Professional Quality Color, Every Time

Default color calibration and ICC® profiles - optimized for a variety of ink and media combinations - provide consistent, accurate color “out of the box” for those just starting in large-format printing.

Easy to Install, Easy to Use

With ONYX RipCenter, getting up to speed and producing professional color is as simple as install, open file, and print. Yet despite its simplicity, RipCenter contains a production toolset that outperforms bundled RIPs and Windows printer drivers.

Network Accessible Across Platforms

The RipCenter queue appears as a normal network printer, so you can print directly from any application and from any Mac or PC on the network, you can also drag and drop jobs into a Hot Folder. When the system detects an available printer matching the correct job properties, printing begins automatically.

Automatic Updates Just a Click Away

The included ONYX AutoUpdate feature keeps your RipCenter application current with the latest 7.0 product features and printer drivers by periodically verifying your RIP installation and then automatically downloading only the software updates you need.

For Every User

• Accurate and consistent color output
• Automatically installs the program, queue, and printer in one easy step
• Print directly to the queue from your creative application as you would to any desktop printer - even across networks and platforms
• Easily track ink usage and get cost estimates before printing
• Visually preview files to avoid costly reprinting
• Automatically scale and tile images
• RIP and simultaneously print for faster throughput
• Reduce ink consumption and media spoilage with MediaSave nesting and nesting preview
• Easy Recalibration Workflow

CAD / GIS

• Enlarge and print computer-rendered TIFF images to size
• Save time - printing starts while image is still processing
• Print directly from your Mac or PC CAD/GIS applications

Business / Office Graphics

• Skip the service bureau and print your own display office graphics
• Make large prints of Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation slides
• Enjoy faster process and print times compared to hardware RIPs
• Get the right corporate colors when proofing advertising pieces

Photography / Fine Art

• Print photographs and portrait packages directly from Adobe® PhotoShop®
• Get better color than standard Windows® drivers
• Dramatically reduce media costs by automatically nesting pictures
• Use image interpolation for high-quality enlargements

CAD / GIS

• Enlarge and print computer-rendered TIFF images to size
• Save time - printing starts while image is still processing
• Print directly from your Mac or PC CAD/GIS applications

PANTONE® Color Matching

ONYX® RipCenter™ includes a fully licensed PANTONE® Color Library which makes spot color matching easy because more accurate PANTONE spot color matching happens automatically during processing. The ONYX RIP recognizes PANTONE-named colors in PostScript® or PDF files and matches the colors as closely as possible.

Optimal System Requirements

Supported OS

• Windows Vista*
• Windows XP Pro with the latest service pack
• Windows 2000 Pro / Server with the latest service pack
  

CPU

• Intel Pentium IV or higher / Xeon 3+ GHz
• Athlon 64 / Opteron 2+ GHz
• Dual CPU (for multiple RIPs)
  

Storage

• Two 80 GB Hard Drives
• 1 GB RAM per CPU

Video

• 1280 x 1024 16-bit Color

Hardware

• USB Port (for security key)
• DVD-ROM Drive

* Some limitations may exist in printers and measurement devices that are not supported by Windows Vista.