emosamurai - Dan avatar

Question for Printers

posted 8 months ago by emosamurai

I work at a screen printer and we’re looking to upgrade our printer after attending the Long Beach ISS show and my boss is interested in purchasing the new Epson 4880 and I was wondering what RIP software would you guys recommend?

It comes with a ColorBurst Rip edition, but it only controls pantone colors and not separations. Can anyone a) give me recommendations on good RIP software and b) give me a better printer recommendation?

I know of FastRip from the US Screen guys and we DON’T want to buy from them or deal with them. Bad experience with them in the past.

Thanks for any help you guys can offer.

Dan

12 Comments

  1. jimmyheartcore - Jimmy Heartcore avatar

    jimmyheartcore said 8 months ago

    Use Illustrator!

  2. emosamurai - Dan avatar

    emosamurai said 8 months ago

    Ok, well that’s not really exactly what I was looking for. In order to print halftones and excellent separations, we will need a printer with RIP software...any help on that?

  3. betterthanhuman - Thomas Johnson avatar

    betterthanhuman said 8 months ago

    Jimmy is right. The built in dialog that Illustrator has is all you need. It works with any Postscript printer.
    You can control every aspect of your halftone printing (ie: dot shape, angle, frequency) as manage spot colors.

  4. emosamurai - Dan avatar

    emosamurai said 8 months ago

    Ok, but what if we don’t have a postscript printer, say an inkjet printer? What Rip software would you recommend then?

  5. Cole - Cole Blotcky avatar

    Cole said 8 months ago

    emosamurai said: Ok, but what if we don’t have a postscript printer, say an inkjet printer? What Rip software would you recommend then?

    i use photoshop

  6. Weston - Weston avatar

    Weston said 8 months ago

    jimmyheartcore said: Use Illustrator!
    Byeline said:
    emosamurai said: Ok, but what if we don’t have a postscript printer, say an inkjet printer? What Rip software would you recommend then?

    i use photoshop

    I always thought that a rip software was a must for process work. Am I completely wrong on this???

  7. Cole - Cole Blotcky avatar

    Cole said 8 months ago

    decadetees said:
    jimmyheartcore said: Use Illustrator!
    Byeline said:
    emosamurai said: Ok, but what if we don’t have a postscript printer, say an inkjet printer? What Rip software would you recommend then?

    i use photoshop

    I always thought that a rip software was a must for process work. Am I completely wrong on this???

    mostly, i’d imagine.

  8. Weston - Weston avatar

    Weston said 8 months ago

    ^Well, nonethelees I still hear it’s supposed to cut down on production time and is a must for larger print shops.

  9. Cole - Cole Blotcky avatar

    Cole said 8 months ago

    that could be true. but why spend all that money when you already have photoshop and illustrator that can do it for you...

  10. Weston - Weston avatar

    Weston said 8 months ago

    True. I guess I could see it being a waste for most small to medium sized shops.

  11. betterthanhuman - Thomas Johnson avatar

    betterthanhuman said 8 months ago

    Even at our larger shop we use a dry film image setter with no rip. We do process and simulated process stuff all the time with no trouble at all. As far as the Epson 4880 in question, It’s drivers are postscript. I checked the specs. All you will need is AI and you’re set.

  12. Chris Martin - Chris Martin avatar

    Chris Martin said 8 months ago

    We use photoshop for all separations... never have touched rip software in our lives, and we do art separation for pretty much every image that gets sent to us...

    We also have the 4800 (so does jimmy) which is basically the exact same as the 4880, and it works wonders!

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