Axaio’s MadeToPrint is an XTension for QuarkXPress 4/5/6/7 that lets you combine all the settings for a particular printing job into a selectable item: printer, Page Setup, PDF, EPS and Print settings. This lets you (or an inexperienced coworker) easily print the same document to a laser printer, color proofer, imagesetter, and export to PDF or EPS with all the correct settings. You can even make a group of settings for different printers, and send a document to all the printers at once.
A batch-printing feature lets you assign a presets to a folder, then drag a QuarkXPress document into that folder to automatically output it using that preset. You can also optionally break a print job into separate pages, to print long documents that may otherwise choke or slow down the printer.
When creating a PDF, you can access Distiller’s settings from within the Print dialog box. MadeToPrint can also generate a job slug or a new name for the output file based on several variables including date & time, user, page(s), and last modification date & time.
MadeToPrint costs 349 euros.
Popularity: 7% [?]
1. July 2008 at 12:40 pm
Wow… 349 Euros…
Does anyone buy this?
1. July 2008 at 6:05 pm
I’m guessing so… I first wrote about it eight years ago, and it’s been in constant development since then. I don’t imagine they’d develop a product that people aren’t buying.
1. July 2008 at 8:41 pm
Sounds like the Output Style feature takes care of a lot of this…
Or maybe I’m missing something?
2. July 2008 at 1:25 pm
The last 2/3 of the story indicates what’s special about MadeToPrint:
“You can even make a group of settings for different printers, and send a document to all the printers at once.
A batch-printing feature lets you assign a presets to a folder, then drag a QuarkXPress document into that folder to automatically output it using that preset. You can also optionally break a print job into separate pages, to print long documents that may otherwise choke or slow down the printer.
When creating a PDF, you can access Distiller’s settings from within the Print dialog box. MadeToPrint can also generate a job slug or a new name for the output file based on several variables including date & time, user, page(s), and last modification date & time.”