Quark Launches QuarkXPress Server 7.

Quark Takes Dynamic Publishing to a New Level with On-Demand Creative Communications

CHICAGO -- Quark Inc. announced today the launch of QuarkXPress Server 7, a dynamic publishing technology that combines the design power and collaboration functionality of QuarkXPress with proven server-based performance to deliver an unparalleled solution for producing creative Web-based or data-driven communications.

"We are proud of our achievements with QuarkXPress Server 7 because it empowers our customers to communicate and collaborate through the Web to deliver outstanding products," said Nick Howard, Quark director of enterprise products. "Our customers and partners will notice that we have changed the product name from Quark Dynamic Document Server to better represent this technology, which is the server edition of QuarkXPress."

By employing a Web-based, template-driven process, the technology empowers channel and business users to preview communications online, customize design and content, and print locally or remotely. Users can develop and deploy data-driven applications to automate production, eliminate redundant steps, and publish to multiple channels. QuarkXPress Server can be easily integrated with existing IT infrastructures and data sources and is typically offered as part of a packaged solution from a Quark system integrator or OEM partner.

"This significant release of QuarkXPress Server provides a real growth opportunity for the company by extending the richness of QuarkXPress throughout the enterprise. By focusing on high-value design and production capabilities, QuarkXPress Server presents ordinary business users with the potential to increase their capacity to touch customers with persuasive on-demand creative communications, support continued brand reinforcement, develop more timely and focused campaigns, and improve productivity without having to be graphic artists. Enterprises can now provide a means for their employees to create these effective communications while ensuring conformance with company and brand standards and requirements," said Michael Maziarka, director of InfoTrends.

QuarkXPress Server incorporates the new features of QuarkXPress 7, granting users access to productivity-enhancing functionality, such as layout-independent spaces and Job Jackets technology for collaboration, and enhancements for variable-data printing, including Personalized Print Markup Language (PPML) and optimized PDF output support. "The QuarkXPress Server technology drives solutions for customers in a variety of markets. We have been listening to our customers about providing outstanding software tools for design, collaboration, and production with QuarkXPress Server," said Richard Pasewark, Quark senior vice president of sales (Americas) and marketing. "We know from early customer feedback that QuarkXPress Server will continue to add value by enhancing collaborative user access and automating design and production deliverables."

QuarkXPress Server includes QuarkXPress Server Manager, a tool that centralizes system administration, manages processing load on multiple servers, and provides reporting on automated publishing tasks. QuarkXPress Server Manager enhances the on-going support of industry standards to which Quark is committed by providing high-level programming interfaces, including HTTP, SOAP, PHP, .NET/ASP, and Java/JSP.

Quark partners with software developers and system integrators to deliver QuarkXPress Server solutions that enable advertising automation, catalog production, Web-to-print, and one-to-one marketing. Existing partners such as DeskNet, GLUON, and Stibo Catalog have been vital to the growth of Quark in the market, and new partners are committing to support the technology every day. Such partners include Capps Digital, Integrated Software, Intuitive Solutions Group, ONUS LLC, Responsive Software, and RoboCatalog.

To learn more about QuarkXPress Server 7 and to view a complete list of partners, visit the Quark Web site at www.quark.com/Server7.

Quark at Graph Expo

Quark is demonstrating QuarkXPress Server 7 in booth 4807 this week at Graph Expo and Converting Expo in Chicago. The expo runs from October 15-18.

About QuarkXPress Server

QuarkXPress[R] Server is the application technology formerly known as Quark[R] Dynamic Document Server (QuarkDDS[R]). The new name more accurately reflects the product's core QuarkXPress design-and-print functionality in addition to its integration and automation capabilities. Quark system integrator and OEM partners have already deployed this technology in many production environments. References to these applications include solutions deployed under both names: QuarkDDS and QuarkXPress Server.

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. Founded in 1981, Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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.

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