. This search engine can find specific content in multiple documents in different formats and can highlight the specific search
criteria, as well. The discovered text can also be customized by editing font styles, size, colors, etc., to optimize content for posting to a number of
output options.
PageZephyr processes Adobe InDesign (.indd) and Quark (.qxd) files authored on Macintosh or Windows computers and Microsoft Publisher
(.pub) files authored on a Windows machine. These DTP applications need not be loaded or installed in order for PageZephyr to function. In
addition, PageZephyr enables users to display text in found files with the option to maintain font, size and color. PageZephyr empowers users to
open, edit and convert content to open formats such as text (.txt) or rich text format (.rtf ), and publish to the web, such as a WordPress blog.
Sanders Printing and Fireboy Creative Quotes
Terry Sanders, owner of Sanders Printing Company exclaims, “… you have a very useful program here (PageZephyr) and not just for the service
bureau, but also the catalog and magazine publishing biz, as they often collect files from multiple creation sources, and software manufacturers
often need to find these files and don’t have index info relative to content. I think this is another Home Run for Markzware!"
PageZephyr picks up where other search engines leave off by indexing InDesign CS-CS5, QuarkXPress 6-8, and Microsoft Publisher 2002-2010
files on Macintosh storage volumes. Users, like Jeff Kew of Fireboy Creative Inc., are amazed at PageZephyr's searching abilities. He goes on to
say, "PageZephyr has been a huge help in improving efficiencies in de-archiving and job searches. Its paid off for itself many times over since I
started working with it."
Pricing and Availability
Markzware invites companies interested in private labeling or licensing Markzware PageZephyr technology or the Markzware Common Reader
Architecture (CRA) to contact bizdev@markzware.com or call 1-800-300-3532. PageZephyr runs on the Macintosh platform. A 30-day fully
functional version can be downloaded for FREE. Currently priced at only $99, PageZephyr 2.11 runs on Macintosh platforms OSX 10.5.8 and
higher.
Markzware's Deep Desktop Search Finds "Smoking Gun"
Dramatically Enable Content Searching of Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Publisher And QuarkXPress Documents
Markzware continues to 're-invent' itself, from a software company directed at print, to a software company
also directed at 'content.' Today, the software development company that invented preflighting by introducing
FlightCheck® to the print industry, unveiled a new version of its PageZephyr™ desktop search product.
PageZephyr 2.0 allows publishing companies, advertising firms, legal eDiscovery or any company possessing
so-called proprietary files to manage more of their digital data regardless of how small or large their business'
archives may be. Previously inaccessible content is now a breeze to search and reuse.
PageZephyr 2.0 captures, indexes, and converts content created in proprietary or non-common formats
without the need for the original authoring application. This transformative technology substantially reduces
the cost for time spent searching and cataloging unmanaged content residing within these file types on local
or network drives. Before PageZephyr, documents had to be opened by the original application and manually
searched, one by one. Now PageZephyr 2.0, enables anyone to instantly find content in these documents
by simply typing in a search term or phrase.
Internet search engines provided by companies such as Google, Yahoo! and Bing are typically used to search
the web for content within common file-types, such as text in PDF, RTF, TEXT or Word documents. On the
desktop, indexing and search engines such as Microsoft Windows Index and Apple's SpotLight work in the
same manner with the same limitations. However, none of these companies possess technology that
performs like PageZephyr 2.0.
PageZephyr 2.0 is very different, providing a new approach that takes search much further by discovering
content inside popular file formats that are 'non-common' such as .indd (Adobe InDesign), .pub (Microsoft
Publisher) and .qxd (QuarkXPress) for examination and important decision making. Beyond that,
PageZephyr 2.0 allows searching in a specific area of interest across these different file types, to merge,
edit and combine content for easy creation of new and relevant information pertinent to that topic.
PageZephyr 2.0 also responds to detailed boolean queries by using AND, OR and NOT to further refine
the search.
