Konica Minolta C6000 with or without external rip

[Richard Williams]

Advice needed
Hoping to purchase a C6000 in the next few weeks money a bit tight Im just a general jobbing printer can I get away with not purchasing an external rip or is this a false economy ?

[Craig]

Get the external rip... unless you don't care about color reproduction.

[Richard Williams]

Thanks for reply which one is best?

[cyanman]

These are not the only differences between the embedded and the external, but they are the ones on which most people make their decision:

• If you plan to do variable data in formats other than PS or PDF (i.e. PPML, VPS) then you have to go external as the embedded Fiery will not handle those files.
• If you want to create tabs in a print file using the print driver rather than having the tabs already in the document and shifted over onto the tab you have to go external.
• If your main workflow will be File > Print > Reprint, the color output you will see between the two will be exactly the same. Some of the options you can add on to the external RIP can change this, but most customers do not use those extra feature sets.
• The external Fiery will process the jobs faster, the external system has twice the RAM and a faster processor.

[Bremar]

If you were still looking for a C6000. We have one available with a meter count of only 165463.
Has a LU-202 Large Capacity Unit.
Does not have a rip.
thanks,
Mike

[Despotes]

If you were still looking for a C6000. We have one available with a meter count of only 165463.
Has a LU-202 Large Capacity Unit.
Does not have a rip.
thanks,
Mike

I have a Konica 6500 IC-303 External Fiery RIP I could let go real cheap. It was used for only two months before we replaced the Konica equipment. I do not know if it is compatible with a C6000 though. It cost $32,000 new.