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Gerber RIP software by ONYX®

If you want large format printing results that are fast, consistent and the utmost in color, you want the Gerber Editions of ONYX RIP Software. ONYX software is the world renowned leader in large format inkjet RIPs and offers fabulous color, efficient workflow, great support, fast output times, and industry-leading drivers. ONYX software supports printing, as well as print-to-cut.

   
 

 
  • Gerber announces new and improved ONYX product offerings
  • Gerber product offerings now include ONYX® ProductionHouse™ - Gerber Edition, ONYX® PosterShop™ - Gerber Edition, and ImageRIP™ Plus by ONYX®, all of which include the SOLARA UV2 inkjet printer driver and profiles.

    ProductionHouse - Gerber Edition is a new offering from Gerber and includes all the top of the line features of the ONYX Production House package. PosterShop - Gerber Edition is the same as the former ImageRIP Pro, but now includes all the standard ONYX printer drivers as well as other features. ImageRIP Plus is an entry level product designed for use with the SOLARA UV2. It combines the features of ONYX RIP Center, Preflight, and Cut Server, but does not include color correction and some of the other features offered in other packages. 

    Please note that support for ONYX 6.X products is no longer available.

     
       
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    • Onyx® ProductionHouse™ Gerber Edition:
      Top of the line. Includes RIP Queue, Preflight, ICC Profiling (measurement device is extra), Layout tool, and all color and media management tools. Includes all standard ONYX printer drivers in addition to the SOLARA UV2 driver.
       
    • Onyx® PosterShop™ Gerber Edition:
      (Formally ImageRIP Pro) Includes Rip Queue and Preflight, with color correction tools. No profiling or layout tools. Now includes all standard ONYX printer drivers in addition to the SOLARA UV2 driver.
       
    • ImageRIP™ Plus by ONYX®:

      ImageRIP Plus is an entry level product designed for use with the Solara UV2. It combines the features of ONYX RIP Center , Preflight, and Cut Server. ImageRIP Plus only includes the SOLARA UV2 driver and does not include the color correction tab in Preflight. Users must upgrade to PosterShop or ProductionHouse to add more drivers or color correction.


     
    ProductionHouse
    Gerber Edition
    PosterShop
    Gerber Edition
    ImageRIP Plus
    FEATURES      
    Print directly from any Mac
    or PC creative application
    Preflight – full preview,
    interactive size and crop,
    full pan and zoom
    AutoUpdate software update system
    Hot Folders
     
    Print queue for print jobs
     
    Image interpolation
     
    Print nesting preview
     
    RIP tiles individually
     
    Thumbnail job preview
     
    PosterColor® rendering
     
    Spot color matching —
    custom spot colors
    PostScript font manager
     
    Print multi-page PostScript
    and PDF files
    Ink usage tracking
    and reporting
    Automatic / custom tiling
    with overlap
    Interactive tiling with
    overlap, Tile Weld-overlap
    Direct TWAIN32
    scanner / camera support
    Color proof PostScript
    separation files
     
    Precision halftone
    screening
     
    Web portal
    job management
     
    Printer pooling
     
     
    In-House pre-print proofs
     
     
     
    Specialty ink tools
     
     
     
    Active printers
    4
    2
    1
    Simultaneous RIPs
    2
    1
    1
    COLOR CORRECTION      
    Basic saturation and
    contrast sliders
    Multiple on-screen
    color corrections
    Set white and black
     
    CMYK curves and splines
     
    Visual color replacement
     
     
    Customize image GCR
     
     
    COLOR MANAGEMENT      
    PANTONE® Color Matching
     
    Default media calibration
    tables
    Printer gray balancing tool
     
     
    Media Manager
    (add and calibrate medias)
     
    ONYX Profile GeneratorTM
    (build custom ICC profiles)
     
     
    Media Analyzer tool
     
     
     
    Calibration devices used
    with Media Manager
    35+
    35+
     
    FRONT-ENDS      
    Custom placement of
    print jobs and cutter marks
     
     
    Improved Step & Repeater
    textile application
     
     
    Variable Data tool
     
     
     
    CUTTERS      
    Contour cutting workflow
    Contour cutting for i-cut®
     
     
    PRINTER DRIVERS      
    Gerber SOLARA UV2 and ion
    All Standard ONYX Printers
     
     
    SUPPORT      
    Support available from
    ONYX and Gerber for v7.1

     
       
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    Operating System Windows XP Pro w/ latest service pack
    Windows 2000 Pro Server w/ latest service pack
    Windows Vista is supported by Onyx version 7.1
    CPU* Intel Pentium 4/Xeon 3 GHz or higher
    Athlon 64/Opteron 2GHz or higher
    (Dual CPU for multiple RIPs)
    RAM* 2 GB RAM per CPU
    Free Disk Space* Dual 80 GB Hard Drives
    Video Display 1280 X 768 16-bit color
    Drives DVD-ROM drive required
    USB One USB Port required for Security Key
    Ports Ethernet: For use with GERBER SOLARA UV2 and ion and network
    Serial or USB: For use with GERBER P2C plotters

    *The hardware system requirements listed below are at recommended levels.
    ONYX 7.1 products will run with lesser hardware with lesser performance.

     
       
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