Mary Gay Marchese, director of public relations at Markzware says, "Until now it has been impossible to
search and find content within the billions of Quark, Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Publisher files, let alone
extract text and convert text once found, without opening each one in the native application. Once again,
Markzware has taken the technological lead. With PageZephyr 2.0, Markzware is essentially releasing
4 products in one: content searching, content viewing, content extraction and content distribution for these
unique file formats." Marchese continues, "eDiscovery firms trying to find that 'smoking gun,' or companies
trying to manage risks while reducing the cost of maintaining content compliance will benefit from PageZephyr
2.0. Companies in various vertical markets having the need to recycle premium content contained in these
document types to market their goods or services, especially through the internet, will find PageZephyr 2.0
invaluable."
Priced at only $199, PageZephyr 2.0 runs on Macintosh platforms OS X 10.5.8 and higher.
Until March 31, 2010, Markzware is offering a web-coupon for PageZephyr at the super-discounted
price of $149.
PageZephyr processes both Macintosh and Windows versions of these document types.
Anyone may download a FREE fully-functional, 30-day trial by at pagezephyr.com.
Training and educational movies are also available.
This new release of PageZephyr includes expanded file support for:
• Versions of QuarkXPress 4.0 to 8.x
• Adobe InDesign CS through CS4
• Microsoft Publisher 2002 to 2007
Take Control of Your Data with New Desktop Search and Content
Extraction
PageZephyr Makes Converting and Searching Content in Proprietary File Types a Breeze
Markzware, developer of FlightCheck® and inventor of preflighting, has released PageZephyrTM, 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, then takes that to a higher level
allowing you 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.
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). 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.
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 includes 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.
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 moments notice) access and capture content. Just ask HSBC,
as they were recently fined several million dollars for losing customer data."
A 10-day fully functional version can be download for FREE.
Two versions are available for sale: $129 for search only and $299 for both content search and extraction.
FlightCheck Pro Continues To Educate Students About Preflighting
Markzware, the recognized authority and inventor of preflighting, today announced it’s educational partnership
with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to support the Graphic Communication department with its award winning
FlightCheck Professional.
Professor Michael Blum, coordinator of Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Department Web and digital Media
Concentration, said, "We use Markzware’s Flightcheck in our undergraduate classes and industry workshops
and seminars to teach students how to preflight and it allows us to educate to students on the complexities
and requirements needed to prepare jobs for successful output. Over the years of using FlightCheck in our
classes we have come to appreciate its powerful features and clear user interface. It serves as a single tool
which can preflight a large number of file formats and versions successfully."
Markzware’s FlightCheck helps you check native digital documents as well as PDF files created for virtually
anything that needs to be printed including: magazines, catalogs, brochures, advertisements, manuals,
catalogs, packaging and more.
Harvey Levenson, head of Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Department, said, "Markzware and Cal Poly
have been "partners in education" for many years. Our graduates leave the university and enter the printing,
publishing, digital imaging, and related industries with a firm knowledge of the significance and application
of preflighting. The ability to provide such vital education comes from the ongoing support provided by
Markzware."
Mary Gay Marchese, public relations of Markzware, said, “FlightCheck continues to be a fabulous learning
application for those trying to understand the pre-flight process and checks. By continuing to team up with
Cal Poly we can provide preflighting software to students who have not previously had access to FlightCheck.
These students will have the opportunity to gain experience with Markzware’s preflighting solution with
teaching real world relevance and the importance it plays with print ready files, problem free.”
New Preflighting Software Offers Digital Printers, Publishers, and
Graphic Designers Complete Quality Control
Markzware FlightCheck Professional Now Supports QuarkXPress 8 & Adobe CS4 Suite
Markzware, the recognized authority and inventor of preflighting, released a significant upgrade to its popular
preflighting solution, FlightCheck Professional for Macintosh. In light of today's economic challenges,
Markzware is offering $100 off this latest version of FlightCheck Professional v6.5which has full support for
the Adobe CS4 Creative Suite and QuarkXPress 8. This powerful upgrade gives printers, graphic designers
and publishers the ability to preflight efficiently, avoiding costly production errors.
For well over a decade, the process of preflighting has been an important step for printers and prepress
professionals worldwide. Preflighting is the process that identifies and corrects missing items and errors in
customer files before they become bigger and more costly problems further downstream in the printing process.
