Photoprint 6 RIP feedback please?

[Chris Wool]

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I have been advised i may have to get a colour profile written to suit.

that sounds like sales speak for you will have to get a new profile done.

not that dear to have a profile made up worth a go before you spend big money.

chris

[Praveen Jayawardene]

Hi Chris,

Unfortunately here in Melbourne there are not many printer techs that are experienced enough to write color profiles for my rip and printer.They all have to come from SYDNEY which is an hours flight with a cost starting around $1500 aud round trip including profile design.

The problem is there is no guarantees with any tech.
I guess that’s why i am looking for as much market feedback i can so i can make a cost effective and educated decision on the the RIP program etc..

Pj

[Kevin Flowers]

PJ
find some profiles for Flexisign, Photoprint is the stand alone RIP of Flexisign. Can’t remember what V5 equates to in Flexi versions but think that its Flexi 8

Kev

[Praveen Jayawardene]

Hello Kev,

Appreciate your comments.

The biggest problem i have is trying to find a profile that is compatible with my Mimaki JV3 130SL ,its a few years old now and is hardly seen in the list of profiles for printers. Mimaki produced this in small numbers and then brought out a newer improved unit which was the JV3 130SP. According to the techs my model was the dark horse.

The search continues ………….

[Shane Drew]

Hi PJ,

who have you tried in Melbourne to write the profiles?

AGS sell Mimaki’s now, they have a melbourne too office I think. They’ve done all my profiles for the Rolands…. they,re very good

[Praveen Jayawardene]

Hello Shane,

Thanks for your comments.

AGS took over power digital in QLD who are one of the distributors for Mimaki .Unfortunately their techs are all in QLD. Will give them a call to see if they have anyone on board in Melbourne that may help.I really need a experienced mimaki tech who knows how to write profiles.

Thanks for the lead.

PJ

[Shane Drew]

You’ve tried Bi-Wize then?

[Praveen Jayawardene]

Yes, not great experience with them.

[Shane Drew]

hhmmm.. Not good… between them and spandex you don’t have a lot of choice do you…. Shouldn’t the people who sell the software provide the profiling? Just a thought.

Hope you sort it out anyway mate.

When you ring ags, ask for Phil Keenan. He’s da man.

[Praveen Jayawardene]

Ok Guys,

In my quest to upgrade my RIP from photoprint 5SE to 6dx a experienced sales tech has offered me a package to replace my original rip with Ergo soft Poster Print, this will also include spending a day writing profiles to suit.

According to the tech ,this Rip has more features than Photoprint and more cost effective overall to purchase.Also production efficient when tiling,nesting and importing multiple files into one print layout.

Has anyone had any experience with Ergo soft Poster Print and has it been a reliable ,stable and efficient rip program to use ?

Appreciate your feedback,

Cheers,
PJ

[Shane Drew]

no experience personally, but I think AGS have a few that use it here in oz, and it gets some good comments. I think it is probably up there with the better ones from what I’ve heard.

[Praveen Jayawardene]

Hello Shane,

Thanks for the lead to AGS, Phil is a very experienced tech and seems pretty honest.
We had a long discussion on rips and he gave me some options which i now have to make a decision which would be better suited for me.Functionality of Poster Print sounds all too good and price is sharp compared to Photoprint.Value for money for what he tells me.

I have no experience on Posterprint like i have with Photoprint so that’s why i am putting out to the forum to see if other people can share their experiences with this product. Lets see what happens. Thanks again.

Cheers,
PJ