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ColorBurst RIP Comparison Chart
Pricing and Features
 

  QUEUE SERIES LAYOUT SERIES
OPERATING SYSTEM   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   Pro   PrePress   ProLab
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher   yes   yes   yes   no   no   no
Windows XP, Vista, 7   no
(discontinued)
  yes   no   yes   yes   yes
PRICING   Effective 3/1/07   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   Pro   PrePress   ProLab
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800/3880 Only
for Mac OS X
      $495                
Printers up to 17" wide   $695   $795   $1,090   $995        
Printers up to 24" wide   $995   $1,095   $1,390   $1,495   $1,895    
Printers up to 64" wide   $1,495   $1,595   $1,890   $1,995   $2,695    

Printers up to 72" wide/Licensed for 2 printers

              $2,995   $3,795    
Printers up to 110" wide/Licensed for 2 printers               $3,995        
Printers up to 72" wide/Licensed for 1 photo printer and 2 inkjet printers                       $6,995
FILE MANAGEMENT AND PRINTING   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   Pro   PrePress   ProLab
PostScript® Language Level 3 Compatible Raster Image Processor (RIP) based on the Jaws RIP by Global Graphics Software            
RIP, color correct, and print on-the-fly            

True 4, 6, 7, and 8 channel printing

           
Print directly from your applications, including Quark XPress®, InDesign®, and Photoshop®            
Job Manager         yes
(version 9)
 
(version 8)
 
(version 8)
Built-in "Hot Folder" for drag-and-drop printing across networks            
Up to 50 print queues with automatic best fit for scatter proofs         no
(version 9)
 
(version 8)
 
(version 8)
TCP/IP direct printing            
USB support            
Firewire support   no
 
(Windows only)
       
FILE SUPPORT   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   Pro   PrePress   ProLab
Postscript Language Level 1, 2, and 3 support for PS, EPS, and PDF files, including multipage files and JPEG compression            

CMYK, RGB, Lab, and color-mapped TIFF files, including LZW compression, and CMYK and RGB JPEG files

           
RTL raster files            
16-bit TIFF files            
Targa and Scitex Handshake CT            
Pre–separated files         no
  yes
(version 8)
  yes
(version 8)
PRINTERS SUPPORTED
See product pages for specific models
  X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   Pro   PrePress   ProLab
Epson            
Encad, HP, Roland   no
 
(Windows only)
       
LightJet and Lambda RGB film recorders            
COLOR MANAGEMENT   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   Pro   PrePress   ProLab
ColorBurst High Quality screening            
Completely neutral black and white prints — no metamerism            
Pre–configured Linearization and ICC profiles            
SpectralVision Pro included to perform linearization and build custom ICC Profiles with an X-Rite Spectrophotometer            
PrintCertification included to certify your printer and individual prints    
(Mac only)
       
Automatically add a standard or custom Color Bar and/or PrintCertification Target to each print            
Total Ink Limit and Black Preservation with full black channel control            
Bezier Curves with Light Ink Conversion            
Separate RGB, CMYK, and Grayscale Input Profiles            
Separate Input profiles for Vector and Image   no
 
(Windows only)
       
Use embedded profiles option            
CMYK Output Profiles support            
RGB Output Profiles support            
Output simulation for pre-press            
Proof up to 30 color separations            
Shows traps and overprint for CMYK or Black Text Only            
ColorBurst's AutoSpot™ technology for optimized PANTONE® colors            
Custom spot color matching            
Support for device link profiles            
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   Pro   PrePress   ProLab
Scale images            
Layout with automatic "best fit" nesting            
Image Preview in Layout            
Step and Repeat            
Image display with zoom   no
 
(Windows only)
       
Rotate images            
Crop images   no
 
(Windows only)
       
Tile images with trim marks and image bleed            
Print Job Titles with each print job      
     
Create straight and contour cut paths (Roland)            
Create i-Cut CUT files, including contour paths            

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