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ColorBurst RIP Comparison Chart
Pricing and Features
 

  QUEUE SERIES LAYOUT SERIES  
OPERATING SYSTEM   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   ColorBurst Pro ColorBurst CTP  
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher   yes   yes   yes   no no  
Windows XP, Vista, 7   no
(discontinued)
  yes   no   yes yes  
                   
PRICING   Effective 3/1/07   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   ColorBurst Pro ColorBurst CTP  
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    
Printers up to 64" wide   $1,495   $1,595   $1,890   $1,995 $5,995
(includes Plate Press and Plate Guide)
 

Printers up to 72" wide/Licensed for 2 printers

              $2,995    
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                    
                   
FILE MANAGEMENT AND PRINTING   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   ColorBurst Pro ColorBurst CTP  
PostScript® Language Level 3 Compatible Raster Image Processor (RIP) based on the Jaws RIP by Global Graphics Software   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
RIP, color correct, and print on-the-fly   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  

True 4, 6, 7, and 8 channel printing

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

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

  yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
PSD, Camera RAW, PNG, BMP, J2K, and PICT files - Mac OS X 10.5 or later only   yes   yes
(Mac only)
  yes   no no  
16-bit TIFF files   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Pre–separated files   no   no   no   no
yes  
                   
PRINTERS SUPPORTED
See product pages for specific models
  X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   ColorBurst Pro ColorBurst CTP  
Epson   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Encad, HP, Roland   no
  yes
(Windows only)
  no   yes no  
LightJet and Lambda RGB film recorders   no   no   no   no
(version 9)
no  
                   
COLOR MANAGEMENT   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   ColorBurst Pro ColorBurst CTP  
ColorBurst High Quality screening   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Completely neutral black and white prints — no metamerism   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Pre–configured Linearization and ICC profiles   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
SpectralVision Pro included to perform linearization and build custom ICC Profiles with an X-Rite Spectrophotometer   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
PrintCertification included to certify your printer and individual prints   no   yes
(Mac only)
  yes   no no  
Automatically add a standard or custom Color Bar and/or PrintCertification Target to each print   no   no   yes   no no  
Total Ink Limit and Black Preservation with full black channel control   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Bezier Curves with Light Ink Conversion   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Separate RGB, CMYK, and Grayscale Input Profiles   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Separate Input profiles for Vector and Image   no
  yes
(Windows only)
  no   yes yes  
Use embedded profiles option   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
CMYK Output Profiles support   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
RGB Output Profiles support   no   no   no   no no  
Output simulation for pre-press   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Build and print separations   no   no   no   no yes  
ColorBurst's AutoSpot™ technology for optimized PANTONE® colors   no   yes   yes   yes yes  
Custom spot color matching   no   no   yes   yes yes  
                   
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS   X·Photo   X·Proof   X·Proof Plus   ColorBurst Pro ColorBurst CTP  
Scale images   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Automatic "best fit" nesting   no   no   no   yes yes  
Image Preview in Layout   no   no   no   yes no  
Step and Repeat   no   no   no   yes no  
Image display with zoom   no
  yes
(Windows only)
  no   yes yes  
Rotate images   yes   yes   yes   yes yes  
Crop images   no
  yes
(Windows only)
  no   yes yes  
Tile images with trim marks and image bleed   no   no   no   yes no  
Print Job Titles with each print job   no   no   yes
  yes yes  
Create straight and contour cut paths (Roland)   no   no   no   yes no  

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