[X Newbies] epson RIP questions?

[CP]

Thank you,

Well it sure sounds like I'm going to love the 4000 once it gets here:)

Right now we have a 3000 series printer that will be replaced by the 4000.

Now comes the hard part… which RIP software to get. Here's a quick run 
down of the types of prints we'll be doing.

- Posters: mostly Illustration styles (not as many with photographs)
- Some fine art prints (from photographs/Photoshop files)
- A fair amount of "Comp's" - mostly t-shirt designs / artwork for approval.
- Logo and corporate identity comp's
- Brochure / flyer comp's
- a little bit of everything

I've read some about a few different RIP's, but wasn't looking forward 
to spending $700.00 or more:(

With the type of work describe above, which software do you folks recommend?

If Epson's RIP comes out sooner, should we go with it? We were told last 
week, it has been put on hold, for several months?

Thanks for the help / suggestions.

Skip

David Miller wrote:

> Skip,
>
> The ImagePrint RIP from ColorByte is renowned for its accuracy with 
> Epson printers and papers. They have a driver for the 4000 available 
> now. I have not used it yet (will be getting it when my 4000 arrives!) 
> but it has been well reviewed at professional photographer sites 
> (Michael Reichman's luminous-landscape.com). Introductory price for 
> the RIP for the 4000 is $900 (raster-only, no postscript). Reichman's 
> review of the 4000 is up and he says that the profiles that come with 
> the printer are very good. Doubtless, outfits like Digital Outback 
> Photo will have custom profiles for the 4000 and specific papers at a 
> much lower price (about $100 per I would guess) if you are willing to 
> use Epson's driver instead of a third-party RIP.
>
> Dave
>
> On Jun 11, 2004, at 3:25 PM, CP wrote:
>