A Look Ahead at Print 05

• Export of text and all common style attributes from QuarkXPress, including QuarkXPress 6.5.

• New field definition functionality that offers "fill in the blank" or drop down boxes.

• Enhancements and improvements in print data stream output in PPML, VIPP and VDX.

Executives from Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses USA also made a presentation. Ken Kodama, vice president of sheeted sales, said the centerpiece of Mitsubishi's exhibit will be the 40˝ Diamond 3000TP tandem perfector. This five-over-five perfector, with an inline aqueous tower coater, runs sheets through in one pass, hitting a top speed of 13,000 sheets per hour and handling up to 24 point stock. Sheets are not turned; the front side is printed after the reverse side. The press features a new plate-changing system that enables simultaneous plate changing at all color units, which reportedly cuts plate-changing times in half.