Markzware's Workflow Takes Off At Drupa 2004

Markzware will be showcasing its quality control technology, including the full line of Flightcheck systems (Professional 5.0, Workflow and Online) at Drupa 2004 in hall 4, stand A05.

Markzware will be showcasing its quality control technology, including the full line of Flightcheck systems (Professional 5.0, Workflow and Online) at Drupa 2004 in hall 4, stand A05.

Flightcheck Professional is a quality control tool for all participants in the print and multimedia manufacturing workflow.

It detects problems and provides users with details on how to correct potential problems and collecting fonts, images and other required elements for successful output.

Markzware is also releasing the updated version of its server-based Flightcheck Workflow V3.1 (formerly known as Markzscout).

Flightcheck Workflow is designed for prepress operations as a workflow management tool used to create an automated pathway for digital files processing through the workflow.

It is claimed to be the only user-definable, cross-platform, open application that inspects digital files to sort, filter and categorise them in the prepress workflow.

"Commercially, Flightcheck Workflow enables us, as a Markzware authorised solution provider (ASP), to supply our customers with bespoke yet open additions to both existing and custom created solutions based on this technology, such as our solution called Good2Print," said Tim Cox, co-director of ROI Distribution in England.

Inpetto, a German-based Markzware ASP, will also be showcasing its solutions based on Flightcheck Professional and Workflow.

Vio Ltd and ROI Distribution, Ltd, also Markzware ASPs, will showcase their solutions based on Flightcheck Online.

Online (formerly known as Markznet) is said to be the first remote preflight application that provides quality control of digital jobs and assets over the Internet.

It is server-based and enables prepress personnel, printers, publishers or any organisation receiving a high volume of digital files from external or internal sources to check digital files against a customised set of preflight rules defined by the recipient.

The sender is automatically notified of errors and required corrections before the job is submitted into the prepress workflow.

Markzware will demonstrate XMLazarus, a stand-alone and plug-in technology that enables content creators and their manufacturing partners to tap into proprietary digital documents.

Data from current as well as obsolete file formats can be extracted into a new, XML-rich document with the original content, design, styles and layout preserved.

The data may then be converted into other proprietary file formats with a Markzware plug-in utility.

According to David Dilling, managing director for Markzware Europe B.V.: "XMLazarus works with not just current XML-enabled desktop publishing applications, but multiple types of legacy documents from current as well as obsolete applications.

It has the capability to convert files created by all of the most widely used desktop publishing applications, including QuarkXPress, Indesign, Pagemaker, Word and Publisher, to an XML-based format with a single drag and drop or batch process.

It is the first and only stand-alone technology that works across a broad spectrum of native applications and versions." It can also be easily embedded in an OEM application or integrated into existing systems, without the need for additional licensing for the supported applications.

A content management system empowered by XMLazarus can access legacy data from non-XML-enabled publications.

Users can not only re-purpose the information but also reconstitute the document in its original form.

XMLazarus test suite is currently available to OEMs, developers and other interested parties.

Other Markzware Drupa announcements will include a white-paper technical brief detailing Markzware's plans, at the head of the CIP4 preflight committee, for implementing the important new JDF 1.2 standard specification.

Markzware B.V., located in Rijswijk, The Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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