Every two weeks Quark VS InDesign.com and XChange International gives away 2 great prizes–an extraordinary xtension for QuarkXPress and an incredible InDesign plug-in. All you have to do to win is…

• Become a Quark VS InDesign.com member (free), and;
• Throw your name into the giveaway hat at the bottom of this page.

That’s all. No purchase or song and dance necessary. A winner will be chosen at random from those who enter on this page.

This contest has ended. On 2008-07-13 we gave
Badia Printools for InDesign CS3 5 from Badia
To Cindy D. of Lincoln, NE USA

Congratulations, Cindy! Get some prizes for yourself on our Contests & Giveaways page.

The InDesign Plug-In We Gave Away This Time

 
Badia Printools for InDesign CS3 5 (Mac Only)
InDesign Plug-In from Badia

Printools for Adobe InDesign CS3 provides prepress and printing professionals with a powerful collection of printing tools for automated and error-free output. In one comprehensive package you get batch printing of multiple documents, rename at print, print to file in different formats, and preflighting. You can even combine several of these tools during the same print session to streamline complex printing tasks.

Batch Printing
The batch printing tool allows you to print multiple files (up to 5000
documents) with the same print settings. Simply select the files you wish to print, arrange them in any order you like, and hit the Print button. You can even combine batch printing with Save to File to generate multiple PostScript files at once.

Rename at Print
You can now rename the document during the output stage, without altering the actual document or file name. Print renaming is useful for identifying the document during the output stage, regardless of the actual file name. It is also helpful in keeping track of revisions or when printing individual pages for imposition. Printools lets you specify up to 3 variable components in the new name.

Save to File as PostScript, PDF or INX This tool allows you to save the printout to a designated folder as a PostScript, PDF, or INX file. When combined with batch printing, you can generate hundreds of these files in one single step.

Preflighting
The preflighting engine quickly and thoroughly checks for potential problems that could lead to time and material waste. Customize the preflight checks by activating any of the following diagnostics: missing fonts, text overflows, non-printing graphics, broken picture links, RGB images, modified links, and poor image resolution.

Professional Print Log
Printools 5.0 for Adobe InDesign makes it easy to keep track of the printed files with the powerful Print Log window. This window reports in real time which files are being printed (or saved), plus any errors or warnings that may occur during the output process. It also shows the Preflight Results list with all the preflighting details, and the Skipped Documents list, with the documents that have been skipped for not meeting the preflight requirements.