Re: Wide format inkjet recommendation
Re: Wide format inkjet recommendation
- Subject: Re: Wide format inkjet recommendation
- From: Jim Rich <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 23:36:56 -0500
On 11/5/01 10:50 AM, "R. Perkins" <email@hidden> wrote:
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We are in the process of selecting a wide-format ink jet (44") for digital
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proofing in a prepress environment. Right now management wants the color proof
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mainly for color breaks and not critical contract color. I think the next
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question will inevitably be "can we get the colors closer?". I have been using
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Praxisoft's Compass Profiler to build ICC profiles of our other output devices
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and want the printer we buy to work well with ICC color management.
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We are looking really hard at the Epson 9000 and 10000. We are planning on
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driving it with a Best Color RIP. Are there better printers to look at (such
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as
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ColorSpan, Roland, etc)? If we settle for an Epson, should we get the
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Archival
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ink version or the Dye? Which works better for Color Management?
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How much of a machine do we need to install and run Best Color's RIP? I was
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thinking just about any box would do (our sales rep is trying to get us to buy
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a
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stealthy RIP). Is this critical?
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Thanks in advance,
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Randy Perkins
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Paramount Printing
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Randy,
I have a few clients who have bought into the Epson 10,000 with the Photo
dye inks and I profile it with very few problems. They also use a rip called
Image Print. They like the printer and inks because they have the
flexibility to create either pre-press proofs or use their printer for high
quality output. Also as you probably know, you can get the 10,000 with
either the pigmented inks or the photo dye inks. But you have to make up
you mind on which one before you buy it, because you can not switch between
the ink types.
As for the 9000 it is my understanding after going to NY last week that this
printer now has the option of pigmented inks or the photo dye inks, I think
it is some type of upgrade to use Photo dye inks.
If money is a consideration then you might consider the 9000 over the
10,000.
As for a rip, most of them run on a windows box. I find this problematic in
a Macintosh enviroment, but it will work. Also I personally don9t care for
the Best Rip. It creates good results and all but it is to darn technical
for clients to setup and work with after I or the consultant is paid and
gone.
What I have been recommending lately is the Colorbyte rip, called Image
Print. It is very easy to use, setup, network to multiple printers and it
produces high quality output. They also have intelligent people answer the
tech support phone calls. It supports profiles for most all image types,
gray, rgb, cmy, lab ct images and vector images. The only draw back to this
product is that it does not support files for pre separated pre-press
workflows such as pages that use one bit tiffs, but from what I am told
Image Print wasn9t created for that type or workflow. It was created for the
highend ink jet printer market. In that situation I recommend the Best Rip.
And if you can wait I am told the Image Print rip will run on a Mac in a few
months.
Jim Rich