"I swear by my Markzware FlightCheck Pro" said Martin Harding, prepress Mac operator, at Prometheus Press.
Harding continues, "I like it because it quickly identifies RGB color space, trapping and over-printing issues
and even problems that might have occurred with ink density. I work on a high-end system with built-in
file-checking, but I still think it is important to have a system like FlightCheck Pro to catch any problems early
on."
The earlier in the workflow hazards are flagged and fixed, the smoother the workflow will be and the less
expensive the job will be to print. Unlike other preflight solutions which are plug-ins to native applications,
FlightCheck is a stand alone application, allowing you to quickly and easily establish your preferences
{Ground Controls} which identify the deal breakers in your workflow. If anything in the document breaks
your rules, FlightCheck flags the problem. Pamela V.White, a design manager who is self employed in
graphic design & prepress services, said,"FlightCheck 6.5 is a great tool and extremely valuable to me,
my department colleagues and the printers. It ensures that we are releasing print ready files, problem free.
I feel it is also a fabulous learning application for those trying to understand the preflight process and checks."
Today, with shorter digital print runs and time demands, digital files going to press require a higher level of
quality control. Whether the document is in Adobe PDF, InDesign, or QuarkXPress, they all have several
categories of elements, like fonts, colors, images, document setup and more; any of which may result in a
print problem. FlightCheck's versatility for thoroughly checking all of a document's elements in several
file-types is one reason why it remains so popular and is considered by many to be the preeminent quality
control tool.
Another long-time user of FlightCheck, Dan Williams, said, "FlightCheck has been an essential application to
our workflow by enabling us to identify and remedy file issues prior to print production. I would highly recommend
a consistent preflight procedure (using FlightCheck) to any quality-controlled graphics environment."
Virtually anything that needs to be printed, including magazines, catalogs, brochures, advertisements, manuals,
catalogs, packaging and more, can benefit by the use of this quality control tool. Today's competitive and
challenging economic environment requires printers and publishers to double and triple-check these
document elements to avoid costly reprinting. Print, publishing and graphic arts professionals continue to
rely on and profit from this new version, FlightCheck 6.5.
Rob Hawks, vice president of Prepress Online, said, "In our line of work, we preflight and review our client's
files to make sure that they are print compliant. We use FlightCheck as one of our first lines of defense. The
software helps flag problems that we need to be aware of when dealing with fonts and images. I would highly
recommend FlightCheck and all of the Markzware products for your workflows."
Pricing and Availability:
This software upgrade of FlightCheck Professional 6.5 for Macintosh is available immediately. You can upgrade
to FlightCheck Professional from v5.0 and higher for $99. FlightCheck Designer has been discontinued but
users may upgrade to FlightCheck Professional 6.5 for only $129. The full version is available for $399. End
users can purchase from CDW and others. Resellers may purchase through Lifeboat Distribution.
Markzware Announces A New Updater v2.10 For PUB2ID
Easily Convert Microsoft Publisher Documents To Adobe InDesign #Conversion Software,
*FREE Download Now Available
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/pub2id/store.php. 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.
Markzware's Q2ID Wins Best Commercial Plug-in Award given by
InDesign Secrets
Markzware, the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software has taken first
prize for it's popular conversion tool, Q2ID (QuarkXPress To InDesign) for best commercial InDesign plug-in.
David Blatner, co-host of InDesign Secrets.com said,"Q2ID is a crucial part of many people's InDesign
workflow, and its quality and price point make it a winning solution for users. The fact that the
InDesignSecrets audience voted Q2ID 'best commercial plug-in' was a clear validation on that point."
Q2ID (QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign) is an Adobe plug-in for InDesign. It provides a quick, easy and
affordable method for you to migrate all your QuarkXPress content into a new Adobe InDesign document.
The data conversion is enabled with a single click using InDesign File->Open. No more re-creating
documents from scratch, Q2ID gives you a big head-start.
