K4 and JournalDesigner Live in Production at German Publisher

(PRWEB) September 15, 2005 -- German publishing house GONG Verlag has successfully moved production of several magazines, including Europe's leading animal magazine, to SoftCare's K4 Publishing System. At the same time, the publishing house pioneers with the first running integration of JournalDesigner planning system from dataplan GmbH with K4, using the latest version 4 of JournalDesigner. Seamless bi-directional integration of both systems offers flexible planning and integration of ads, articles, layouts and production to ensure secure and efficient magazine production. At IfraExpo 2005, SoftCare will present the full integration of K4 with JournalDesigner at stand number 2H805.

"K4 Publishing System is the first InDesign-based system to implement an integration with JournalDesigner. SoftCare demonstrated exceptional conceptional skills that enabled us to seamlessly integrate both systems," said Dr. Wolfgang Zetsche, Managing Director of dataplan GmbH.

"The integration of K4 with JournalDesigner from dataplan introduces completely new opportunities for magazine production. Thanks to the implementation, we were able to create a more transparent production process and realize significant time and cost savings. Together with K4 integrator SNAP Innovation, we are going to integrate additional solutions with K4 to increase security and ease-of-use in other areas of the workflow," said Edwin Oertel, Head of IT at GONG Verlag.

At IfraExpo in Leipzig October 17 to 20, 2005, SoftCare and dataplan invite visitors to examine the integration of K4 with JournalDesigner version 4 from dataplan at SoftCare stand number 2H805 and dataplan stand number 2H910.