Hello! I am typically Digital pre-press, but as our company is changing, I've suddenly become responsible for the Platesetting/RIP side.. The person previously in charge of this is no longer with the company and did not keep documentation. I'm hoping someone here could shed some light on what I'm dealing with:
I have 2 Printware PlateStreams - one of them is a "Color +" the other is not
They EACH have a Navigator Harlequin RIP on them, version 7.2r1 (both I think...)
I have an Avantra 30 OLP
It has a Raster Blaster Version 3.7
I ALSO have a Xitron Xenith (Not Sierra) version 6.13 That all jobs are sent to.
Basically what I'm finding is that I can't understand why ... Why do I have 4 rips? Can't one rip to all? Right now we send to Xenith, rip the file, and then I don't know if it rips again.
This department was not previously staffed with people who .. how do I say it.. question things? So I'm not sure we NEED all this stuff cluttering up the process and creating extra steps and systems to maintain. But maybe (and probably) there is some part of this plate world I'm just not understanding properly.
Any insight? I'd be very greatful for anything anyone has to offer!
Edit for typo's and I'm sure I missed some...
I have 2 Printware PlateStreams - one of them is a "Color +" the other is not
They EACH have a Navigator Harlequin RIP on them, version 7.2r1 (both I think...)
I have an Avantra 30 OLP
It has a Raster Blaster Version 3.7
I ALSO have a Xitron Xenith (Not Sierra) version 6.13 That all jobs are sent to.
Basically what I'm finding is that I can't understand why ... Why do I have 4 rips? Can't one rip to all? Right now we send to Xenith, rip the file, and then I don't know if it rips again.
This department was not previously staffed with people who .. how do I say it.. question things? So I'm not sure we NEED all this stuff cluttering up the process and creating extra steps and systems to maintain. But maybe (and probably) there is some part of this plate world I'm just not understanding properly.
Any insight? I'd be very greatful for anything anyone has to offer!
Edit for typo's and I'm sure I missed some...
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