Good RIP for Epson and Canon

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Hello,

I have a Epson R800 and a Canon IP4000.
Wich RIP do you suggest me to use to produce good Color result?
Note that this RIP must act as a Drive, I mean I can select it as a printer
driver when printing, not exporting a graphic file then opening it in the
RIP.

thanks

John.
 
John said:
Hello,

I have a Epson R800 and a Canon IP4000.
Wich RIP do you suggest me to use to produce good Color result?
Note that this RIP must act as a Drive, I mean I can select it as a printer
driver when printing, not exporting a graphic file then opening it in the
RIP.
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The main company for these things seems to be EFI (www.efi.com) if you
contact them they can put you in suggest a local dealer who will be able
to help further.
 
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what is a RIP?
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IIRC it stands for Raster Image Processor (or something like that) they
tend to get used by (comparatively) big machines. eg, I have a (second
hand) Canon colour copier that weighs in at about 600lbs! Anyway, the
RIP is a box that sits next to the photocopier and turns it into a
printer, which is mostly what I use it for.
 
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IIRC it stands for Raster Image Processor (or something like that) they
tend to get used by (comparatively) big machines. eg, I have a (second
hand) Canon colour copier that weighs in at about 600lbs! Anyway, the RIP
is a box that sits next to the photocopier and turns it into a printer,
which is mostly what I use it for.
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For what it's worth- All printers have a RIP. Most desktop printers have a
RIP built in. This is the processor that changes the information in your
document into a matrix of dots that actually get placed on a page. Large
professional printers have RIPs that reside on a separate computer, located
either between the host computer and the printer or the network and the
printer. Some (low-end) modern printers use the same engine that creates
graphics on you screen as a RIP, these are the so-called "Windows Printers"
or "GDI printers". Regardless of where it's done, printers need a processor
to convert document information into dots.
 
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