External rip is the only way to go as far as I can tell. We are running Creo's on both our 6500's. They are great rips, you will never go back to Fiery after using them. They are great for VDP (variable) jobs and color managment. I would get the double decker paper trays. Once you have them you will just about never use the bottom 3-trays again.
FYI- after having the machine for about 500,000 clicks you will start to see more and more problems with skew and with being able to print heavy solids without banding. Stay on their butts about these issues.
-For the banding on heavy coverage areas, they have a fix for.
-For the registration issues with cover stock, GOOD LUCK! We have yet to see a cure.
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