looking for info on planning software like Publishers Press's

[Static]

Apparently Publishers Press has created some kind of planning software that they have their customers use that lays out the magazine and allows them to reorganize the pages. It allows them to drag and drop pages to a list to setup what their magazine will look like. From what I can tell it colors ads and editorial pages blue or green so the customer can organize their book before sending it in. The software also lets you enter all the important information of the magazine into the software like page size, paper type, ect. It also lets the customer write notes on the pages for their own reference, so something like Main story article on pages 70-75. So its like a digital job planner that gives everyone access to edit that layout...I guess.

So I am wondering if there is any software/program that does something similar? Or if anyone knows what that software really does if I am off base?


thanks for any help!

 

[craiglpress]

The product you are looking for is the EFI Prograph Publication Planning Module. It's used by many publication companies and their customers.

http://www.efi.com/documents/produc...ph/pdf/MIS_Prograph_Brochure_LTR_v1_LoRes.pdf

 

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Actually the software I am looking for only does the job planning part on the customer side. EFI Prograph Publication Planning Module looks like to me is full blown job planning system for the prepress side. The EFI software looks similar to Upfront which isn't what I am looking for.

I need a stand alone program on the customer/designer side that they fill out the layout of their magazine. This "layout program" is only for refrence purposes and not part of production. The layout will allow the labeling of ads and editorial. And since it can lable which pages have ads, It automaticly calculates the % of ads in there magazine for postal reasons and basicly is a summery of their job.

 

[Static]

going to just reply to the thread I started in the prepress forums in the future. So if you have any info please post in that one. Thanks!