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PhotoPRINT
Chapter 31 ■ RIP Software 361
Vendor: SA International
Purpose: A family of client/server RIP products for high print production environments
Description
PhotoPRINT is a family of software RIPs, each with a wizard-driven interface for easeof-use,
aimed at corporations and institutions, print shops, design companies, and large
photographic studios. They include PhotoPRINT SERVER-ULTRA (for ultimate control),
PhotoPRINT SERVER-PRO and PhotoPRINT SERVER (with cost-saving features),
PhotoPRINT DX (with two-device capability), and PhotoPRINT SE (for the
single-workstation environment). Each one seamlessly integrates the Adobe RIP Engine,
the only product to do so at the time of writing.
For smaller production environments, the entry-level PhotoPRINT SE is intended for
use with a single wide-format printer. It comes with more than 325 certified ICC output
profiles, plus the ability to edit them or (with a Color Calibration wizard upgrade)
to create new ones. It allows you to send jobs for print direct from your layout/design
application, such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, or CorelDRAW.
Comments
Renowned for its ease of use, PhotoPRINT allows you to prepare documents or images
for printing by dragging and dropping TIFFs, JPEGs, and PDFs directly into the queue.
You then have full control over output, using ICC profiles for the chosen printer/
ink/media combination.
Version 6.0 was a major upgrade, featuring a new user interface, a new point-and-click
color correction tool, an ability to break jobs down into smaller parts, and a new Print
wizard that takes you step-by-step from adding a new job through to printing it. All the
versions can be purchased online at competitive prices from Macro Enter Corporation
(www.macroenter.com).
Version: PhotoPRINT 6.0 (2008)
OS: Windows XP and Vista; Mac OS X 10.2
RAM: 1GB
Supported file formats: TIFF, JPEG, PDF, and other major formats
Price level: SE edition $1,000, DX $1,500, Server $3,500, Server-Pro $4,300, Server-Ultra
$5,300 (all approx.)
Address: SA International Inc., International Plaza II, Suite 625, Philadelphia, PA 19113, United
States
www.scanvecamiable.com