PREFLIGHTING -- Getting a Fix on Files

The Mac OS software features a collect function that pulls together all elements of a job and compresses the files into archives for quick and easy transfer. The full purchase price is $399.95. (www.extensis.com)

Flying by Wire
Markzware and Extensis also continue to up the ante in Internet-based preflighting solutions. Markzware launched MarkzNet, its Internet-based client/server system for preflighting native-document, PDF and PostScript files. Extensis shot back by adding support for QuarkXPress (4.x and Passport) documents to its previously established Preflight Online file inspection service.