Q2ID provides intricate details of the content within the QuarkXPress document to be instantly re-created
within InDesign. Items converted from Quark include: page positioning, color models, fonts and styles,
images, and text attributes as well as tables, layers, blends, runarounds, linked text boxes & anchored
boxes, pantone colors and other color models.
Markzware Announces the Release of PasteBoard 8 for QuarkXPress 8
Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion
software, today released an upgrade to its highly recommended utility Pasteboard v8 for QuarkXPress 8.
Pasteboard is an XTension that changes the width and height of the pasteboard. This is similar to changing
the pasteboard width percentage using the QuarkXPress application preferences menu. Pasteboard v8 is
now available for QuarkXPress 8 on the Macintosh.
Markzware Quote
"Markzware knows how important QuarkXPress is to the creative market. We strive to support the dominant
layout and design solutions our customers utilize on an everyday basis," said Mary Gay Marchese public
relations director of Markzware.
Pricing and Availability
Markzware's Pasteboard 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.
Markzware Releases Major Upgrade to Its Conversion Tool
QuarkXPress to InDesign (Q2ID v4) Now for Macintosh and WINDOWS!
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA -- December 8, 2008 -- Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading developer
of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software today released an upgrade to its highly-acclaimed
conversion tool Q2ID (QuarkXPress To InDesign). Q2ID v4 is created as a quick, easy and affordable
method for migrating QuarkXPress content into a new Adobe InDesign document.
Windows Version Now Available
This new version boasts full plug-in support for Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4 and converts QuarkXPress
versions 3.3 through 8. Q2ID v4 is developed with the needs of the graphic arts industry in mind. This
conversion tool provides a comprehensive solution to simplify the creative process and optimize the
graphic design workflow.
Update Details
Q2ID v4 enables the intricate details of content in a QuarkXPress document to be quickly re-created in
InDesign. This conversion technology will save you countless hours of scanning, re-keying and formatting.
Q2ID converts and transforms files created with QuarkXPress on either the Microsoft or Apple Macintosh OS,
into an Adobe InDesign file, which can then be opened on either platform.
Pricing and Availability
Markzware's Q2ID v4 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/store_usa/Q2ID.php. The MSRP is $199 and the upgrade is $99
for users of Q2ID v2 or v3 only. For more information, please visit http://www.markzware.com/q2id.
Markzware Releases Major Upgrade to its Conversion Tool
QuarkXPress to InDesign (Q2ID v4)
Convert QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4 Quickly and Easily
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA -- December 4, 2008 -- Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading developer
of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software today released an upgrade to its highly-acclaimed
conversion tool Q2ID (QuarkXPress To InDesign). Q2ID v4 is created as a quick, easy and affordable method
for migrating QuarkXPress content into a new Adobe InDesign document.
This new version boasts full plug-in support for Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4 and converts QuarkXPress
versions 3.3 through 8. Q2ID v4 is developed with the needs of the graphic arts industry in mind. This
conversion tool provides a comprehensive solution to simplify the creative process and optimize the graphic
design workflow.
Markzware Quote
"Markzware continues to focus on addressing the needs of the graphic arts community. Q2ID plays a key role
in their creative workflow, and we want to continue to serve the needs of our industry in creating a product
such as Q2ID," said Mary Gay Marchese, director of public relations for Markzware.
The Value of Q2ID v4
Q2ID v4 enables the intricate details of content in a QuarkXPress document to be quickly re-created in InDesign.
This conversion technology will save you countless hours of scanning, re-keying and formatting. Q2ID converts
and transforms files created with QuarkXPress on either the Microsoft or Apple Macintosh OS, into an Adobe
InDesign file, which can then be opened on either platform.
Pricing and Availability
Markzware's Q2ID v4 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/store_usa/Q2ID.php. The MSRP is $199 and the upgrade is $99
for users of Q2ID v2 or v3 only. For more information, please visit http://www.markzware.com/q2id.
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 .
Markzware Announces Universal Binary Version For Markztools
Santa Ana, CA - June 29, 2007 - Markzware is pleased to announce its Universal Binary version of the 'miracle
XTension,' MarkzTools which takes advantage of the Intel-based Macs.
