Turnkey CTP Includes RIP And Photopolymer Option

RIPit Computer Corp debuted its Speedsetter VM4, a new violet metal, four-up CTP system, including full RIP workflow at Print '05 in Chicago (USA).

RIPit Computer Corp debuted its Speedsetter VM4, a new violet metal, four-up CTP system, including full RIP workflow at Print '05 in Chicago (USA).

The Speedsetter VM4 is part of a complete, turnkey CTP system that also includes RIPit's OpenRIP Symphony core RIP.

Economical options include imposition and trapping, proofing and screening.

Customers can also add a photopolymer plate processor and plate pH chemistry neutraliser (for disposal).

The system will be available during the first quarter of 2006 for a starting price of $59,500.

No consumable contracts are required and customers can choose from a variety of plates for use with the Speedsetter.

RIPit founder and president, Wayne Walsulko, said: "The Speedsetter VM4 exemplifies RIPit's old-fashioned, customer-first driven development philosophy.

The Speedsetter VM series is designed specifically for small-sized and mid-sized printers offering them all the bells and whistles of an advanced digital workflow in a very complete, open, economical and flexible system.

The door to high-quality, four-up CTP is now open, enabling RIPit customers the ability to compete in markets that they were prevented from entering prior due to the high cost of the market's a la carte options." Speedsetter VM4 is the big brother to the original Speedsetter VM, two-up violet metal CTP plate maker.

The VM4 was engineered using the same design principles as those applied to the Speedsetter VM.

The new version allows for an even larger plate size to accommodate most double truck web press plates used by many newspapers and a lower operating resolution for additional productivity where higher linescreen work is not a requirement.

The Speedsetter VM series systems are manually loaded and unloaded internal drum devices tightly integrated with the RIPit OpenRIP Symphony workflow and a photopolymer plate processor.

The workflow system rapidly makes printer more productive, whilst offering more production control at a very cost effective price point with high return on investment, said RIPit.

Additional workflow components, such as inkjet proofing (Koolkolor) options, imposition (Striprite), Adobe In-RIP-Trapping (with Zonetrap), Perfectblend hybrid screening and other time and cost saving, quality-enhancing modules can be added at any time, added the company.

In addition to controlling close to one-hundred imagesetters, platesetters, printers and plotters natively, OpenRIP Symphony can also control a wide range of Postscript and TIFF-in devices from a single interface.

OpenRIP Symphony's PostScript 3 interpreter (CPSI 3016) provides compatibility with modern graphics applications.

It integrates scanning, trapping, proofing, and imposition in to a single package and processes all for output on any device that can accept Postscript, TIFF or GDI files.

The newest version of OpenRIP Symphony also shown at Print '05 features simplified colour management, pre-flight enhancements, TIFF input and an expanded set of Perfectblend AM/FM hybrid screening choices for offset printing, as well as enhanced features specifically designed for flexographic printing applications.

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