Can my Harlequin serve two imagesetters?

[krandall]

Hi,

Can my new Harlequin serve my imagesetter and my CTP at the same time?

Kevin

[VladCanada]

You forget to place the smile , don't you?

[krandall]

Never mind. CTP uses a network connection and the imagesetter uses SCSI.

[VladCanada]

I see...
CTP with network connection - inkjet printer spitting on polyplates aka proofer?

[VladCanada]

Standalone RIP can't do it at the same time, I guess.
You neen some extra stuff for that, visit harlequin website for more info.

[zombie]

I don't see any reason why it cannot do it, IF you have both plugins (Imagesetter and CTP, with different page setups) installed on the same rip. But your main problem will be productivity for each machine.

[krandall]

CTP to aluminum. But yes, it spits. We print newspapers. We have a very old HQ serving a film imagesetter and just installed the CTP with a new HQ. The old HQ is running on a Mac OS9 machine and it's slowly dieing. Thanks for the info on where to look. If that doesn't help, I guess I'll break out the duct tape.

[zombie]

Well, maybe I was wrong. If you want that at 12:00 AM start the output with 1 rip on both machines, then the answer is NO. But 1 rip can drive 2 or more machines.

[VladCanada]

Yes, zombie!
Ripping job and outputting at one device at the same time - HQ can.
krandall - what's the version of you new HQ RIP?
Visit Xitron tread at this forum

[krandall]

Version 8.1 r0

I'll look at the Xitron thread also. I don't need them to output at 'exactly' the same time. It would be fine if I could send my plates to the platesetter, when they clear the rip send the next file to the imagesetter, etc.