This Universal Binary update of Markzware MarkzTools is used to prevent corrupted QuarkXPress documents,
overcoming the dreaded bad file format, retrieve text from corrupted documents and view images in gray previews
to reduce file size. Additionally, MarkzTools allows QuarkXPress users to do a Save As to Quark 4.1.
Tom Allen of Pear Graphic Design recently used MarkzTools and commented by saying, "MarkzTools opened
the file and saved about 90 percent of my work. I thought hard about purchasing your software, since I did not
know if it would work, and, frankly, $200 seemed like a lot to pay for an extension. In the end, it was worth every
penny."
"Since 1993, MarkzTools has helped many thousands of users and Markzware is pleased to provide a Universal
Binary version. Data conversion-type products like MarkzTools and PM2Q actually provided the first technical
breakthroughs that we needed to create FlightCheck, which we eventually released in 1995," said Patrick
Marchese founder and CEO of Markzware Software, Inc.
Santa Ana, CA, June 27, 2007 - Markzware is pleased to announce its Universal Binary version of InDesign to
QuarkXPress 7 (ID2Q7). ID2Q7 is Markzware's conversion tool that allows users to easily convert InDesign
content into a new QuarkXPress document. The Universal Binary version of ID2Q7 now performs faster taking
advantage of the Intel processor-based Macintosh.
"ID2Q7 is the data conversion tool that creative professionals depend on to migrate their content into a different
work environment that may be more convenient. This XTension for Quark provides a very efficient way to do
that while saving countless hours of re-scanning, re-keying and formatting. I'm sure that Macintosh users will
appreciate the optimized performance of this great utility," explained Patrick Marchese, founder and CEO of
Markzware Software, Inc.
SANTA ANA, California — Markzware, the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion
software, announces the release of MarkzTools 7 for the Macintosh that works with QuarkXPress 7.
MarkzTools is a “miracle” utility that serves as “document insurance” as well as salvaging corrupted
QuarkXPress project files. MarkzTools is used as an active XTension that verifies the integrity of QuarkxPress
documents before the original master file is over-written. This invaluable XTension prevents unwanted disasters
from occurring, for instance a bad file that cannot be opened for editing.
Additional functionality MarkzTools provides is allowing users to save QuarkXPress 7 Projects directly to a
Quark 4.1 document format! What’s more, it can convert all of the image previews in the document to “gray”
drastically reducing the file size of projects.
For over 14-years, this XTension has been extremely popular for thousands of QuarkXPress users.
MarkzTools 7 may be purchased through an authorized Markzware reseller such as CDW, MacMall,
MacConnection, SHI, Software Spectrum, Programmers Paradise and through Markzware Direct Sales at (800) 300-3532, or at Markzware's online store.
Gradual's SWITCH automates Markzware FlightCheck Professional &
FlightCheck Online
Santa Ana, CA. - October 11, 2006 - Markzware, the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and
conversion software, and Gradual Software, specialists in software solutions for automating the publishing process,
announces a partnership with Markzware, developer of the award-winning FlightCheck series of pre-flight software.
The partnership allows Markzware's pre-flight tools to seamlessly integrate with Gradual's SWITCH product line:
* PowerSWITCH accepts jobs that have been submitted through FlightCheck Online, and automatically processes
those jobs based on the contents of FlightCheck Online's job ticket and pre-flight results.
* FullSWITCH (and PowerSWITCH) feature a built-in configurator for FlightCheck Professional, which allows to
setup and perform automated pre-flight on virtually any desktop or server at minimal expense.
As a result of this partnership, users will gain the ultimate level of efficiency in professional publishing, combining
accurate pre-flighting of various file formats with robust automation capabilities. SWITCH offers the capability to
easily design and edit document flows. The new configurator allows adding FlightCheck Professional to the flow
via a simple drag-and-drop process. FlightCheck Professional is a powerful quality control application for pre-f
lighting PDF and source files. It can inspect over 45 layout application formats and many image formats.
