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Best Rip Software For Epson Printers
What Is The Best Rip Software For Printing

Jul 25, 2004 The epson printers themselves could be the 3000, 4000, 2200, 7600, 9600. It would be good to hear from pros. There's so much hype attached. To riping solutions that it can very confusing. I've had a look at BEST, Color Burst Rip, iProof systems, ProofMaster by Perfect Proof - Color Burst is getting a good.

BEST is a well known color management RIP for wide format printers. Originally the company was German, but it was recently sold to EFI, Electronics for Imaging. Because BEST is a complex high-end RIP for commercial prepress shops who know how to use a spectrophotometer, it always helps to get your printer, scanner, RIP, ICC software, inks, and media from one place. That way one tech support system is responsible for assisting you with everything.

There is no way for anyone to judge how the sale of one company (BEST), to a completely different company (EFI), will affect the products. Quite a number of people have offered their opinions based on their experience in the industry, so what we report is the gist of the pulse of the industry. EFI RIPs were well known for being dedicated to one sole printer (meaning you could not use one RIP for any other printer). EFI required that tech support came from the printer manufacturer; EFI itself stated they did not provide tech support for the RIP themselves. This is typical on OEM RIPs dedicated to one sole printer; the new proofing RIP, GlobalColor, will have the same policy. So we do not know if BEST will move to the OEM mode or not.
Another question is whether future RIPs can still be updated and for all brands of printers. For example, no previous EFI RIP, which we are familiar with, could be updated whatsoever. Same is true with all ps RIPs from Hewlett-Packard. The question is how many of these traditional EFI policies be moved over to the BEST RIP now that they are owned by EFI?

The savings usually pay for the software in just a couple of weeks (depending on volume) If desired, C-Breeze RIP has more color and white ink control than any other F2000 RIP (see online guide) The hybrid white-highlight feature doesn't just slop more white ink on the pure-white areas.
AccuRIP Ruby is the industry's easiest and most affordable RIP software. It is engineered right, allowing you to use your Epson or Canon inkjet printer as a reliable output device, improving performance and functionality. The difference is as clear as black and white.

We would estimate that in about six months to a year the answers will be known. Now it is too early because there are no new products yet issued under the EFI changes. We do not base our reports on corporate PR; but rather on what an end user actually experiences. We ourselves were end users of two EFI Fiery RIPs, which is why we do not use them any more. Hence we will wait until we ourselves have such experiences with whatever BEST evolves into as well as keep our ears open to what others say. Already there is quite a lot of industry commentary on the sudden change of ownership. We have several BEST licenses for older versions. We will wait and see if they can be updated six months from now and will publish our experiences. Actual experience is always the best way to learn.

In the meantime, for additional information on options for RIP software and for help making your decision now, visit our website www.wide-format-printers.NET for the latest report series on RIPs.

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If this will be your first printer, then we have a special report that holds your hand and leads you through all the basic questions that will assist a first-time buyer of a large format printer. This is the FLAAR report on 'RIP + Help.' This explains what RIP software is, why this is useful, and includes tips, warnings, information, and help for a wide range of matters for a newbie. Here you will really appreciate that FLAAR is based at a university; Professor Hellmuth has plenty of experience writing in a manner that explains what you need, and why.

Most recently updated May 23, 2003.
Previous updates: Jan. 6, 2003, Dec. 19, 2002.

Best Rip Software For Epson Printers

What Is The Best Rip Software For Printing

I'm in the process of acquiring an epson s80600 printer at the moment. It comes with the basic onyx gamma rip. I'm thinking this will be all that we need. We just need it to be able to tile up different prints and print them(we don't need to do any other sort of setup through it). We already have i1profiler and are very experienced in creating profiles for other printers(silver halide photographic printers/ canon ipf8400/ various sublimation printers). Will onyx gamma except profiles created using the i1profiler? Is there any other reason that we might need to upgrade? The dealer is recommending onyx thrive to us, but I don't think that we really need that. We will pretty much exclusively be printing fine art(photographic) canvas on it for canvas wraps/mounts.