Accuset 1000 plus connect to PC

[pdan]

Accuset 1000 Plus has a hardware RIP .
Mac's can connect via ethernet cable.

 

[claude72]

Accuset 1000 Plus has a hardware RIP .

I have used an AccuSet 800 Plus , and it had no RIP...


... AFAIK, the embedded hardware RIP was an option, and it was an old STAR RIP, PS level 2... good luck to image a PDF with such an old crap!!!
Taipan 3 and Apogee 1 & 2 are at least PS level 3, and are able to image PDF... if they are not too complex!

 

[claude72]

I know that with the older Harlequin RIP ADB dongles you could run the software on a G3 or G4 model with USB and use an iMate ADB to USB adapter

Gray G3 have (only) one ADB port, blue/white G3 have two USB + one ADB ports: so both accept an ADB dongle without needing an iMate adapter.

 

[pdan]

I have used an AccuSet 800 Plus , and it had no RIP...


... AFAIK, the embedded hardware RIP was an option, and it was an old STAR RIP, PS level 2... good luck to image a PDF with such an old crap!!!

All I can say is that I place pdf's every day into ID and send to an Accuset 1000. The hardware RIP is nothing more than an HDD on the imagesetter - I have no doubts that a dedicated RIP would offer advantages. We're only talking about an A3 imagesetter. I hope nobody seeking advice on set-up or communication with is looking for advanced imposition.

 

[claude72]

All I can say is that I place pdf's every day into ID and send to an Accuset 1000.

First, that's not the best way to image PDF... amazing that it works with an old PS level 2 RIP!

Second, the AccusSet with the embedded RIP is (normally) not the 1000 but the 1200...

The hardware RIP is nothing more than an HDD on the imagesetter

No: it' s a little bit more complex! the STAR hardware RIP embedded in AccuSet is in fact a kind of computer, with motherboard, ROM, RAM, HDD, interfaces and 1 software, all that stuff made to connect with Agfa imagesetters and fully and only dedicated to ripping!
But even for the most powerful of the family, they are still hardware RIPs, with no or poor possibility of extension or upgrade, far less efficient than software RIPs like Taipan/Viper3 or Apogee!!!

We're only talking about an A3 imagesetter.

Yes, I know: I have used 2 AccuSet 800 (a 800 and a 800+) during about 10 years... with some different RIPS: successively Viper 1.9, Viper 3, Apogee 2 + PrintDrive and finally an Harlequin 6.

(and the best of all was the Harlequin... a little bit more complex to configure and use, but far far far more efficient, reliable and advanced than the Agfa RIPs!!!)

 

[samjangraphics]

have accuset 1000 plus... we are installing it. I have dongle ADB connection so can only work with old mac. I have G4 computer and windows... I am using viper rip to send jobs throghu harllequin rip in windows to accuset thro the old mac since it has the card for connecting to the accuset 1000... the old mac is not reliable since its shuting down... i am requesting for help to manage to use G4 or windows... the technician asked me to bu a navigator rip interface card for agfa accuset 1000.. is it okey? can I be able to get it somewhere... samuel Nairobi Kenya