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Markzware Announces Flightcheck Workflow V2.0 Upgrade For Microsoft Windows

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SANTA ANA, California — July 7, 2005 — Markzware, the leading developer of quality control for digital files used in the global graphics arts and printing industries, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of FlightCheck(r) Workflow v2.0 for the Microsoft Windows(r) PC platform. Available for download at http://www.markzware.com/fcworkflow . FlightCheck Workflow is used to batch process and analyze information about documents, files and jobs automatically. This preflight toolkit now includes several mini-solutions. System integrators world-wide have used FlightCheck Workflow to create customized turnkey solutions for a wide-variety of prepress operations. Users of FlightCheck Workflow are diverse and include several Newspapers, Advertising Agencies, Publishers, Entertainment and Media companies for print production, web-design and digital asset management. FlightCheck Workflow adds new support for Adobe(r) FrameMaker, Microsoft(r) Word, Publisher and Powerpoint as well as the ability to interface with FlightCheck v5.52 for Windows. For a complete application support list, please visit http://www.markzware.com/support/version_support_list.html . Anyone that currently has either FlightCheck Designer or Professional can now automate the preflighting process with their current FlightCheck Ground Control settings. Now, instead of only checking one file at a time, with the FlightCheck Workflow and FlightCheck combination, thousands of files can be processed 24-hours a day. By including applications like, Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, QuarkXPress or Enfocus Pitstop, a complete PDF workflow can be created. Moreover, FlightCheck Workflow includes direct mini-solutions right out of the box. These solutions include: batch converting hi-res images to low-resolution 72dpi RGB JPEG images for use on the web; batch converting TIFF images to CMYK from RGB, indexed or LAB; batch correction of file extensions if they have been removed from the file name. The new mini-solutions can be downloaded at http://www.markzware.com/fcworkflow/layouts.html . "We are happy now that FlightCheck Workflow has added compatibility for numerous applications, a new lower price, and best of all, simple built-in solutions that add productivity for both the beginning creative designer as well as well-heeled integrators." FlightCheck Workflow is compatible with both the Microsoft(r) Windows and Macintosh platforms. Maintaining the quality and affordable solutions, the new MSRP for FlightCheck Workflow is $399. Upgrades from v2.3 are $299. A FlightCheck Design/FlightCheck Workflow bundle is available for $499 and the FlightCheck Professional/FlightCheck Workflow bundle is $599. You can also visit http://www.markzware.com/store/ .