Print Asset Mgmt./Workflow

HerGeekness Says: Convert a File, Any File

When clients hand you files so ancient or obscure that they're unreadable, don't despair. Part 1 of my file conversion survival kit will have you repurposing those files lickety split -- without asking the client to lift a finger, and without forcing you to buy every application under the sun just to open the occasional weirdo document.

QuarkXPress Tips: Graphically Speaking

Good design does not live by text alone. To master QuarkXPress, add these image-oriented tricks to your workflow.

Canto Cumulus Updates for Summer

Improvements and new features for entire Cumulus product line.

Zevrix Updates Professional Quality Control Solution Graphic Inspector

This quality-control solution checks entire folders of graphic files for potential problems. The new version of Graphic Inspector lets you define favorite folders, provides complete info on native Adobe Photoshop files, and brings various interface improvements.

CopyFit Desktop Plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS2 and CS3 Now Available

CopyFit detects and corrects overset (or underset) text in any InDesign document.

Quark Launches 58 City QuarkXPress 8 Global Tour

Quark Invites Creatives around the World to Xperience Design with QuarkXPress 8

May 2008 U.S. Commercial Printing Shipments Take a Tumble

WhatTheyThink, the leading online media organization serving the printing and publishing industry, today announced the availability of their most current report titled “Monthly U.S. Printing Shipments, Issue #32.” Authored by Dr. Joe Webb, director of WhatTheyThink's Economics and Research Center, the report is available for immediate purchase at: www.wttstore.com/monthly-us-printing-shipments.html

Xerox Premier Partners Webinar Offers Tips to Increase Digital Print Sales

When it comes to selling digital print, Joe Rickard, president of Intellective Solutions, says there's no better way to shorten sales cycles and improve digital sales than targeting and selling into vertical markets. In a recent Xerox Graphic Arts Premier Partners webinar, "Selling to Vertical Markets," Rickard discussed a sales approach to accelerate penetration into high-value digital printing vertical markets.

QuarkXPress 8 Benchmark Study Shows that Productivity is the “Ultimate Killer Feature”

In an In-Depth Analysis of QuarkXPress 8, the Pfeiffer Report Finds that QuarkXPress 8 is More than Three Times Faster than Previous Releases

Kodak and WhatTheyThink Conduct Informative Web Session: Sustainability is the New Green

Tools for Printers to Assess Their Own Sustainability Initiatives

InData, InCatalog & InCatalog Pro for InDesign CS3 Ship

XChange International announce release of InData, InCatalog and InCatalog Pro Plug-ins for Adobe InDesign CS3

Kodak Partners with the Direct Marketing Alliance to Bring the Power of Variable Data Communications to its Customers

Kodak has entered into a relationship with the Direct Marketing Alliance (the Alliance) to assist printers in building their digital print businesses

Digital Asset Management Products Lacking Key Enterprise Features

New CMS Watch research finds vendors falling short in workflow, DRM.

SMART Papers to Offer FSC-Certified Premium Cast-Coated Papers

Kromekote Recycled is now FSC-certified.

TypeTalk: Make Microsoft Word Do Your Bidding

Have you ever tried to select text, but Word didn't behave the way you wanted it to? Here's the fix.

InDesign Image Catalog v3.30 Updated

Quickly and easily make visual catalogs of most major image types supported by InDesign, and include file name, file path, placement scale information. Version 3.30 includes on the fly scanning of document size presets and fixes a problem with the previous version not honoring preferences between runs, as well as compatibility with Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.

FiberMark Rolls Out New “Naturally Creative” Campaign

Reflects the company’s commitment to design innovation and to the environment.

Clearly Green Paper

Glama Natural is the first FSC-certified translucent paper.

Kodak and WhatTheyThink Explain Why Sustainability is the New Green

Free webinar helps attendees understand the bigger sustainability picture for the printing industry.

Registration For Print Buyers Conference Now Open

The third annual Print Buyers Conference will be in Boston September 11th - 12th, 2008.