You will not need any special software. We send in individual pdf pages simply named 1, 2, 3, Our printer does all of the printer spreads, etc. Makes life easier and saves a few dollars. We use Quite a Box of Tricks from Quite software. It is an extension to Acrobat. We can click on a picture to cgeck the dpi and the fonbts to be sure they are embedded. Other than that, its Quark 7.31.