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Chapter 1: Getting started with
QuarkXPress Server
QuarkXPress Server lets you use a Web browser to view and output QuarkXPress
projects in a variety of formats.
UNDERSTANDING QUARKXPRESS SERVER
QuarkXPress Server lets you output customized QuarkXPress layouts in a
variety of formats (including JPEG, Portable Document Format — PDF, and
PostScript
®
) from a centralized QuarkXPress Server application. To send a
request to a QuarkXPress Server application, all you need to do is enter a
URL into your Web browser’s address field. For example, the following URL
instructs the QuarkXPress Server application named “QXPServer7” to return
the file “MyProject.qxp” as a PDF file:
http://QXPServer7:8080/PDF/MyProject.qxp
The QuarkXPress Server application receives these requests, renders (creates)
the requested projects in the requested formats, and then returns the rendered
file to the client application (in this case, the Web browser).
The format of QuarkXPress Server URL requests is described in detail in
Chapter 3, “Creating URL requests,” and in the
QuarkXPress Server Web
Integration Guide
.
You can also create custom applications that communicate with a
QuarkXPress Server application using HTTP, Simple Object Access Protocol
(SOAP), or another protocol. For more information, see the
QuarkXPress
Web Integration Guide.
You can think of QuarkXPress Server as a special version of QuarkXPress that
runs on a server with the following main differences:
• Instead of accepting input from a keyboard and mouse, QuarkXPress Server
accepts input in the form of URLs.
• Instead of sending a project to a printer, QuarkXPress Server renders (creates)
output in a particular format and sends the rendered file to a client.
UNDERSTANDING QUARKXPRESS SERVER
CHAPTER 1: GETTING ST
ARTED WITH QUARKXPRESS SERVER
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