Heidelberg Presses & CIP3 Ink Data

[prepressdork]

Hi everyone,

For those of you who have Heidelberg presses AND generate CIP3 ink data from your prepress workflow, what software do you use to process the ink data from prepress for import into your presses? I know of 3 products:

1. Prinect Pressroom Manager from Heidelberg
2. PressPercent from Excourse
3. PressProfiler from Prepress UK

Does anyone use #2 or #3? Your experiences good or bad?

Are there any others?

Thank you,
pd

 

[Martin Mueller]

Hi pd,

#2 and #3 are basically using the same engine from Excourse, but #3 has the more comfortable and flexible UI.
There are many software RIPs for CtP in the market, which generate CIP3 and/or proprietary file formats too (Harlequin, StudioRIP etc.)

Best regards
Martin

 

[prepressdork]

Hi Martin. Thank you for the reply. Do you know if #2 can generate the Workplace Interface File format which is the file format that Pressroom Manager generates after receiving the CIP3 file from prepress?

Thanks,
pd

 

[Martin Mueller]

Hi pd,

Sorry I dont know. The best is to ask Andrew Aldridge from Prepress UK
PressProfiler CIP3 – Offset Printing Press CIP3 Ink Key Presetting and Statistics Solution

Martin

 

[Martin Mueller]

I am almost sure that PressPerCent can not generate WIF file format, but perhaps PressProfiler can.

 

[G5MacMan]

"Sorry I dont know. The best is to ask Andrew Aldridge from Prepress UK"

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