Re: RIP's for Photographers
Re: RIP's for Photographers
- Subject: Re: RIP's for Photographers
- From: "Peter Baumbach" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:05:04 +0200
Ulf wrote:
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I read with much of interest all the statements from last week and now I
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have some little questions:
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1. Did all the fine art poeple tell the RIP vendors what they want?
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2. What do you need inside the "RIP"
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3. what do you want to pay?
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4. Which kind of printers should be supported?
I am a fine art photographer, using a medium and a large format camera with
film, drum scanner, Photoshop and an Epson 7600. Up to 24" width I do all
prints in house. My needs regarding a RIP are (more or less in the order of
importance):
1. Smoothest possible tonal scale and a "photographic" looking almost
dotless screening. The Epson driver is excellent here, but ImagePrint seems
even better. One RIP I have been testing so far was much worse in this
regard.
2. Neutral grays in color photos (clouds, stones, walls...) and neutral b&w
photos. Very difficult if unpossible with the Epson driver.
3. Close match between monitor and print.
4. Image nesting, contact sheet and work print features.
5. A consistent way to re-print an image some time later.
6. A clear and complete documentation of the RIP, no abbreviations in
important settings like "mw2" or "2880 HS". Additional literature of how to
make excellent cmyk profiles (if the RIP needs it), test files that clearly
show the important paper- ink - combination features.
7. Use of a broad range of papers, especially fine art papers, and third
party inks. This may imply an "expert mode" in the RIP which can be used by
advanced users.
What I do not need or like:
1. Color and curve correction tools inside the RIP.
2. Spot tones.
3. Automatic printing.
4. Profiling tools inside the RIP (exception: a b&w profiling tool. This
would be great but could be integrated in stand alone color management
tools.)
5. Dongles.
What I want to pay: difficult question, less than today. If more and more
photographers will print in house the price could come down significantly.
Which kind of printers: the smaller ones (A3) as well, Epson 1280, 2100,
Canon i9000...
I am still searching for the "best" RIP but at the moment I seem to buy
ImagePrint for the above reasons 1 and 2, a bit of 3 and 4, and 5.
Peter
peter baumbach - fine art photography
http://www.pb-photo.com
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