Zombie. Thanks. I understand all of what you've said. It makes sense. Now I'll check to see if the imagesetter has a network connection or if I have to go SCSI. If SCSI, I'll have to get a card to fit the new PC. Then get the Stingray plugin. From there it should be smooth sailing.
By 'plugins' do you mean drivers? Yes, the imagesetter is a ECRM Stingray 63, driven by HQ 5.3 on Mac OS9, copyright 2000. And is has SCSI interface. I'll have to figure out how to get around the SCSI. I wonder if the imagesetter as a network port inside it.
I'm not sure what this means. Maybe I wasn't clear in my description. I'll try again. I have a CTP and an imagesetter. We use both. Can I use one HQ (with multiple page setups) to send files to both output machines? Sometimes we need film, sometimes we need just plates.
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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.
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...
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