Certainly the least expensive (but slowest), way would be to not use a Rip. You can profile the printer and apply it in any of the three applications in Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe Acrobat Professional.Randy ZauchaManaged Color On Monday, May 20, 2019 12:00 PM, "colorsync-users-request@lists.apple.com" <colorsync-users-request@lists.apple.com> wrote: Send colorsync-users mailing list submissions to     colorsync-users@lists.apple.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/colorsync-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to     colorsync-users-request@lists.apple.com You can reach the person managing the list at     colorsync-users-owner@lists.apple.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of colorsync-users digest..." Today's Topics:   1. imageRunner 5535i vs Phaser 7800GX (Barry Gorrell) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 17:09:59 +0000 From: Barry Gorrell <bgorrell@cecil.edu> To: "colorsync-users@lists.apple.com"     <colorsync-users@lists.apple.com> Subject: imageRunner 5535i vs Phaser 7800GX Message-ID: <5ACF4449-2BB9-4D77-8E4A-700DCF976BE5@contoso.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hello, We’re considering replacement of our 10 year old Xerox Phaser 7800GX, but it appears Xerox has not released an newer replacement for their 7800. We do not use a RIP, but have made custom profiles for students to use with our Phaser and have been very happy with it’s excellent color gamut and accuracy as a proof printer. With any new printer we’d prefer one with a somewhat higher print volume and lower consumable costs. We’re looking at Canon’s imageRUNNER 5535i v3 and were wondering if any colorsync list subscribers might have experience with one or both of these printers and could comment on their comparative color gamuts, reliability and ease of profiling. Canon offers a EFI Fiery RIP option, but we’d much prefer either a 3rd party RIP or no RIP at all. Any and all comment regarding these two printers are welcome, especially on the issue of using a RIP or not and if so which would be preferable. Years ago we used the imagePRINT RIP with an Epson 4800 inkjet printer and got good results, but ultimately abandoned it because of a low level of need, high maintenance costs and poor support. Thanks in advance for any comment you might care to share. Regards, Barry Gorrell VCP Lab Coordinator [cid:50FA3AFD-DCB0-4FC0-BA82-AB68F1EFD69A]