Digital Presses--Making the Grade

As for Scitex—partners in the Karat press—the latest introduction of Darwin, Darwin Desktop 2.0, includes some critical features missing from Darwin's initial showing. It runs as a standalone application on a Macintosh, rather than in the client-server setup of the original application.

The new version can work with any PostScript imaging device, whereas version 1.0 only worked with Scitex devices. Interfacing with Xpress 4.0 as an XTension, Darwin allows variable data fields to be dragged and dropped into position on a layout.