Re: YARC Xtreme RIP (was RE: Mach 1 RIP)
Re: YARC Xtreme RIP (was RE: Mach 1 RIP)
- Subject: Re: YARC Xtreme RIP (was RE: Mach 1 RIP)
- From: Roberto Michelena <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:11:18 -0500
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I've always been fond of certain aspects of the Yarc rip, specially the
fact that they don't render the entire page before printing; so after the
postscript file arrives, it's usually under a minute of interpretation,
and printing begins (in parallel with rendering and screening). Their
color calibration is good too, with linearization and ink limiting built
into the rip. But, I've not tested 6-color on them.
The AM screening, that they tout as "irrational" and able to screen as
133lpi at 720dpi or so, does not live to the promise at all; moire all
over, and other artifacts too, even when keeping their weird default
angles. Up to now, I haven't seen anything comparable to SeeColor's AM
screening on inkjet devices.
The error-diffussion screening seems to be fine, not as good as BestColor
(which I feel is as good as Epson's) but works well enough. Not like the
iProof rubbish...
The dark cloud seems to be Yarc's financial situation... in a really
tough spot right now, according to this MacNN piece from today:
"Robert Pleasure reports that Yark Systems, makers of desktop print
servers for Mac and PC, is in deep financial trouble, as a company
spokesperson recently admitted. Pleasure notes that his attempts to
receive a refund on a product returned within the company's 30-day money
back guarantee has proved futile, as the company has admitted it will be
unable to fulfill that guarantee."
but of course this doesn't prevent us from taking advantage of the free
downloadable version, does it?
best regards,
-- Roberto Michelena
EOS S.A.
Lima, Peru