Patrick Marchese, president of Markzware, says: "Gradual Software has a great market potential for their
advanced publishing automation tools. This is in part due to the 100% focus on automation and their quick
development turn-around in adding new features to their SWITCH software line, such as the integration with
Markzware FlightCheck Online and Professional."
Peter Camps, CEO of Gradual Software, comments on the new partnership: "Markzware has a leading position
in pre-flight tools for all file formats. The combination of FlightCheck and SWITCH technologies provides users
with an integrated solution, automating even more tasks and creating a single streamlined flow for checking,
submitting and processing jobs."
PowerSWITCH and FlightCheck Online:
FlightCheck Online checks native application and PDF files against customized preflight rules sets defined by
the receiving side (printers, publishers, etc.). The checking is performed on the sender's desktop before the job
is transmitted. When preflight is completed, FlightCheck Online automatically collects all relevant files, including
fonts and images, and the collected job is compressed and uploaded to the receiver's FTP server.
At the receiver's end, PowerSWITCH automatically detects and decompresses incoming jobs. It also picks up
the job ticket information entered by the sender using FlightCheck Online and the pre-flight results generated by
FlightCheck Online. PowerSWITCH then sorts and processes jobs based on this "metadata", allowing users to
establish intelligent job flows. For example, if requested by the sender, a job may be automatically taken through
correction or conversion processes (using third-party applications controlled by PowerSWITCH), and placed in
the appropriate folder for manual review.
FullSWITCH and FlightCheck Professional
FullSWITCH (and PowerSWITCH) feature a built-in configurator for FlightCheck Professional. This allows setting
up FlightCheck Professional easily from within SWITCH, and it turns the FlightCheck desktop tool into a fully
automated application.
Bundle promotion
Gradual Software and Markzware have created a bundle promotion that will be available until the end of 2006
through the Gradual distributor in the US, Tools4Media:
* FullSWITCH and FlightCheck Pro are offered at a special bundle price of $3375.00 (compared to the normal
combined price of $3749.00).
* Registered users of FlightCheck Professional are offered a free upgrade to the latest version of this application
when they purchase FullSWITCH at the special price of $3250.00.
The Markzware Machine to Grab Attention at Graph Expo and Converting
Expo 2006
Santa Ana, Calif.- October 6, 2006 - Markzware, the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and
conversion software, will be exhibiting its full line of software solutions at the upcoming Graph Expo & Converting
Expo 2006 trade show and conference, October 15-18, 2006. Markzware’s exhibit will take place in Chicago’s
McCormick Place South, Booth No. 5122.
To cap off Markzware’s over 10 year celebration of serving the international graphic arts and print communities,
Markzware is equipping its booth with a special piece of hardware "The Markzware Machine," where attendees
can vie for a whole host of great prizes, including free software from Markzware, Adobe, Quark, Quite, Prepress
Training Solutions, Logitech, Design Tools Monthly, Insider Software and Layers just to name a few.
Attendees who swing by the Markzware booth - No. 5122 - and sit in on a brief demonstration of any one of the
exhibitor’s solutions will have the opportunity to try their hand at The Markzware Machine. The Markzware team
will be on-hand to offer demos of:
* Q2ID, ID2Q and PM2Q 6
* FlightCheck Professional and FlightCheck Online
* FlightCheck Designer
* FlightCheck Studio
* MarkzTools 6
* PasteBoard XT and PictAttributes XT
Sneak previews of the forthcoming FlightCheck Professional 6 will be also available to all attendees. FlightCheck
Professional 6 will include a wealth of new features and capabilities, including compatibility with QuarkXPress 7,
and new and improved user font controls. Markzware plans to launch FlightCheck Professional 6 in Q4 2006,
with the Macintosh OS version to come first. For more information on Markzware solutions, visit
http://www.markzware.com.
Join Markzware each day of the exhibit - Sunday, October 18th through Wednesday, October 18th at 1:00 p.m.
and 4:00 p.m. daily to watch The Markzware Machine in action.
Markzware also extends an open invitation to all editors and industry trade press who’d like to schedule an
appointment to visit the exhibit, see demos of any of the company’s software solutions, or to meet with Markzware
executives on hand.
