Digital BW, The Print

Dan, I think StudioPrint 2200 support is Epson screening only, which
does not give you direct channel control. For the 3000, support never
happened, they told me they were working on it, then the 4000 came
out, and I think I was the only human interested and they dropped it.
It's a newer product, even though ErgoSoft has been around a long
time, and right when it came out 3000s were sinking below the horizon.
Ernst may know many more about other RIPs, but the other main
contender is the Colorburst RIP. I know it'll do configurable
multi-part colors, but I don't know if it'll do more than two parts.
Untill the x800 printers are supported it'll be hard to know. The
other thing I don't know about Colorburst, whether or not you can
assign any ink "color" (that includes all the nomally available ink
colors and the light components as well) to any ink tank position like
you can in StudioPrint. I don't know if that's a deal killer, but with
goofy ink sets it can be a help. With a x800 and OEM inks it may not
matter.
You might also do a search on the old large format list, I think
someone compliled a list of RIPs within the last few months of
available RIPs.
Not overpriced?!?!?! I'll tell you, once you commit to one of these
puppies, you don't learn too much about the alteratives, too much
psycho buyer's remorse.
Tyler

Maybe someone else here would know--- In
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Danny Culbertson"
<danculb@b...> wrote:
> Tyler wrote:
> "Dan, here is a "new" solution some people are pursuing-
> You need a RIP that will let you have a multi part K, just as you
> have multi part C and M, and now that we have the K3 inks, the RIP
> needs to be able to have multi part colors in more than two parts. I
> know StudioPrint does it, not sure of the others. So, you have, in
> the newest Epsons, a 3 part k as well as your colors."
> 
> Hey Tyler - I can't find StudioPrint for the Stylus Photo 2200 (my 
> current active printer).  Guess I won't be able to try it out just yet 
> since using it on the old 3000 would be rather moot at this point (it 
> still works from PressReady on the old Mac). So I think I need to try 
> one of the other RIPs that support multipart ink controls.  What are 
> the other good, but not overpriced, PC RIPs running around today?  
> There a good list anywhere?
> 
> Dan