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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Neutrality, and shadow separation
2006-03-24 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 3/24/06 4:23:08 PM, ttrostel@... writes:
RIPs unfortunately tend to be for wide format printers and pro-only
printers. Certainly with good color calibration software / hardware
combinations at lower price points it would be nice if there were true
RIPs for printers like the Epson R1800.
"True RIP" implies a certain level of features, which bring with them a certain pricepoint, which brings with it a bad ratio to the cost of an R1800. Most users don't want to spend several times as much on printer driver software as they did on the printer. Besides, once you move down to the desktop printers, you are into supporting devices which change on a much faster basis than the pro printers. Supporting each model costs the RIP company a good deal of development time and money. If its off the market before they can support it, they don't earn much for all that work. So they follow the theory that users serious enough to buy their RIP will be serious enough to buy a wide format printer to go with it.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com