I say NO.
It works in Apogee X workflow (where any HQ RIP can be implemented), but not with Apogee PDF/Taipan RIPs where AGFA use APIS protocol, which is incompatible with Dainippon Screen one.
Palladio, Acento, Avalons, etc from Screen - all of them use HQ based RIP in case of direct RIP <--> CTP connection
Does anyone know if a Screen PT-R4100 platesetter will work with an Apogee rip (version 5)?
Does anyone know if a Screen PT-R4100 platesetter will work with an Apogee rip (version 5)?
thanks
Scott
Agfa has been driving Screen engines for almost 10 years. The first was the Flate Rite 1050. It was private labeled as the Palladio and was driven from the PDF Rip directly via SCSI.
When Agfa introduced Apogee X, now Apogee Prepress, we continued to be able to drive the Palladio. When Apogee X 2.0 came out Agfa began driving what was called the Accento. The Screen PT-R4000, 4100, and 4300 are private labeled by Agfa under the name Accento. With Apogee X 4.0, due to OEM agreement, Apogee could no longer drive the Screen versions. Apogee 3, 4, 5, and 6 could only drive Agfa's own devices under the private label. Prepress 7.0 can now drive both the Screen versions and the Agfa private label versions. Some other manufactures also use the Screen family for platesetting. Those versions we cannot be driven by Apogee.
Scott - I assume when you say Apogee Rip version 5 you are referring to Apogee Prepress 5.0. Apogee Prepress 5.0, due to OEM agreement, can not drive a Screen PT-R4100. If you upgraded to Prepress 7.0 it could.
-, Senior trainer, Academy, Expert Services, Agfa Graphics North America
PS. Thank you to my fellow Agfa Trainers for help in compiling this history.
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