Pre-media

QuarkXPress 8, the newest version of Quark's page layout and design software, is now available for purchase directly from Quark or through its resellers worldwide.

Workflow was centre stage for HP at Drupa. It had to be to ensure the company's latest high-speed presses, such as the 2,600ppm high-speed Inkjet Web Press and the 120ppm Indigo 7000, could be run...

EFI has acquired Pace Systems Group for approximately $21m (10.6m) in cash, plus an additional cash earn-out amount contingent on achieving certain performance targets.

Fujifilm has launched a new online plate-processing tool that allows printers to calculate the impact their platemaking has on the environment.

Monotype Imaging has added more than 100 new typeface designs to its Monotype, Linotype and ITC collections.

Large-format poster and point-of-sale specialist Outdoor Partners has upgraded its pre-press offering with the installation of Fujifilm's XMF workflow.

Pre-press technologies dominated at this year's InterTech Technology Awards, where Alwan, EskoArtwork, HiFlex and Kodak all received recognition.

Third-party QuarkXPress XTensions-developers have announced a promotion for the upcoming launch of QuarkXPress 8.

Adobe's ubiquitous Portable Document Format (PDF) has become an ISO standard, some 18 months after Adobe released its PDF 1.7 specification to AIIM, the enterprise content management association.

Earthtone has launched a "no risk" e-commerce platform for printers, which aims to take advantage of a global web-to-print market that is expected to reach 7.2bn by 2010.