PhotoScript Digital Factory provides signmakers and screenprinters with a professional, production interface between popular graphic-design software and various output devices. The product also features a tile/panel tool, media saver, bleed control, chromatic error diffusion, screenprinting functionality, spot-color support, automated nesting, template printing, color-profile management and hotfolder technology.
You may create, pre-flight or edit PostScript and PDF jobs (PDF v1.4). Its CAS production engine outputs vector-based data for cutting and signmaking devices. Aurelon Signalize! is scalable from one printer to a cross-platform, multi-user, networked environment.
Available for both Mac (OS9/OSX) and Windows NT/2000/XP, it incorporates a standalone, visual PDF and PostScript Editor®, a separate cut-and-rout module and an ICC-compatible calibration application. Sold through OEM partners, the Aurelon Signalize! RIP independently drives third-party hardware for large-format printing.
Its signmaking fonts retain their shape when scaled to very large sizes. Sign Wizard Letter provides text-handling and editing features.
Text effects include automatic welding and inline/outline/offset, plus 100 signmaking fonts, clipart and borders. Sign Wizard Scribe digitizes an on-screen bitmap image. It features color vectorizing for custom graphics, network plotting, and shadows and tools for manipulating color bitmaps it also imports and manipulates color bitmap files. Sign Wizard Pro Aries’ top-of-the line signmaking-software package contains features for designing and producing vinyl, screenprinted, neon, large-format printed, routed and engraved signs. ColorPrint offers integrated color-profiling tools, as well as direct support for ICC color profiles and tools. ColorPrint features integrated, industry-standard color management easy-to-use, job-management workflow an interface for efficient, job-print production and a fast RIP speed.
It also includes Agfa’s print-engine optimizing, quality-management technology.Īmica Software Inc.’s ColorPrint Server 2.0, a full-featured, professional RIP software, includes the latest software technologies for wide-format outdoor signage, POP and print-for-pay printing. The RIP incorporates ICC profiles and automatically compensates (between the proofer and the press) for color-range differences. It also allows proofing on non-Agfa inkjet printers.
The :SherpaProof RIP uses ApogeeX technology to drive the Epson Stylus 4000, Stylus 7600 and Stylus 9600 models, as well as the HP Designjet 30 and 130. The software accepts TIFF, EPS, JPEG, PostScript, and single- or multi-page PDF files, and runs on Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows® 2000 Professional operating systems or the Solaris operating system. Graphic Maker software supports most manufacturers’ four-, six-, and eight-color, large-format printers. New features include enhanced custom-tiling tools and interface accelerated linearization with ink-limit control expanded ICC support including embedded-profile support and an online help system. Paul, MN 3M Scotchprint®Graphic Maker Version 6.0 software simplifies printing with an easy-to-use graphical interface it also employs a Postscript® Level 3 processor and the tools necessary to print small- to grand-format images. If you’re a RIP- or signmaking-software producer, and your product doesn’t appear here, please contact us so we can include your software in future surveys. Certain phrases have survived - "easy to use" describes an uncomplicated system "powerful" denotes fast, high-capacity RIPs preferred by superlarge-format printmakers "enhanced" tells you the firm’s software engineers have modified the system. However, to trim space, we’ve condensed their text. The RIP producers’ technical and marketing departments prepared the following descriptions. (Wuhan, Hubei Province, China) makes its first appearance and has provided its RIP details. However, Wuhan MainTop Technology Development Co. Additionally, some RIP producers may remain unknown. A 2004 RIP and CAS Buyers’ Handbook A no-nonsense list for buying (or upgrading) choices Darek Johnson and Anya Rao This year’s buyers’ handbook for RIPs includes 18 companies’ RIP products, but isn’t all-inclusive (some producers didn’t provide information by the print deadline).