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We're trying to limp along our Avantra44 and ApogeePDFRip for another year or two by getting it onto better hardware with a more current OS ( note MORE ). The APIS driver that installs with the RIP doesn't like Windows XPP. Anyone ever tried this? Come up with an insight or work around? I know...

Re: Help upgrading Agfa Taipan RIP 1.1 to any possible Apogee version that Re: Help upgrading Agfa Taipan RIP 1.1 to any possible Apogee version that Yes, the Xitron products are good. You may also want to consider some used ApogeePDFRip series 3 software. On a well configured machine they can...

Re: ApogeeX 3.5 to 4.0 Upgrade time poll Still not sure if the rotation was a change in 4.0 or an upgrade snafu. The rotation thing turned out to be an Output Parameter Quirk. When you specify "emulte Drum Device", the output task processor will issue an error if the width is greater than the...

Re: Apogee RIP Tuner problem I might think if your computer is not running right you haven't really recovered from the virus and or attendant adware/spyware. If it was me, I'd scrub it, low level format and reinstall the OS factory fresh. Re-installing the RIP isn't so big a deal. You have to...

Re: JDF for beginners A lot of very good points. Plenty of food for thought and a healthy reality check. Defining where JDF fits in the schema of things is as important as defining the JDF Spec. itself. Simply put, it's a wheel that's already too big to re-invent any level. It would probably...

Re: Screen Saver Lockup-MAC Harumph! It's just like when you have a massive Illustrator document attached to an e-mail in Apple Mail. It won't do anything else until it's rendered the thing!! Ouch! RSS news feeds as your screen saver. How depressing. Assuming it's that feature you're refering...

Re: AGFA PDF Rip All Agfa PDF Rips use a hardware key, known as a dongle. It's a small rectangular piece that looks like an RS-232 extender, male on one side female on the other usually dark blue with a sticker "Agfa PDFRip WIN". On most rips it was on the lpt port. May have been mistaken for...

Re: JDF for beginners Excellent. Now it's a dialogue!! I don't mind being called ridiculous if it precipitates useful information. Look. My comments about Notepad are simply to say that the JDF information is an ASCII based variant of XML and any tool, no matter how barbaric, can make changes...

Re: 1-bit TIFF compression for FlexRIP input Not entirely unhelpful. Affirmation that the G4 is ubiquitous and bullet-proof for many helps me put the actual compression algorithm low on the list of probable suspects. Thanks.

Re: JDF for beginners OK Gents. The summary I'd draw from this is as follows; 1.) JDF is like any other tag language. It can be edited in a text editor by those who are fluent in the language. A GUI would help the rest but yes, a clever guy can accomplish a lot in Notepad or BBedit. 2.) The...

Re: External Raid Storage Options for new Xserve now that Xraid is gone... If I had to guess out loud; Limited sales and high support load. Apple really is centered on the consumer market in a big way. If you can make $2,000,000,000+ on disposable iPods, why would you even take the call from a...

There's been plenty of banter about the ApogeeX 3.5 to 4.0 upgrade. All I have to say is, "Yawn...." However, there's one thing I'd like to poll people about who've had the upgrade done. How long did it take. Agfa tech said 3 hours. Looking at what he had to do I'm not sure what on earth...

Re: Sherpamatic Aye! Love 'em or hate 'em, GEI Calgraph seems to be the only game. You could try your luck with some local HP technician but it's a risk. The Mutoh Falcon is a different beast in many ways. IMHO GEI is just understaffed. They want to help but just can't get the bodies moved...

Re: 1-bit TIFF compression for FlexRIP input Love to describe failing but I can't. The error is on the client's end and information is 5th or 6th party coming back rather than grunt-to-grunt. People have an overwhelming tendency to describe what they think the solution to the problem is rather...

Re: X-Serve Backup Now that's a man who loves his data!!! The problem being the same one I'm facing. Backup to disk is fast convenient and, at the moment, arguably, the most inexpensive. It's all in one place though. A good fire and you have nothing. LTO seems to fit the bill for the biggest...

Re: agfa apoge pdf rip problem Wish I had seen this sooner. Sounds to me like your just asking for a tile that's not in your rule map. Remember, the Agfa RIP is just matching up the line rule and resolution data to a premade "tile" that is a bitmap of the screen to be used. Not all rulings...

I'm struggling with a client at the moment. Anyone know for sure what modes of 1-bit TIFF compression the FlexRIP input understands. I see on Esko's support site that the output supports the usual LZW and CCITT Group 4 but those seem to be failing. Thoughts?

Re: External Raid Storage Options for new Xserve now that Xraid is gone... Hey; I looked into the StorVault solution you can buy through Zones. Unfortuantely the budget tanked so I couldn't actually buy it but it seems to have everything you'd want. My understanding is that Apple's new...

Hi yall; Just trolling for a straight answer here. Those of us bearing the flexo cross are struggling with the perpetual loss of interest by our vendors. In my particular case it's the ability to embed halftone data in an EPS and have the RIP render the different screens on one flat...

Re: web based file submit I'm with Jimmy. File upload and form data is web design 101. If you don't have anyone in house you should be able to find some wannabe web design magnate willing to put it together for you for a few hundred. Now, I don't know why you're adding in the sub-text "(off out...