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ColorBurst RIP Comparison Chart Pricing and Features |
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Pricing & Purchase Link |
X·Photo |
X·Proof |
Pro |
PrePress |
ProLab |
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Printers up to 13" wide |
$495 |
$595 |
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| Printers up to 17" wide |
$695 |
$795 |
$995 |
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| Printers up to 24" wide |
$995 |
$1,095 |
$1,495 |
$1,895 |
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| Printers up to 60" wide |
$1,495 |
$1,595 |
$1,995 |
$2,695 |
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| Printers up to 72" wide/Licensed for 2 printers |
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$2,995 |
$3,795 |
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| Printers up to 72" wide/Licensed for 1 photo printer and 2
inkjet printers |
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$6,995 |
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| FILE MANAGEMENT AND PRINTING |
X·Photo |
X·Proof |
Pro |
PrePress |
ProLab |
| PostScript® Language Level 3 Compatible Raster Image Processor
(RIP) based on the Jaws RIP by Global Graphics Software |
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| RIP, color correct, and print on-the-fly |
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| True 4, 6, and 7 channel printing
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| 8 channel printing, including Hi-Fi (CMYKOG) |
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| Print Spooling via Rendezvous (IP Protocol, twice as fast as
AppleTalk) |
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| Print directly from your applications, including Quark XPress®,
InDesign®, and Photoshop® |
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| Job Manager |
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| Built-in "Hot Folder" for drag-and-drop printing across networks |
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| Up to 50 print queues with automatic best fit for scatter proofs |
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| TCP/IP direct printing |
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| USB support |
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| Firewire support |
coming soon |
coming soon |
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FILE SUPPORT |
X·Photo |
X·Proof |
Pro |
PrePress |
ProLab |
| Postscript Language Level 1, 2, and 3 support for PS, EPS, and
PDF files, including multipage files and JPEG compression |
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| CMYK, RGB, Lab, and color-mapped TIFF files, including LZW
compression |
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| RTL raster files |
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| CMYK and RGB JPEG files |
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| 16-bit TIFF files |
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| Targa and Scitex Handshake CT |
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| Pre–separated files |
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PRINTERS SUPPORTED
See product pages for specific
models |
X·Photo |
X·Proof |
Pro |
PrePress |
ProLab |
| Epson |
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| NovaJet, HP |
coming soon |
coming soon |
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| Mimaki, Roland, Mutoh, TechJet, CAMM Jet, GraphTec |
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| LightJet and Lambda RGB film recorders |
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COLOR MANAGEMENT |
X·Photo |
X·Proof |
Pro |
PrePress |
ProLab |
| ColorBurst High Quality screening |
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| Completely neutral black and white prints — no metamerism |
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| Pre–configured Linearization and ICC profiles |
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| Automatic color correction utilzing the Kodak Digital Sciences
ICC Engine |
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| Automatic color correction utilzing the ColorSync ICC Engine |
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| CSE ColorTrack Color Management — Completely eliminates the
speckled effect from using ICC Profiles |
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| Built-in ICC Profile Creator for custom CMYK and CMYKLCLM (Light
Cyan Light Magenta) profiles |
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| Ablility to relinearize profiles using a spectrophotometer |
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| Total Ink Limit and Black Preservation with full black channel
control |
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| Bezier Curves with Light Ink Conversion |
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| Separate RGB, CMYK, and Grayscale Input Profiles |
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| Separate Input profiles for CMYK/RGB Vector and Image |
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| Use embedded profiles option |
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| CMYK Output Profiles support |
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| RGB Output Profiles support |
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| Output simulation for pre-press |
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| Proof up to 30 color separations |
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| Shows traps and overprint for CMYK or Black Text Only |
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| ColorBurst's AutoSpot™ technology for optimized PANTONE® colors |
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PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS |
X·Photo |
X·Proof |
Pro |
PrePress |
ProLab |
| Scale images |
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| Layout with automatic "best fit" nesting |
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| Image Preview in Layout |
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| Step and Repeat |
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| Image display with zoom |
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| Rotate images |
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| Crop images |
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| Tile images with trim marks and image bleed |
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| Create straight and contour cut paths (Roland) |
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| Create i-Cut CUT files, including contour paths |
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