7.0

CACHING
To maximize efficiency, QuarkXPress Server uses cached versions of all rendered
projects whenever possible. You can configure projects so that they are never
cached, so that they are cached for a particular amount of time, or so that they
are rendered every time they are served. For more information about caching,
see “
Server configuration dialog box” in Chapter 2, “The QuarkXPress Server
user interface.”
QUARKXPRESS SERVER PREFERENCES
When you launch QuarkXPress Server, the application creates preferences
files that are functionally and structurally equivalent to the preferences files
created by QuarkXPress. These preferences files reside in the QuarkXPress
Server “Preferences” folder. QuarkXPress Server also creates an “XPressServer
Preferences.prf” file in the “Preferences” folder; this file contains preference
settings that are specific to QuarkXPress Server.
QuarkXPress Server uses these preferences the same way QuarkXPress uses
them. If an XTensions module creates a project in QuarkXPress Server, that
project draws its settings from the QuarkXPress Server preferences just as a
new QuarkXPress project draws its settings from the QuarkXPress preferences.
Preferences files are stored in the following locations:
• Mac OS:
[User]/Library/Preferences/Quark
• Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\
Quark\QuarkXPress Server 7.0\Preferences
For more information about preferences, see “Server preferences” in Chapter 2,
“The QuarkXPress Server user interface.”
QUARK LICENSE ADMINISTRATOR
To prevent unauthorized use, QuarkXPress Server requires the presence of a
Quark
®
License Administrator (QLA) server to launch. QuarkXPress Server fol-
lows the configuration and control rules that are enforced by QLA. For more
information about QLA, see the QLA documentation included with
QuarkXPress Server.
MASTER-SUBRENDERER ENVIRONMENT
Requests for project renders are stored in a connection queue. The requests in
the rendering queue can be processed by a single QuarkXPress Server applica-
tion, or by a master QuarkXPress Server application and several subrenderers
(additional instances of QuarkXPress Server). The master QuarkXPress Server
application launches the available number of subrenderers and then passes
the requests in the connection queue to those subrenderers as they become
available. The number of subrenderers available for launch is determined by
the number of licenses available from the QLA server.
UNDERSTANDING QUARKXPRESS SERVER
CHAPTER 1: GETTING ST
ARTED WITH QUARKXPRESS SERVER
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