Recent content by Widmark

a single user with a single machine should be able get PrintFactory cheaper than that. But for photography printing, you don't need to spend that much money. You can get perfect results from the software the manufacturer supplies, or for more flexibility and ease of use upgrade to tools like...

RightFont and Typeface both seem like good replacements. Slightly different interface/workflow. Not as feature-rich as FontExplorer but not as bloated either. And both allow libraries to live in dropbox or anywhere so it's easy to sync two machines libraries, something FontExplorer didn't like.

many months later update... nobody's sure what the issue is and they can't replicate my problem. So I'm running PrintFactory's RIP on the older macbook air, I remote into that machine or switch my monitor over to it when needed, but mostly I can run PrintFactory's Layout app on my primary M1...

Have not had that experience at all. Quick phone call to canon and I've gotten excellent technical help within minutes. Printheads easy to swap, not sure what other maintenance might be so hard, or what restrictive means.

Latest update is they'll have full 4100 support shortly, and hopefully have any M1 bugs worked out.

There's finally some new information...it's not just me. Other people using M1 machines are having the same problem. They're working on it, hopefully they'll release an update soon fixing the M1 bug and perhaps including full 4100 support.

That is the conventional wisdom...but it doesn't seem to work for me! I'm still troubleshooting it and Printfactory are trying to replicate the problem but cannot. I've tried 2 macbooks, one an i7, one an M1. I've tried a lot of different troubleshooting steps but maybe not every single one. I'm...

Responded in the other thread about also using Mirage, and still working to get PrintFactory going for it's additional features.

I bought Mirage, especially on the recommendation of Les Walking, who's youtube clips, and a seminar I took, have been very educational. He also made some suggestions for some workaround for how I can certify GRACoL proofs outside of Mirage. I plan on using Mirage until/unless I can get...

Interesting, I wasn't familiar with Onyx Go. ONYX Go Plus looks like it might do anything I'd need. I can't tell though, would you need Onyx ColorCheck to certify to standards, or is that part of Onyx?

spoke about this a bit on the original RIP thread: https://printplanet.com/threads/another-rip-question-which-for-osx.291422/

Thanks for your response and advice. I have watched your movie after seeing your posts here. I'll have to watch it again! I had thought about using non-OSX software when somebody recommended Fiery XF as a digital front end, but didn't want to buy and manage another computer (the PC) and wasn't...

Would you say device link profiles are only useful for those doing CMYK proofing? I have a Canon 4100. I use it to print photography/fine-art, but want to also be able to do proofing, make my own profiles etc. Struggling a bit with figuring out what RIP or layout type program to get for OSX...

AND.....after all that, apparently PrintFactory doesn't support the 4100 yet, just the 4100s. They support the 4000 and the 4100s. Looking at ImagePrint Black again as well now.

My question was answered by Printfactory. I didn't understand how to reconcile the use of devicelink profiles in a RIP with the ability to soft-proof in Photoshop and Illustrator. Printfactory's creation of ICC profiles as well seems good enough for me. My point about the inkjet was just to...