Evaluation
on the PosterJet RIP.
FLAAR
has been using PosterJet RIP at our facility in Latin American
for the last several years. This PosterJet RIP was selected by the
FLAAR lab technician over all the other RIPs he had available.
Now we are waiting to receive PosterJet
version 7 RIP at our new facility at Bowling
Green State University of Ohio.
PosterJet
works on the Hewlett-Packard
DesignJet series of printers, on Encad,
and on the Canon
BJ-W9000, Canon imageproGRAF W8200, W6200, W8400, and W6400 wide format inkjet printers, among others.
As
soon as it arrives we will report on its performance. In the meantime
there is plenty of comparative reviews of PostScript RIPs for large
format printers in the FLAAR Reports on RIPs.
Now
the new PosterJet company has an outlet in the USA, namely Scarab
Graphics. Here you can get info, help, tips, and answers to your
queries. Contact is Ken Stokes, telephone toll-free (800) 350-1366,
e-mail Julie@scarabgraphics.com.
If you have a licensed copy of PosterJet purchased from a licensed
PosterJet dealer in the USA, you can obtain technical support via
Scarab Graphics as well.
There are many features about PosterJet RIP to like, but what we notice the most is its ease of use. You don't need a PhD in nuclear physics to operate PosterJet RIP. Frankly some other RIPs are so overburdened with excess "features" that the real purpose of a RIP software gets lost in the maze of confusing options.
The easiest way to decide is to get your hands on the complete series of FLAAR publications on RIP software. Read about each kind of RIP, and then decide. This way you benefit from our years of experience. Don't worry that we evaluate previous versions because the core is basically the same. We do update our RIP evaluations, but it is the general review of the RIP brand per se that counts.
There are many RIP products to chose from (over 70 brand names), but most of these don't make the cut. We tend to accept for evaluation on the RIP software that we feel is worth the time of our university lab to handle.
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PosterJet has evolved considerably and version 7 is now available. |
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All reports by Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth |
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