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Citation Software News
September 5, 2007
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Welcome to the September 5, 2007 issue
of Citation Software News!
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In this issue we're focusing on the following topics:
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Adobe says it will remove the "Send to FedEx Kinko's" feature from Adobe Acrobat & Adobe Reader
Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced that it will remove the "Send to FedEx Kinko's"
service & functionality from Adobe Reader & Adobe Acrobat.
According to an August 1st press release from Adobe, the versions
of Adobe Reader & Acrobat that are scheduled for release in
October 2007 will not contain the feature.
This announcement from Adobe comes in the wake of a major uproar
that has been rippling through the printing industry for the past
few months, ever since Adobe's June release of Versions 8.1 of
Adobe Reader & Acrobat. These versions of the Reader & Acrobat
software contain a menu item on the File menu that makes it very
easy for the user to transmit a PDF file to a FedEx Kinko's facility
and place an order for the file to be printed by FedEx Kinko's.
Immediately after Adobe Reader 8.1 and Adobe Acrobat 8.1 were released
on June 6th, printing-industry executives began putting strong pressure
on Adobe to remove the feature from Reader & Acrobat, claiming
that it gives an unfair advantage to FedEx Kinko's. Discussions
about the controversial "Send to FedEx Kinko's" feature
raged for several weeks on print-industry blogs, forums, and
discussion lists; and some of the discussions are still active as
of this writing.
The uproar culminated in a San Francisco meeting near the end of July.
According to several sources, at this meeting high-level representatives
from major print franchises and from print-industry organizations
told Adobe representatives that the Adobe-FedEx Kinko's deal
was absolutely unacceptable, and they insisted that Adobe remove
the "Send to FedEx Kinko's" feature from Reader & Acrobat
immediately.
Related stories:
Adobe/Fedex Kinko's deal can hurt printing companies!
Adobe takes heat from printing-industry execs over "Send to FedEx Kinko's" menu item in Acrobat and Reader
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New versions of two variable-data-printing solutions (DesignMerge Pro and PrintShop Mail) have been released
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DesignMerge Pro and PrintShop Mail are well-known,
state-of-the-art variable-data-printing solutions that are
in widespread use. New versions of both these solutions were released recently.
The big news about DesignMerge Pro is that it is now available for
Adobe InDesign! The DesignMerge Pro product was originally introduced a
number of years ago as a bundle of QuarkXTensions that make it
possible to design and produce variable-data documents from within
QuarkXPress. DesignMerge Pro has served Quark users very well — and now,
users of InDesign can also utilize this great software, because
DesignMerge Pro is now available as a bundle of InDesign Plug-Ins!
This new DesignMerge Pro offering makes it possible to design
and produce variable-data documents from within InDesign.
Note that if you buy the "DesignMerge Dual License" for $4,995.00,
you'll get both the Quark version and the InDesign version for
either Macintosh or Windows.
We also bring you major news about PrintShop Mail. A brand-new version of
PrintShop Mail (Version 6 for Windows) has been released! Perhaps
the most significant enhancement is that PrintShop Mail Version 6
does not rely on the Adobe Acrobat software for displaying PDF
documents within the PrintShop Mail environment — instead, it
makes use of the Adobe PDF Library, which is built in. Here is
a partial list of the other new features in PrintShop Mail Version 6:
support for XML data files, support for more-versatile and
more-powerful expressions (you can even create your own expressions
with Visual Basic or JavaScript), a template feature that lets you
save printer and document settings and re-use them. And one
more thing: all new PrintShop Mail packages are cross-platform
packages (that is, you can use the software on both Macintosh
and Windows computers).
To get more information about the new releases of DesignMerge Pro
and PrintShop Mail, call us at 888-260-7316,
send e-mail to info@CitationSoftware.com,
or visit the following page on our Web site:
www.CitationSoftware.com/SolutionFinder_VarDataPandP.htm.
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Our Lowest-Price Promise
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Citation Software is committed to offering the best prices on
software. If you get a price quote from us, and you get
a lower quote from another company for the same product,
let us know: we will beat the other quote!
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Automate your page-imposition procedures with Quite Hot Imposing!
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Quite Hot Imposing is a stand-alone application
(not an Adobe Acrobat plug-in) that allows you to integrate
automated page-imposition operations into a document-production
workflow by using hot folders or by using a command-line interface.
Available for both Macintosh and Windows, this incredibly
versatile product is very easy to use. You don't have to be a
programmer to use Quite Hot Imposing!
Current users of Quite Imposing Plus can export their current setups
from Quite Imposing Plus and import the setups into Quite Hot Imposing.
Again — no programming is required.
Quite Hot Imposing costs $3,349.00 USD. Licensed owners of
Quite Imposing Plus can upgrade to Quite Hot Imposing for $2,899.00 USD.
For more details, call us at 888-260-7316,
e-mail us at info@CitationSoftware.com, or
point your browser to www.CitationSoftware.com/SolutionFinder_Imposition.htm#QUIT_QuiteHotImposing.
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Create perfect Business Reply Mail artwork instantly with our affordable ReplyMailOnLine.com system
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Our ReplyMailOnLine.com Web site automatically creates complete,
ready-to-print, customized artwork for Business Reply
envelopes/postcards and Courtesy Reply envelopes/postcards.
Just enter a few pieces of information
(dimensions of envelope/postcard, mailing address, permit number, etc.),
and in a few moments you'll get a PDF
file containing artwork
that conforms to the U.S. Postal Service's specifications.
The PDF file that you'll get is NOT just a "template" — it
is complete, ready-to-print artwork that has all the
text elements and graphic elements required by the
U.S. Postal Service — including the bar codes.
Using ReplyMailOnLine.com is simple — it takes only a couple of
minutes. It costs only $15.00 for each PDF file (or — you can
pay $59.95 for a subscription that lets you use
ReplyMailOnLine.com as much as you want for one year).
You can try out ReplyMailOnLine.com for free — just go to
www.ReplyMailOnLine.com
and click the "Free tryout" link near the top of the window.
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Our software-financing program
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Citation Software has partnered with LeaseSource, Inc.
of Atlanta, Georgia to offer a financing program for software.
This financing program makes it easier for businesses of
all sizes to acquire state-of-the-art software solutions that
are sold by Citation Software.
How does the financing program work?
It's easy! A customer that wants to purchase software
through Citation Software's financing program fills
out an application form and submits it to Citation Software.
Upon approval of the application and acceptance of the customer's
initial payment, Citation Software will make the selected
software product available to the customer. The customer
can start using the software right away. The customer will
make monthly payments according to the terms of the
financing agreement. After the customer has made all
the payments, the customer will own the software free and clear.
(Go to www.CitationSoftware.com/CitationFinancingApplication.pdf
to get a copy of the application form.)
If you have questions about our software-financing program,
don't hesitate to call us at 888-260-7316.
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Fun stuff!
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We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
Police were called to a day-care center where a three-year-old
was resisting a rest.
Two vultures board an airplane. Each of them is carrying two dead raccoons.
The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen,
only one carrion allowed per passenger."
Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit
a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once again that you can't
have your kayak and heat it, too.
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About Citation Software
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This newsletter has been brought to you by Citation Software Inc.,
value-added reseller of software for people involved with
printing & publishing. You can reach us by phone at 888-260-7316,
and you can find us on the Web at
www.CitationSoftware.com.
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