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The EFI Fiery RIP - part 2 of 1 2 3 4 5

by Mike McNamee Published 01/04/2013

Watched Folders

For a studio this is a useful facility. If a number of photographers are operating at a studio, perhaps from different workstations, in order to print they simply drag and drop their images into a 'watched' folder. The RIP keeps an eye on this folder and assembles prints on a large sheet before kicking into life as soon as a specified wastage level is surpassed. As far as the photographer or retoucher is concerned the printing operation is truly a one-click operation, all they have left to do is walk to the printing machine and collect their prints. This then is the pay-back for the cost and complexity of setting up a RIP- once it is up and running you can leave it ticking away doing its job.

Nesting

The function alluded to in the above section is called nesting. This is the process in which the software arranges the prints on the page to minimise wastage and make trimming as simple as possible, rotating prints if necessary. It minimises wastage to a user-defined level and then starts the printing operation when a defined sheet size is sufficiently full. Most frequently the printing machine is using roll paper and so quite large sheet sizes may be specified

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