Apple
Macintosh G4 computer in wide format digital imaging
Many
of the best prepress scanners work only on a Macintosh (Fuji Lanovia
C-550, CreoScitex, and other scanners. Some of the high end professional
digital cameras work only on a Macintosh (panorama mode of BetterLight
Pano/WideView turntable).
Only
a Mac operating system generates thumbnails automatically in every
program. With a PC you have to tell the computer each time and manually
make a thumbnail image of TIFF or JPEG files. FLAAR has 50,000 images
in its photo archive. We don't have time to waste moving all these
by hand into PC Windows format.
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Apple
G4, Ciname Display and PosterJet 6
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Wide
format inkjet printer RIP software with the Apple Macintosh G4
Raster
Image Processor (RIP)
software is a combination of Adobe PostScript to remove the jaggies
of text when printed at large sizes, together with layout software
to help properly situate the images on the full size of wide format
printer output.
Most
RIP software was developed for PCs, in part to take advantage of
dual Intel processors to handle RIPing to two large format printers
simultaneously. But there are many artists, graphic designers, photographers,
and other creative people who don't want to deal with a PC. Since
FLAAR digital imaging programs are dedicated primarily to the Macintosh
computer program, we are always on the lookout for a RIP software
which works flawlessly with a Macintosh.
PosterJet
is the RIP which FLAAR uses with the majority of its large format
printers. It works seamlessly with both PC and Macintosh. So if
your company has a Macintosh component, PosterJet is a good RIP
to consider for handling Hewlett-Packard
DesignJet, Mutoh
or Encad
NovaJet printers.
For
further information on PosterJet in the USA, contact ken@scarabgraphics.com
or check out their web site, ScarabGraphics.com.
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All reports by Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth
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Posted Aug 26. 2002
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