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From: jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: PageMaker, Quark XPress, & Print Shops
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Date: 16 Jul 90 01:46:15 GMT
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Organization: Amanuensis Inc., Grindstone, PA
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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.  Of course she did this before telling me she was
gonna do it, thereby before I had a chance to tell her to ask about Quark
XPress ...

How serious a problem is this?  One local printer I go to doesn't use WriteNow,
but I always include the app on a floppy when I take it in so he can just
double-click on the icon on my disk.  Same thing for SuperPaint. He doesn't
object to this.  Has anyone had a bad experience from having files created by
program X and then finding that the print shop of choice could only grok
program Y?  Is it really true that PageMaker is a safer bet here than XPress?
-- 
 Jim Rosenberg
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