Markzware products are reliable. They have been continuously developed and adapted for decades. This is a great value. But it also requires continuous development and product maintenance. This is not for free. Unlike some other companies, Markzware does not try to lure customers into a subscription trap. The solution is as simple as it is ingenious and already exists for many products as a choice:

Perpetual license

A perpetual license is valid indefinitely, but there are no updates for new document formats. For example, if you order a QXPMarkz in 2020, you purchase the product with the QuarkXPress 2020 document format customisation, and if Quark makes customisations during the year, these customisations will be provided as updates free of charge. However, if a 2021 document format is released next year, it will not automatically be updated.

Annual license

The annual license is, as the name suggests, a license for a single year. Since the price for the product is probably already recovered after 1 or 2 conversions, this should not be a hindrance. But for updates you have great advantages: Regardless of when you purchased the annual license, you can download all updates and upgrades for 365 days. So you are always up to date, even if a new document format is released next year. If you want to renew your license, you buy another annual license and can convert for another year without worries, whatever comes along. However, if the license expires, access to the software is also terminated. Simple!

Markzware conversion solutions can be used where documents need to be converted from one software solution to another. This does not imply a constant exchange, but a one-time conversion.

A complete publishing suite

Affinity Publisher is the third product in the affinity series. After Affinity Designer (as: Illustrator) and Affinity Photo (as: Photoshop), now the official version of Affinity Publisher (as: InDesign) has been released. These products are modern, fast and very well integrated. Many users love the absence of a subscription system and full versions of each product can be purchased below CHF 50 each. Has there ever been such a unique and complete publishing system for this price?

Can one trust the newcomer?

Well, the english company Serif is not a newcomer. They published many software products, but their focus has been on private and semi-professional users mostly. The new products in the Affinity series are the new focus on professional solutions and professional users, as many publications already testify.

Unique is their document format. The same format is used for all three applications. Different endings help to start up a specific application, but the real highlights are shown in Affinity Publisher, where you can change the interface within the application to either Designer or Photo to work with vector illustrations or Photos directly. The new Studio-Link technology creates a complete new and much more natural approach to publishing.

The document structure within the Affinity series is revolutionary. But what about the data exchange with with products from Adobe, Quark, Viva or others?

From Adobe InDesign to Affinity Publisher

Affinity Publisher has quite a good working PDF-import. Imported PDF documents are converted to editable Publisher documents. It does not mean there might not be hickups here or there, but who works with basic functions, also supported by the PDF format as well as by Affinity Publisher, might be surprised to see how easy it is to transfer PDF files to the new Publisher environment. PDF files thus are the way to transport other publishing documents to Affinity Publisher.

PDF2DTP can be ordered directly at Kursiv:

FlightCheck Pro belongs in any prepress environment and specifically at these two crossroads in the workflow:

Preflighting software for publishing documents

With this preflighting software you can check your documents for errors before they become expensive. Preflighting means: You can Original documents check and correct the error directly in the original document. This also eliminates future errors due to the same documents.

Postflighting for output formats

FlightCheck pro also checks typical output format files such as PDF, PDF-X, EPS (including embedded fonts and images) and many more formats. They ensure that your output documents are correct before they are released for production or distribution.

Markzware has just updated two products: FlightCheck and Q2ID now support the new document format from QuarkXPress 2017.

It is such regular adjustments that make a conversion software or preflighting solution suitable for everyday use. Markzware always adapts its products to the latest changes. Anyone who has a subscription to one of the software solutions can download the latest version immediately via the personal download links.

FlightCheck Pro is software for checking document formats. This includes documents from XPress, InDesign and the like, as well as typical export formats such as EPS, PDF, PDF-X and others. FlightCheck Pro does not require any original software, but can check documents directly. Detailed reports are created. The tool is an indispensable aid for quality assurance both before and after the work on the documents.

Q2ID is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign, which can open documents from QuarkXPress. When the documents are opened, they are converted into a full-fledged InDesign document, which can then be edited with all InDesign tools.