RIPCenter

The ideal candidate for Onyx RipCenter is an individual who is relatively new to large-format digital printing and usually has a single printer. Often, the person doing the printing and the person doing the creative are one and the same. The user may have limited understanding of RIP technology and, consequently, seeks ease of use and the ability to achieve professional color "out of the box" without a lot of user interface.

With RipCenter, getting up to speed and producing professional color is as simple as install, open file, and print. Yet despite its simplicity, RipCenter contains a bevy of production tools that outperform any RIP product on the market. Default color calibration and ICC profiles - optimized for a variety of ink and media combinations - provide consistent, accurate color "out of the box" for those who are just getting into large format printing.

Simple and easy to navigate, the RIP-Queue interface lets you manage all your printing from a single window. The RIPCenter queue appears as a normal printer on your network, so you can print directly from your creative application from any Mac or PC on the network, or drag and drop jobs into a Hot Folder.

For Every User

• Automatically install the program, queue and printer in one easy step
• Print directly to the queue from your creative application as you would to any desktop printer—even across networks and platforms
• Easily track ink usage and get cost estimates before printing
• Visually preview files to avoid costly reprinting
• Get automatic scaling and tiling of images
• RIP and simultaneously print bitmapped files for faster throughput
• Reduce ink consumption and media spoilage with MediaSave nesting and nesting preview

Business / Office Graphics

• Skip the service bureau and print your own display office graphics
• Make large prints of Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation slides
• Enjoy faster process and print times compared to slower hardware RIPs
• Get the right corporate colors when proofing advertising pieces

Photography / Fine Art

• Print photographs and portrait packages directly from Adobe® PhotoShop®
• Get better color than from standard Windows® drivers
• Dramatically reduce media costs by automatically nesting pictures
• Use image interpolation for high-quality enlargements

CAD / GIS

• Enlarge and print computer-rendered TIFF images to size
• Save time—printing starts while image is still processing
• Print directly from your Mac or PC CAD/GIS applications