Quick Printing

APR 2014

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A p r i l 2 0 1 4 / Q U I C K P R I N T I N G 37 w w w. M y P R I N T R e s o u r c e . c o m factory labor costs as a % of VA need to be at 40 percent or less if the company is going to be profitable. Only material costs and outside services should be cal- culated as a % of sales. See the Sample Financial Statement. Compare your actual numbers to your budget as a benchmark using monthly financial statements and rolling income statements. To monitor expenses and control costs, compare your monthly financial statements to your budget. Monthly financial statements provide clear and concise pictures that can be readily compared to budget and to industry standards. There are limita- tions to the monthly statement, how- ever; so we also recommend using a three- to six-month rolling income statement to monitor general corporate management costs and make timely decisions, particularly in today's more volatile economy. Compare yourself to the PIA Ratio Studies. The Ratios reports are structured by specialization area and printer size to provide highly accurate industry bench- marks. (To participate in the PIA Ratios Study, go to www.printing.org/ratios.) ◗◗ MONEY TALK (continued from page 26) QuarkXPress 10 Update Quark Software has announced QuarkXPress 10.1, a major update to QuarkXPress 10 that is available free of charge to all version 10 users. It delivers new and improved features based on customer feedback, includ- ing 8,000 percent zoom and dynamic guides. The update adds HTML5 animation capabilities to App Studio layouts within QuarkXPress and provides version 10 support for Quark Publishing Platform. Available as a perpetual license, customers can rely on ongoing value from their investment in QuarkXPress 10. No subscriptions are necessary and users can take advantage of sup- port programs and dual activation, plus free upgrades throughout each version cycle. What's new in QuarkXPress 10.1? • 8,000 Percent Zoom: QuarkXPress now offers the deepest zooming options available in leading layout and photo tools so that designers can position images as precisely as possible. • Dynamic Guides: These guides auto- matically appear when items that are created, moved, or resized align with other items on the page. They also show when items have the same width and height as other elements on the page or when several items have the same distance to other items to help evenly distribute elements. • HTML5 Animations: Use QuarkXPress to easily create HTML5 ani- mations such as slide-in from the side, fade or grow elements. Use these animations in App Studio to easily add interactive animations to app content. • Books and Collaboration: Books are back and better than ever! The new, rebuilt book feature now works seamlessly with projects and layouts so users can specify one or more layouts for inclusion in a single book. Books can sync indexes, table of contents and other design ele- ments, such as colors and stylesheets, and can be exported to one or multiple PDFs. This new flexible approach is also an ideal way to create publications that contain multiple page sizes. • Export as Image: Simply export boxes, partial pages or whole pages as static pixel based images (PNG, JPG). • Custom Color Schemes: Now you can create your own user inter- face color settings in the preferences menu. *Mac only • QR Code Enhancements: Change URL and other content on exist- ing QR codes and create pixel or vector-based codes. QuarkXPress 10.1 supports Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks as well as Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. MyPRINTResource.com/10007568 PoliPrint PoliPrint is designed for high-heat, dry toner produc- tion equipment such as Xerox iGen and Kodak Nexpress, is available in 5, 8, 10, and 14 mil thicknesses, and is distributed exclusively by xpedx. Printers will appreciate PoliPrint's per- formance, as well as its price, in comparison to other high heat, dry toner synthetic substrates. This bright white, ultra smooth synthetic paper features a special- ized coating for excellent toner adhesion, making it well suited for most environmental conditions with resistance to water, grease and other contaminants. Because of the durable nature of PoliPrint there is no need for secondary post-print laminating, which saves additional expense and time. In addition, PoliPrint does not experience the swelling or sheet distortion which is commonly associated with other synthetic materials. MyPRINTResource.com/10113742 Opus DX Sappi Fine Paper North America has launched Opus DX, a cross platform #2 digital cut sheet offering supreme versatility with performance on both dry and liq- uid toner presses including HP Indigo, Kodak NexPress, Xerox iGen3, and Xerox iGen4, as well as Canon, Ricoh, and Konica Minolta bizhub digital presses. Opus DX is FSC and SFI Chain of Custody certified and Lacey Act compliant. The paper is manufactured using electricity generated with Green-e certified renewable energy, and Opus DX sheets contain 10 percent Post- Consumer Recycled Fiber (PCRF). Sappi holds an unwaver- ing commitment to sustainability and is also a certified SmartWay Transport Partner. MyPRINTResource.com/10113706 QP_36-37_0414 New Products.indd 37 3/18/14 4:04 PM

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