jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Jeff Wasilko) (03/24/90)
(not sure if this group applies, but...) We've got a Linotronic L300 (DENSY) that's being driven by a RIP I (quit laughing!) and Lino's horrible front end called the CRTerminal 300. The money has finally come available to upgrade to a new RIP, and I was wondering what other products are on the market (that can drive the L300). I'm looking for pointers to articles and personal experience. I'm waiting on a copy of Seybold's imagesetter test. I read it when it first came out, but I don't recall if 3rd party RIPs were driving L300s. We would prefer a true PostScript RIP since we've got a large investment in Type 1 faces. BTW, are there any mailing lists related to typesetting and service bureaus? Thanks in advance. Jeff Wasilko Typesetter/Mac Guru RIT Communications -- | RIT VAX/VMS Systems: | Jeff Wasilko | RIT Ultrix Systems: | |BITNET: jjw7384@ritvax+----------------------+INET:jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu| |UUCP: {psuvax1, mcvax}!ritvax.bitnet!JJW7384 +___UUCP:jjw7384@ultb.UUCP____+ |INTERNET: jjw7384@isc.rit.edu |'claimer: No one cares. |
hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen) (03/25/90)
>The money has finally come available to upgrade to a new RIP, and I was >wondering what other products are on the market (that can drive the >L300). You're pretty much limited to what Linotype offers. Most of the other companies have concentrated on building their own RIPs for their typesetters, or developing new imagesetters. The one exception that I am aware of is the Hyphen RIP, which relies on a PS clone interpreter and some magic (perhaps RISC? I don't recall) to get some pretty amazing numbers. I haven't heard from any real-world users of the product, and don't know if it's even available. I don't even know who makes the product (there was a brief blurb about it on the cover of MacWEEK a year or more ago). >I'm looking for pointers to articles and personal experience. I'm >waiting on a copy of Seybold's imagesetter test. I read it when it first >came out, but I don't recall if 3rd party RIPs were driving L300s. Linotype's latest offering, the RIP 4, is pretty competitive with most of the other RIPs out their (with the exception of Compugraphic's new RIP with a 50 MHz 68030). It will probably cost you upwards of $26,000, however (Linotype may give you some token $$$ off for trading in the old RIP 1). Another option would be to try to pick up a newer RIP from a used equipment dealer such as Bob Weber, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio. If you can locate a copy of TypeWorld, look in the back for the names/phone numbers of such vendors. >BTW, are there any mailing lists related to typesetting and service >bureaus? Don't know if there are any, but if there are enough people interested, I may be able to set something up (we'll soon have a machine up on Usenet). Otherwise, there is a LOT of imagesetter/service bureau discussion on the Desktop Publishing Forum of CompuServe. (We also try to give the topic as much coverage as we can in the magazine. That's my background, service bureau operation/management). Disclaimer: I speak for myself, not Personal Publishing or Capital Cities/ABC. Personal Publishing Magazine is a co-sponsor of CompuServe's DTP Forum, but we do NOT get paid for it (we do have 2 or 3 gratis accounts, though). ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / Robert Hammen | Technical Editor | Personal Publishing Magazine / / 191 S. Gary Ave. | Carol Stream, IL 60188 | (708) 462-2414 / / hammen@ddsw1.mcs.com | 76702.1135@compuserve.com | GEnie: R.HAMMEN / /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////