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spaces: RGB, CMYK, sRGB, and LAB. Its image-processing functions include scaling,
rotation, tiling, cropping, and color/brightness correction. Among its “extras” are spot
color support via the Photoshop spot color channels.
Comments
Founded in Switzerland in the 1980s, ErgoSoft AG developed PosterPrint for large
format graphics and TexPrint RIP for digital textile printing. In contrast, American
subsidiary ErgoSoft US (founded in 2001) from the start chose to target digital photography
and fine art printmaking, and offers the StudioPrint RIP to give photographers
“the highest level of control over the printing process.”
Version: StudioPrint 12.0.6 (2008)
OS: Windows XP and Vista
RAM: 1GB
Supported file formats: Import filters TIFF, BMP, and JPEG
Price level: Small format $850, medium format $1,300, large format $2,300
Address: ErgoSoft US LLC, 34 Technology Way, Nashua, NH 03060, United States
www.ergosoft.net
Summary
Chapter 31 ■ RIP Software 369
Raster Image Processors (RIPs) are needed whenever you print a document or an image.
They create a dot pattern appropriate to the particular combination of printer, ink, and
paper being used. Embedded RIPs that come with the printer are inferior to the software
RIPs described in this chapter. All professional photographic printing requires the
use of an effective RIP, especially in high-quality inkjet printing with 8- or 12-color
cartridges. Modern RIPs go the extra mile in providing many auxiliary features, including
batch handling, color management, and even last-minute color correction. The
products discussed in this chapter are just a selection of the more than 80 RIPs available,
but they are all among those that are best suited to photographic printing. Most
RIPs are PC-based, but the ImagePrint RIP runs on Macintosh as well. QuadToneRIP
has a great reputation among black and white specialists, whereas ErgoSoft’s StudioPrint
has been developed specifically for fine art printmaking and digital photography.