With ONYX RipCenter, getting up to speed and producing professional color is as simple as install, open file, and print. Yet despite its simplicity, RipCenter contains a production toolset that outperforms bundled RIPs and Windows printer drivers.

Features and Benefits

For Every User

Accurate and consistent color output

Automatically installs the program, queue, and printer in one easy step

Print directly to the queue from your creative application as you would to any desktop printer—even across networks and platforms

Easily track ink usage and get cost estimates before printing

Visually preview files to avoid costly reprinting

Automatically scale and tile images

RIP and simultaneously print for faster throughput

Reduce ink consumption and media spoilage with MediaSave nesting and nesting preview

Easy Recalibration Workflow

 

CAD / GIS

Enlarge and print computer-rendered TIFF images to size

Save time—printing starts while image is still processing

Print directly from your Mac or PC CAD/GIS applications

 

Business / Office Graphics

Skip the service bureau and print your own display office graphics

Make large prints of Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation slides

Enjoy faster process and print times compared to hardware RIPs

Get the right corporate colors when proofing advertising pieces

 

Photography / Fine Art

Print photographs and portrait packages directly from Adobe® PhotoShop®

Get better color than standard Windows® drivers

Dramatically reduce media costs by automatically nesting pictures

Use image interpolation for high-quality enlargements

 

PANTONE® Color Matching

ONYX® RipCenter™ includes a fully licensed PANTONE® Color Library which makes spot color matching easy because more accurate PANTONE spot color matching happens automatically during processing. The ONYX RIP recognizes PANTONE-named colors in PostScript® or PDF files and matches the colors as closely as possible

 

Optimal System Requirements

Supported OS

Windows Vista*

Windows XP Pro with the latest service pack

Windows 2000 Pro / Server with the latest service pack

CPU

Intel Pentium IV or higher / Xeon 3+ GHz

Athlon 64 / Opteron 2+ GHz

Dual CPU (for multiple RIPs)

Storage

Two 80 GB Hard Drives

1 GB RAM per CPU

Video

1280 x 1024 16-bit Color

Hardware

USB Port (for security key)

DVD-ROM Drive

* Some limitations may exist in printers and measurement devices that are not supported by Windows Vista. For a complete list of known issues with Windows Vista visit www.onyxgfx.com/vista.html.