Best Postscript RIP for inkjets
Occasionally I need to print out stuff from Illustrator off of my inkjet at home. I know there is EpsonRip but it only works for a specific Epson printers which I don't have.
The iProof (formerly BirmyRip) is available but is pretty pricey. Anyone have any comments or suggestions?
thanks
The iProof (formerly BirmyRip) is available but is pretty pricey. Anyone have any comments or suggestions?
thanks
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<strong>Occasionally I need to print out stuff from Illustrator off of my inkjet at home. I know there is EpsonRip but it only works for a specific Epson printers which I don't have.
The iProof (formerly BirmyRip) is available but is pretty pricey. Anyone have any comments or suggestions?
thanks</strong><hr></blockquote>
i used to use birmy on our epson printers when i was in school. they worked great when they worked, but could get all kinds of messed up on a bad day. but hey, that was 5 years ago, i'd hope they're better now. we have the epson rip but it plain sucks if it works at all.
My friend has an Epson rip that seems to be pretty reliable.
The iProof PowerRip looks good in that it supports HP inkjets and OSX in the future.
Illustrator outputs PDF, and OS X RIP's PDF... so you should get good results.
I wish OS X also handled PostScript, but most modern RIPs accept PDF directly.
<strong>With OS X?
Illustrator outputs PDF, and OS X RIP's PDF... so you should get good results.
I wish OS X also handled PostScript, but most modern RIPs accept PDF directly.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Are you saying that since OSX RIP's PDF,
I don't need a separate RIP software?
That would be great.
OS X has a built in PDF "RIP" for software that uses Quartz or that generate PDF as output. OS X cannot RIP PS or EPS without some help from other software like GhostScript -- which is the best non-Adobe compatible PostScript interpreter available -- and it is FREE.
Then you really need a RIP.