Re: ColorBurst users switching to Overdrive
Re: ColorBurst users switching to Overdrive
- Subject: Re: ColorBurst users switching to Overdrive
- From: Dick Busher <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:21:01 -0700
Hi John,
This is not good news. Are there any cmyk RIP's out there besides
XProof that work on a MAC?
I have been extremely happy with my ability to print proofs on my
Epson for offset jobs with a cmyk (press) to cmyk (Epson proof)
workflow. Will that no longer be possible via future iterations of
ColorBurst?
And like you, I have also been extremely happy with my RGB>Epson CMYK
(in PS), then print via ColorBurst for fine art prints.
Tears,
Dick Busher
Cosgrove Editions
7042 20th Place NE
Seattle, WA 98115
206-524-6726
888-507-7375
email@hidden
Hello All,
The CMYK RIP product from ColorBurst seems to be at the end of its
life, at least the Mac version of XProof anyway. All the signs seem
to indicate this:
The company says it will not be updated to a 64-bit version, will
never support new hardware like the i1Pro 2. They have removed the
user-to-user support postings from their website, and have sent out
emails offering existing users an incentive to crossgrade to their
RGB RIP, Overdrive.
I have been a satisfied user of XProof for years, both for proofing
and for my own art, "presentation prints" if you will, and have
installed & supported XProof at other companies as well. Maybe I
will move to Overdrive, but I wanted to ask here on this list
first. Especially if anyone has made the jump from XProof, I would
love to hear about your experience.
A few questions that come to mind:
Is (RGB) Overdrive as capable for proofing (for offset repro) as
(CMYK) XProof?
I assume Overdrive does not provide linearization capabilities like
XProof - if RGB profiling must include ink limits & linearization,
does this limit the quality of output achievable?
I assume Overdrive uses the same Postscript interpreter (Jaws?) as
XProof - pretty good for RIPing PS output, but for raster output,
does Overdrive offer any advantage over simply using the Epson RGB
driver for my SP7880?
I also found much better success soft proofing with my custom CMYK
profiles for XProof than with custom RGB profiles - not exactly
sure why, I speculated that it might be related to the behind-the-
scenes "extra" conversion supplied by the Epson RGB driver (to the
CcMmYKk inkset), as compared to the XProof "drive the printer as a
CMYK device" approach -- sorry, that's a long preamble to asking
how well Overdrive RGB profiles soft proof.
Feel free to respond off-list if this is too narrow a topic. I just
thought this group might have some folks who can speak to my
questions.
Thanks,
John Lund
JWL Images
Emeryville, CA
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