Quark Inc. today announced it will support the new PANTONE® Goe™ System, the first completely new color specification system for the graphic arts industry. Unveiled today by Pantone, Inc., the PANTONE Goe System offers graphic designers, printers, publishers, packagers and pre-press providers advanced color accuracy for over 2,000 new PANTONE Colors.

"For over 45 years Pantone has been at the forefront of color for graphic arts and the introduction of the PANTONE Goe System represents an important milestone. Like Pantone, Quark is dedicated to driving innovation within the industry, and we are proud to make the new color system available through QuarkXPress 7," said Jurgen Kurz, senior vice president of products for Quark. "Quark customers will appreciate not only the thousands of new colors available, but also the advanced accuracy of color representation from creation to output."

Designed to offer advanced color options, enhanced collaboration and improved versatility for designers in today's increasingly multimedia environment, the PANTONE Goe System will be available for download by QuarkXPress 7 users at Quark's resource center (http://www.quark.com/products/xpress/resourcecenter) in October 2007. Once downloaded, the new color system will appear as a color library option listed on the QuarkXPress 7 colors palette.

To learn more about the integration of the new PANTONE Goe System into QuarkXPress 7, visit Quark at Graph Expo, taking place September 9-12, 2007 in Chicago, at booth #4417.

The 2,058 colors offered by the PANTONE Goe System are based on a smaller set of 10 PANTONE mixing bases, plus PANTONE Clear, and have been manufactured under ISO 9001:2000 quality control guidelines. For additional details regarding PANTONE Goe System, including its expanded color palette, system components, interactive color workspace, and pricing and availability, please visit http://www.pantone.com.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (http://www.quark.com) is an innovative software company providing design, production, and collaboration solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.