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Flexi or Onyx ? Experiences and opinions please
I know this has been asked a million times before but I need to get some opinions from actual users.
I have an HP L26500 and a 1600 P2C Gerber Plotter
Flexi or Onyx? I keep looking at both but can’t make up my mind! :bangshead:
Help please
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Can’t help on either of those, I use Print Factory to drive my HP360 & Summa – works well for me.
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I use flexi with Roland and Summa equipment, only because I started on Flexi and didnt want to relearn new software.
Onyx is supported by Art Systems who I presume will support your printer. If I was in your shoes and I had to learn RIP software then I would go for Onyx because I have the technical expertise from the engineers if I have a problem with my equipment ( some engineers may blame the rip for poor quality print ).
Steff
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We use Onyx on our HP machines.
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I haven’t had any experience with Flexi, but we have used Onyx for over 10 years, and it gives excellent results. We also use Caldera, which has a few odd ways of doing things, but also gives excellent results.
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Hi Dan
Have used the basic onyx, the basic Flexi and the full flexi, with hp310 and 26500, its really like Marmite you either love them or hate them.
Onyx is very good and very simple to use in the basic version but lacking a lot of features unless you move up to one of the higher levels which gives you the extra functions. I use onyx as my day to day rip for most things but when I want to customise things its over to Flexi.
One thing I will say is the 26500 is one of them machines where you need to play with the profile settings to get things just right and its very restricted in Onyx. If I was buying again I would certainly go with flexi and I would suggest before committing you take out a 1 month subscription with flexi making sure not to choose the 12 month contract, this will give you everything you need and a good idea of what it can do. If you choose flexi then quite honestly I would stay on the pay monthly just change to 12 month sub so it brings the price down by £10 a month, your always up to date. If you purchase especially onyx without a yearly contract you could be out of date in 12 months. Also flexi is very competitive working out about 400-500 per year for the full package, so three years later you would only just have spent the same as a basic onyx package but you will still have warranty and latest version.
If you want to have a look around either rips id be happy to show you a remote control session.
Kev
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