On CMSWire, Geoff Spick provides an overview of Version 6 of the K4 Cross-Media Publishing Platform, now available from MEI. The article highlights several productivity-enhancing "neat tricks" in the latest version, including the new task-based workflow model and remote connectivity plug-ins. (02/09/10)
Page-layout guru David Blatner's weekly InDesign news round-up includes MEI's recent announcement that Version 6 of the K4 Cross-Media Publishing Platform is now available. (02/05/10)
K4 developer vjoon announces that the European Union has opted for the K4 6 Cross-Media Publishing Platform, in order to coordinate the work of 50 proofreaders, 30 staffers and more than 50 external authors and prepress service providers. The European Union publishes the Official Journal of the European Union in addition to several magazines, reports and books. (01/28/10)
FOLIO showcases the electronic production workflow at Hearst, emphasizing the impact of automation technology and multichannel output on its development. The article mentions the K4 Publishing System and Adobe software as the driving forces on the editorial prepress side, and also describes Hearst's usage of the popular MadeToPrint plug-in. (01/20/10)
FOLIO's Alex Hamilton lists K4 among automation technologies that are necessary for publishers who want to succeed and survive in print-based publishing. Hamilton states, "Editorial systems such as K4 ... coupled with digital asset management databases and other tools can automate much of the page layout process while providing high degrees of flexibility with respect to content and delivery format." (10/07/09)
In an article discussing the most effective technology in the printing industry, FOLIO: Magazine again mentions the K4 Publishing System's role in Hearst Magazines' virtual proofing workflow. The article also describes how Hearst uses MadeToPrint Auto, a powerful add-on tool that automates several output tasks and "eliminates the potential on our end or our printer's end to have errors." (7/31/09)
FOLIO: Magazine mentions K4 in an article on virtual proofing. According to the article, "Hearst [uses] a completely virtual K4 workflow for all of its titles to create post-production, press-ready digital files." (12/24/08)
Managing Editor Inc. (MEI) on Friday announced the release of InQuery RSS for the Macintosh. It's designed to work with vjoon (formerly SoftCare) K4 Publishing System. InQuery RSS lets K4 users review and check the status of items in the K4 database using any Internet-enabled device equipped with a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) reader, such as Apple's Safari Web browser or NetNewsWire. (10/17/08)
Managing Editor has announced that InQuery RSS, its new add-on for the K4 Publishing System, is now available for Mac. The tool allows users to preview and check the status of items in the K4 database from any internet-enabled device with an RSS reader. The feeds can be accessed from a variety of mobile platforms including Palm, BlackBerry, and the iPhone. (10/16/08)
Publishing Executive reports on the need for automated workflow tools in magazine production. According to the author, “With increasing production costs and decreasing workforces at many magazines, anything that makes it easier for a production manager to do his or her job is a must-have.” Featuring extensive insight from Mark Walter, director of business development at MEI, the article explains how MEI’s ALS for Magazines can help publishers achieve a quick ROI with the elimination of the first make-good. (9/08)
"Combining separate print and web publishing workflows into a single, streamlined process can result in multiple efficiencies that directly impact quality control, productivity, and profitability. To date, however, the goal of creating consolidated cross-media workflows has been elusive, which is why when BusinessWeek, the largest periodical of The McGraw-Hill Companies, merged its print and online editorial operations using the SoftCare K4 Publishing System based on Adobe InCopy and InDesign software, the industry stood up and took notice."
Sign or Banner, specialists in signs, banners and flags, had long been looking for a way to profitably serve smaller clients such as mom-and-pop establishments and individual customers with tight budgets and fewer creative options. MEI replaced the sign company’s existing Web site with a new site powered by Wave2, a Web-based tool that relies on Adobe InDesign Server to automatically generate sophisticated layouts based on InDesign templates. (9/07)
Erik Vlietinck of IT Enquirer reviews Scriba, PCI’s XML conversion and workflow system that treats cross-media publishing as a workflow diagram. He discusses the software’s connectivity with the K4 Publishing System, noting that Scriba “leverages the functionality of the K4 XML Exporter to create a seamless conversion from InDesign and InCopy to XML formats for content aggregation, Web workflows and ingestion into content repositories. I would say the Scriba K4 Connector is one of the most enticing modules a K4 user can buy.” (4/08)
FOLIO: Magazine reports how, after years of maintaining two separate management systems for its editorial and online content, BusinessWeek magazine unified its print and online operations with the K4 Publishing System and custom scripting from MEI and its partners. (8/07/07)
"The Washingtonian sells more issues on the newsstand than any other city magazine, and its overall subscription renewal rate is an impressive 85%, making it a sought-after venue for advertisers. One of the secrets to the magazine's success is a workflow that leverages the SoftCare K4 Publishing System, based on Adobe InDesign CS2 and InCopy CS2 software."
"As the nation's oldest daily college newspaper, with famous staff alumni such as Garry Trudeau, Joe Lieberman, and William F. Buckley, the Yale Daily News has a prestigious history. Responsibility for maintaining the paper's high visual and editorial standards falls to a core group of 24 students who publish the famous newspaper five days a week—in between lectures, exams, and other student responsibilities."