PDF WORKFLOW--Still a Juggling Act

As the brief product overview that follows will show, the technology and tools for processing PDF files continue to improve. However, there still is a troublesome gap on the front end—specifically, seamless support of PDF at the job-creation stage. With Quark Inc. providing only limited integration of PDF in XPress and Adobe InDesign failing to be the "Quark killer," most print creators are still faced with having to buy additional software and add a production step if they want to submit jobs as PDF files.