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From: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: PageMaker, Quark XPress, & Print Shops
Message-ID: <14040@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 16 Jul 90 04:18:02 GMT
References: <476@amanue.UUCP>
Reply-To: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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In article <476@amanue.UUCP> jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes:
>I don't yet have a desktop publishing program,but will probably get one in the
>next few months.  Based on the reviews I've read so far, I'm inclined toward
>Quark XPress, though it's a close call.  Recently my wife called several print
>shops to get an estimate on a job, and asked them if they could handle a Mac
>floppy.  Several mentioned that they could grok PageMaker, but she *said* no
>one mentioned Quark XPress.

Well, if it's a good printer, they should be able to handle Quark as well
as PM. However, I'm sure most of them don't. I guess the problem is they
aren't moving ahead fast enough.
 
Currently I work will an Output service. We run all Macs and people bring
us files to be printed onto a Linotronic. From there, the client will
bring the lino to his/her printer.

For handling jobs, we can output ANY postscript file, or most of the
major DTP programs like PM (Mac & IBM), Quark, and RSG, and others i'm not
aware of. If we dont already have the appropriate program, the client will
bring it to us on disk. 

In the future you'll be sure to find more such output services. It's a good
market that hasn't been completely tapped yet.



 
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