Hello Everyone,
We are a small operation that has large clients with very high expectations. We aim to please and are willing to invest in any product that is going to make our lives easier and product better. We are working in Rampage 11.3 and are about to upgrade to version 12 for the threaded processing. We currently have zero color management and are looking to impliment a solution along with the upgrade. I have been testing out Alwans Eco product for a week now and have pretty much fallen in love the software/solution. I decided to bounce this product off the guys at Rampage just to see what they had to say about it. They were quick to dismiss Alwan even to the tune of acting as if they didnt even know about the product which if find very hard to swollow. I love Rampage and wouldn't even consider switching workflows if another was given to me. The only thing that comes close to topping there product, in my mind is there customer support. With that said, is it really possible that they never heard of Alwan? How about the fact that Alwan placed in the top of its category in the ink optimization roundup performed by Idealliance and inkdrop failed to contend. I cant help but wonder why inkdrop was not part of the study when all the major players were there. I understand that having inkrop inline seems like the way to go in terms of ease and automation and that is how they will try to sell me on it im sure. If a standalone software is going to work better than an inline option than i am going with that. Dropping a file into a hot-folder is not really that fare off from seamless. I would love to hear from both Alwan and Inkdrop users as i am open to both products. I am also aware that that fuji's implementation of inkdrop will only supply me with 2 custom DVLP's and then $1500.00 for each after or i can buy the tools needed to create them on my own. Im using Alwan right now with the standard Gracol profile with gcr set at 5 and i haven't seen a reason for custom profiles yet. Im cutting the ink down to 300 for coated and 280 for uncoated. Color looks great. A lot less ink on the sheet. Make-ready and stability throughout the run are improved dramatically. I have read just about everything on this forum that has the words GCR, Rampage Inkdrop and Alwan in them and have not yet found the information needed to make me sure im spending my bosses money on the right product. I am also aware of Rampages color policy addition in v12 but i am really looking for a device link / GCR Solution.
Thanks in advance for your help with this.
Jayson
We are a small operation that has large clients with very high expectations. We aim to please and are willing to invest in any product that is going to make our lives easier and product better. We are working in Rampage 11.3 and are about to upgrade to version 12 for the threaded processing. We currently have zero color management and are looking to impliment a solution along with the upgrade. I have been testing out Alwans Eco product for a week now and have pretty much fallen in love the software/solution. I decided to bounce this product off the guys at Rampage just to see what they had to say about it. They were quick to dismiss Alwan even to the tune of acting as if they didnt even know about the product which if find very hard to swollow. I love Rampage and wouldn't even consider switching workflows if another was given to me. The only thing that comes close to topping there product, in my mind is there customer support. With that said, is it really possible that they never heard of Alwan? How about the fact that Alwan placed in the top of its category in the ink optimization roundup performed by Idealliance and inkdrop failed to contend. I cant help but wonder why inkdrop was not part of the study when all the major players were there. I understand that having inkrop inline seems like the way to go in terms of ease and automation and that is how they will try to sell me on it im sure. If a standalone software is going to work better than an inline option than i am going with that. Dropping a file into a hot-folder is not really that fare off from seamless. I would love to hear from both Alwan and Inkdrop users as i am open to both products. I am also aware that that fuji's implementation of inkdrop will only supply me with 2 custom DVLP's and then $1500.00 for each after or i can buy the tools needed to create them on my own. Im using Alwan right now with the standard Gracol profile with gcr set at 5 and i haven't seen a reason for custom profiles yet. Im cutting the ink down to 300 for coated and 280 for uncoated. Color looks great. A lot less ink on the sheet. Make-ready and stability throughout the run are improved dramatically. I have read just about everything on this forum that has the words GCR, Rampage Inkdrop and Alwan in them and have not yet found the information needed to make me sure im spending my bosses money on the right product. I am also aware of Rampages color policy addition in v12 but i am really looking for a device link / GCR Solution.
Thanks in advance for your help with this.
Jayson