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Thank you pdan for your suggestion. I will contact them next monday, but I believe they promote only the use of software RIPs, mainly Harlequin and Eagle.

Good day. I know it is almost impossible to obtain in 2021, but... do you know or have some source for the Agfa Star RIP installation disks? (the models comprise 200/400/600 Star series). I have AgfaSet disk but that is only a simple downloader tool with a fancy interface. I am looking for...

Fin, For "this crap" you mean... the imagesetter? or the software in the computer side? or both? Just try to remember that if you mean the imagesetter, well... that "crap" was manufactured like a tank and work-horse station, and that is the reason, after 30 years, it is still in service to you...

steveput, I am (like thousands of users) still using film. IR film! The kind of film that most people think it is "not manufactured anymore" (sic). IR film, for instance, it is still manufactured and alive as 30 years ago. Why? Because there are "esoteric" applications and industries that...

Puch, Thank you for your reply. Yes, it appears as you stated (because of no using it for a long time). I also have seen that -as you stated- in many old laser printers. However, in this particular case, the rubber appears as not enitrely desintegrating in small crumbs. That is, when I gently...

Good day to everyone, I know... it is a 30-old year machine (but still is my favorite in my workshop). It was with crisp definition and aligment until late 2019 (no slippery or jam film issues that I could recall in all his whole life). Then, starting 2020 we switched to test a Linotronic we...

Thank you so, so much for your reply. That was the last piece of information I needed to solve my puzzle. Now I can clone it with confidence. I am sending a PM also. Please review it when possible.

Hi, Yes, I am still interested in maintaining my old imagesetter for many years if possible. Still, I did not tried to clone the drive, mainly for the assumption (I am not very sure, but it is possible) that the SCSI low-level formatting used by Agfa may contain a file-propietary scheme. So...

Thank you so much for your reply VladCanada, That was the kind of answer that I was expecting to dissipate my doubts. As you said, hard disks in Star RIPs 200, 400, and 600 are special in several ways. Just an example, some of the structure of the hard disk is used as a FIFO memory for faster...

Thank you to mattbeals and pdan for your valuable replies, A hardware cloning device should be ideal, buy I was wondering if a simple "attach and make a copy" procedure was possible using an old PC computer with an internal SCSI card. That is my most viable option. Regarding the information...

Hello to everybody, I am wondering to perform a backup of the internal SCSI hard disk of my RIP Star 400. Just in case, that at some point in the future, the SCSI hard disk may suffer from bad sectors, not booting, etc. I have plenty of experience of the internals of PCs (aka, IDE hard...

Hello to everybody. I want to buy a new film roll but I am not sure what type of loading I may need. The seller of these film rolls have several codes regarding side of emulsion, loading, etc. What is the difference between "cassette" and "daylightload"? Thank you very much for any help.

Hello to everybody in this forum. This is my first post and I have some doubt about an equipment. I often use imagesetter services from a third party for producing negative and positive films for PCB (printed circuit board) making. However I have access to an equipment that I could get into my...