Technology

Our production studios are platform-agnostic, supporting design studios utilizing both Mac and Windows versions of the Adobe Creative Suite and QuarkXPress. Supported systems include the following:

Hardware

• Macintosh and Windows Desktops and Servers
• Epson, Canon, HP and Kodak proofers
• Proofing monitors by EIZO, Apple, and LaCie
• Various color calibration technologies

Software

• Adobe Creative Suite ,
• QuarkXPress
• MS Office
• Virtual Proofing Platforms including DALiM, Apogee, Prinergy, ICS Remote Director, EFI ColorProof, and GMG
• Digital Asset Management platforms, including Xinet, Artesia, Perigee, ADAM
• Ad distribution platforms including AdSEND, AdPORTAL, Adstream
• Various color management platforms, including Pantone, X-rite, Colorsync, and Claro

Infrastructure

Express KCS maintains a robust connectivity infrastructure spanning three continents, with leased data centers in the US, UK and India. Additionally, our offshore production facility's bandwidth exceeds 63 Mb/s (up and down) and mantains network resiliencyand traffic technologies across various internet service providers. All internet links are delivered via a self-healing redundant fiber optical ring architecture. We also utilize the latest load balancing and bit compression to transfer up to .5TB of data to and from clients, vendors and agencies daily.