8.5
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About this Guide
- Getting started with QuarkXPress Server
- The QuarkXPress Server user interface
- Server Configuration dialog box
- Server preferences
- Preferences — Application — Display
- Preferences — Application — Input Settings
- Preferences — Application — Font Fallback
- Preferences — Application — Open and Save
- Preferences — Application — XTensions Manager
- Preferences — Application — Fonts
- Preferences — Application — EPS
- Preferences — Application — Error Reporting
- Preferences — Application — Full Res Preview
- Preferences — Application — Job Jackets
- Preferences — Application — Modifier
- Preferences — Application — PDF
- Preferences — Application — PSD Import
- Preferences — Application — Placeholders
- Preferences — Application — Fraction/Price
- Preferences — Application — Picture Effects
- Preferences — Project — General
- Preferences — Project — XML Import
- Preferences — Layout — General
- Preferences — Layout — Measurements
- Preferences — Layout — Paragraph
- Preferences — Layout — Character
- Preferences — Layout — Trapping
- Preferences — Layout — Grid Cell Fill
- Preferences — Layout — Color Manager
- Preferences — Layout — Layers
- Style sheets
- Colors
- H&Js
- Output styles
- Font mapping
- Source setups
- Output setups
- PPML consumers
- Server XTensions Manager
- Status Monitor
- Other QuarkXPress Server menu items
- Creating URL requests
- Modifying layouts with XML
- QuarkXPress Server XTensions software
- Telegraph XTensions software
- QuarkXPress Server Monitor
- QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Understanding QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Working with QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Starting QuarkXPress Server Manager
- Request handler binding
- Configuring QuarkXPress Server instances
- Managing the cache
- Managing logs
- Controlling load balancing
- Using a proxy server
- Generating automatic e-mail messages
- Using other global settings
- Saving a server configuration
- Exporting a server configuration
- Using custom error messages
- Sending requests from a browser
- QuarkXPress Server Manager Scripting Environment
- Glossary
- Legal notices
- Index
Getting started with
QuarkXPress Server
QuarkXPress Server lets you render 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 "QXPServer" to return
the file "MyProject.qxp" as a PDF file:
http://QXPServer: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 "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 Server 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 and other types of requests.
• 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.
8 | A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS SERVER 8.5
GETTING STARTED WITH QUARKXPRESS SERVER