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QuarkXPress Server: Fusing Automation and Professional Design QuarkXPress® Server fuses the fine typography and graphic capabilities of QuarkXPress with scalable server-based composition and rendering into an engine that powers high-value publishing workflows and business applications. Benefits: Deliver brilliant, high-fidelity works Lower development cost and accelerate time to market n Automate publishing workflows and applications n Global, web-based review and approval workflows n n

Scale for improved performance and consistency from desktop to enterprise n Work with your existing applications and in your development environment n

Key Capabilities Leverages QuarkXPress 8, superior page-layout and design software for the delivery of print and Web output n A powerful rendering and composition engine n The same core code as QuarkXPress n New design and production features of QuarkXPress 8 n Easily tag QuarkXPress files

Easily programmed and managed n Supports industry-standard Web-development environments (Java™, Visual Basic.NET, C#.NET, and others) with support for HTTP and Web services (SOAP). n Provides out-of-the-box load balancing, server management, and reporting n Includes Telegraph XTensions® software for tagging documents n XTensions Developer Kit (XDK) to extend server functions is available from Quark Alliance.

Designed to integrate n Well-designed APIs to access design and server functions n Access layout and typographic capabilities of QuarkXPress in Web applications developed in HTML, AJAX, ASP.NET, Flash/Flex®, Silverlight™, and Sproutcore™ n Easy connection to other business systems, such as databases, CMS, and CRM systems

Built to scale n Multiple concurrent servers on a single computer n Subrenderers to increase throughput through parallel job execution n Out-of-the-box load-balancing, centralized server management and control with QuarkXPress Server Manager

Global readiness n Global file format - open any file authored in any QuarkXPress 8 edition n Provides full Unicode® support n Dictionaries and hyphenation for more than 30 languages

Drives automation n Built-in script editor n Uses cross-platform JavaScript n Script scheduling n Job Jackets® and Layout Spaces for automatically populating content across multiple QuarkXPress layouts n Output to QuarkXPress, QuarkCopyDesk®, PDF, PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PostScript®, PPML, EPS, JPEG, PNG, and XML

Recommended Hardware/Software Configuration for QuarkXPress Server 8.0

System Requirements Recommended Hardware/Software Configuration for QuarkXPress Server Manager Operating System Software Mac OS®10.4.x n Mac OS 10.5.x n Windows Server® 2003 n Windows Server 2008 n

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Other Software QuarkXPress Server Manager is Java based and requires Java Virtual Machine (JVM™) version 1.5.1 or later. Hardware QuarkXPress Server Manager will operate on any state-of-the-art workstation or server system.

Windows® Operating System Software n Windows Server 2003 n Windows Server 2008

Mac® Operating System Software n Mac OS X 10.4.x server, Mac OS X 10.5.x server

Note: Windows XP is supported but is not recommended for heavy production environments.

Note: Mac OS X 10.4.x or Mac OS X 10.5.x client is supported but not recommended for production environments. Hardware Quad-core Mac Pro or Xserve® system n 4 GB of available RAM n 150 GB of available hard disk space n TCP/IP network support n CD-ROM drive (or access to a CD-ROM over a network) for installation n

Note: PowerPC® systems are supported but are not recommended.

Hardware Intel® or AMD dual/quad-core processor (quad-core for heavy user loads requiring 4 or more subrenderers) n 4 GB of available RAM n 150 GB of available hard disk space n TCP/IP network support n CD-ROM drive (or access to a CD-ROM over a network) for installation n

Note: If the system will be outputting large numbers of PDF files, a RAID 0 setup of two or more hard drives will increase system throughput. Remember that RAID 0 is not fault tolerant, and regular backups of critical data are necessary.

For more information about QuarkXPress Server and dynamic publishing from Quark, visit www.quark.com. North America Quark Inc. 1800 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 www.quark.com +1.800.676.4575 +1.303.894.8888

Europe Quark Media House Sàrl Rue Du Monruz 2 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland euro.quark.com 00800 1787 8275 +41 (32) 720 1414

Asia Quark India Pvt Ltd. A 45 Industrial Area Phase VIII B Mohali 160059 Punjab, India www.quarkindia.com +91.172.2299.131

Japan Quark Japan K.K. West 248 bldg. 2-4-8 Ebisu-nishi Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0021 Japan japan.quark.com +81-3-3476-9440

©2008 Quark Inc. All rights reserved. Quark, the Quark logo, QuarkXPress, Job Jackets, XTensions, and QuarkCopyDesk are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. PostScript, Flash and Flex are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Mac, Xserve and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple, Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries. Windows, Silverlight and Windows Server are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Java and all Java based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Sproutcore is a trademark of Sproutit. Unicode is a trademark of Unicode, Inc. PowerPC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. 04085DS