Digital BW, The Print

I did and it never made any sense to me. I think it was that old non
graphical layout (put files and list and add printing specs) that got
me.
Mark

photographs42 wrote:

>  There has been a considerable amount of discussion on this and other
> lists about different RIPs and their cost and performance. I have not
> seen anything about Isis Imaging here. A few years ago, when I first
> became interested in Quad Tone printing (before IJM entered the
> picture) I was looking at Isis. At that time they had a product
> called Icefields LT that was reasonably priced (around $50.00 I
> think) and only had two problems for me.
>
> 1. It only worked on a MAC.
> 2. It required a complete Postscript RIP. (The Epson Postscript RIP
> wasn't and still isn't good enough.)
>
> By the time I acquired a MAC System (from my brother who upgraded)
> the LT version had been discontinued and the full version wouldn't
> work on the MAC I had. The full version is $600.00 and as I recall a
> qualified Postscript RIP was around $200.00.
>
> Anyway, I have studied the Postscript language to a degree and it
> always seamed to me to be the best way to control a printer.
>
> Has anyone looked into, or better yet, used the Icefilds software?
>