Every two weeks Quark VS InDesign.com and XChange International gives away 2 great prizes—an extraordinary xtension for QuarkXPress and an incredible InDesign plug-in. All you have to do to win is…

• [1] Become a Quark VS InDesign.com member (free), and;
• Throw your name into the giveaway hat at the bottom of this page.

That’s all. No purchase or song and dance necessary. A winner will be chosen at random from those who enter on this page.

This contest has ended. On 2008-04-20 we gave
FlightCheck Professional 6 from Markzware
To Friedrich R. of Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany

Congratulations, Friedrich! Get some prizes for yourself on our [4] Contests & Giveaways page.

The QuarkXPress XTension We Gave Away This Time

 
[5] FlightCheck Professional 6
QuarkXPress XTension from Markzware

FlightCheck(R) Professional is the prepress application used to manage quality control for printing. This solution provides both native file and PDF preflight checking and is backed by a United States patent. FlightCheck is an essential tool for Creative Designers, Layout Artists, Prepress Production Departments, Customer Service Reps and Graphics Professionals within the print and publishing industries; helping them prepare PDF and other document types for commercial printing.

FlightCheck helps create excellent PDF files for brochures, advertisements, manuals, and virtually any printed document. It provides complete quality control saving printers and publishers time and money by avoiding re-printing jobs.

Hosting numerous advancements,this version is based directly on user feedback, especially features they wanted back from previous versions of FlightCheck. It was created for printers, service bureaus, advertising agencies, graphic studios and publishers as a complete prepress and design quality assurance tool. Easy-to-use, affordable and detailed in it’s reporting, FlightCheck is for just about anyone who works with digital arts files for print.

Compatible with InDesign CS3 and QuarkXPress 7, FlightCheck addresses the top-ten prepress problems: missing fonts, incorrect traps, incorrectly specified colours, scans made in the wrong mode, improper page settings, unlinked graphics, inadequate bleeds, lack of a laser proof, missing graphics and image resolution. Using a simple drag-and-drop interface, FlightCheck Professional scans a wide variety of file types, including InDesign, QuarkXPress, Portable Document Formats (PDF), PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, FreeHand, CorelDRAW and many more.

FlightCheck inspects a document using hundreds of available checks. It warns the operator about any potential problems that may reside in a digital file, including font and graphic incompatibilities. This application verifies critical file elements, such as colour space and resolution, assuring validity. After verification, FlightCheck Professional generates a detailed report, indicating whether the file has passed or failed the preflight tests and spells out specific problems that must be addressed to ensure that the file will travel onto the next stage of production without error or delay.

FLIGHTCHECK Professional Features include:
- Stand-Alone application
- Refined Interface for PDF Preflighting
- Categories of potential problems
- Customisable rule sets to check PDF and non-PDF files (source files)
- Support for Third-Party Font Applications
- Customisable font and image paths
- Scans, reports and collects the entire job
- Preflights both PDF and non-PDF files
- Removes guesswork identifying errors
- Optimises productivity and billable hours
- Keep presses running at peak capacity
- Verifies multiple documents in one session
- Preflights widest range of digital files
- Native applications are not required
- Provides feedback to a user’s customers
- Establishes quality control continuity
- Saves money by eliminating job reprints

***FLIGHTCHECK PROFESSIONAL WORKS WITH QUARKXPRESS AS WELL

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