Re: [Digital BW] Icefields RIP
2002-10-18 by Mark Savoia
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:
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> 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? >