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Quark - Collecting for Output
 
Choose File > Collect for Output to display the Collect for Output dialog box.

If a picture file is missing or has been modified, an alert is displayed. Click List Pictures to display the dialog box.

Select each modified or missing picture. Click Update to automatically update or locate the picture file. Click Collect or OK after all pictures have been located and updated.

NOTE: If you click Collect, and continue with Collect for Output without updating missing or modified pictures, all the image files needed to output your document correctly may not be collected.


If the document has not been saved during this session, or if any pictures have been updated, an alert is displayed asking "OK to save document before continuing with Collect for Output?" Click Save to continue. If the document has never been saved, the Save as dialog box displays. Enter a name in the Save current document as field; then, click Save to continue.

Enter a name in the Report Name field of the Collect for Output dialog box.

On a Mac the default name is the name of the document with the word "report" added. In Windows the default name is the name of the document with the extension .XTG.

Be sure to select all the checkboxes in the bottom "Collect" area and leave the "Report Only" unchecked.

 


Click New Folder (the New Folder icon in Windows) to create a new folder for the document and files to be placed in.

Enter a name for the folder in the Create a Folder field and click Create.


You will receive a "Font Alert" warning you about copying fonts to another computer.

We are only using your fonts for your job to output correctly and will not use them on any other jobs.

Click OK.


Click Collect in the Collect for Output dialog box.

All of your files should be in your newly created folder ready for printing. Please follow the instructions on this page to send your job to Alliance Printing.


Using "Collect for Output"
Collect for Output generates a report of useful information about the document. The report is a text file, formatted with XPress Tags, placed in the same folder as the collected document and picture files. The report file includes:
  • The document's original location and the location to which it is copied.
  • Document name, date, total pages, width, and height.
  • Version of Quark XPress, file size of Quark XPress document, required XTensions(TM) software, and active XTensions
  • If using Quark XPress 3.3x and EfiColor is active, a list of any necessary EfiColor Profiles.
  • Names of the fonts used.
  • Pictures used (size, box/picture angle, skew, path name, type, fonts used in EPS files, and location in the document) & Resolution of pictures.
  • The names of style sheets and H&Js (the settings that Quark uses to control Hyphenation and Justification of paragraphs) used in the document.
  • Each color created and the information needed to reproduce custom colors.
  • Trapping information.
  • Color plates required for each page.
 
 

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