Works with the RIP you own

Studio hands each sheet to the RIP you already run by writing it into a watched folder. ONYX is the RIP Studio is built most for and works with today.

What it does

Studio does not replace your RIP. For each press you give it a hot folder, and the sheet is written into it. For ONYX, Studio hands the sheet over through its watched folder. It tells the RIP nothing beyond that file: it does not start, stop or reorder a job.

Integrations, in the column for a supervisor, is where each RIP is switched on and each press is given its hot folder. The ONYX card takes the address of ONYX's Data Access and the Sync vendor code. The vendor code is kept sealed, shown as its last four characters and never sent back. The connector signs in to ONYX at the next refresh and lists its printers, and only reads: it has no way to place, release, start or delete a job. Test connection asks the connector to try it again. If ONYX's certificate is not one the computer trusts, a supervisor can trust that exact certificate on the card.

ONYX is the RIP Studio is built most for and works with today. Caldera has a card too: it needs no address, only a hot folder for each press, and because Studio cannot see Caldera's jobs, you mark them printed yourself. Other RIPs that read a watched folder should work the same way. We have not yet checked each one, and we say so rather than promise.

Why it matters for your shop

  • Keep the RIP you know. Your ICC profiles, Quick Sets and colour management stay where they are. Studio does not take over the colour the press lays down.
  • One thing to audit. The file in the hot folder is the only way out. Nothing else in Studio can reach your RIP.
  • Your operators still start the job. A person at the press starts it in the RIP.
  • The choice of RIP stays yours. Studio's own RIP is in development and is not in Studio today. Until it exists, Studio works with the RIP you already own.

How to use it

  1. A supervisor opens Integrations.
  2. On the RIP's card press Turn on…, fill its fields and press Turn on and the RIP's name. For each press, name its hot folder. You can choose from the folders the connector sees. See Name a hot folder for each press.
  3. Check the Quick Set for each stock in Materials. See Give each stock its Quick Set.
  4. Put a job on the press and watch the first one through.

ONYX's own job lists in the browser, so Studio can show what is ripping and printing, are in development. Today the press board shows what your connector reports.

Learn more

The press board and your press connector is the how-to guide.

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