Wasatch Supports New Canon printers and Popular UV-Curable Inkjet Printers
 
Wasatch Computer Technology has released Wasatch SoftRIP version 6.2, which features overall speed improvements as well as new capabilities for implementing white-ink workflows.
Wasatch Computer Technology has released support for new Canon imagePROGRAF printers. This release also includes support for the latest UV-curable printers from MacDermid ColorSpan and Mimaki.

White ink
SoftRIP can now fully color manage images while passing specialty non-color inks straight to the printer. The outcome, reports Wastach, is easier white-ink workflow and improved image quality by taking advantage of SoftRIP's 16-bit color pipeline.

The improved speed is a result of the enhancement of halftone algorithms, producing 16-bit color with RIP times faster than the previous 8-bit color pipeline in SoftRIP 6.0. Too, the new default print queue preference settings are designed to work with newer, more powerful computers by specifying different physical hard drives to store RIP data. Disk read/write bottlenecks are avoided and users have more control in organizing large RIP data files, says the company.

Canon Support
 New support for the Canon iPF 5100 and iPF 6100 devices will includes full hi-fi support for 12-color LUCIA inks. These drivers will now come standard with SoftRIP's Canon Exclusive, Small Format, and Large Format Editions. The driver for the 17" iPF 5100 will be included in the SoftRIP Desktop Edition.

UV printers
 Devices using UV inks are capable of printing on a wide range of inexpensive rigid or flexible roll materials. Challenging print scenarios with lower quality media achieve the maximum benefit from SoftRIP's 16-bit color pipeline. Color subtleties and gradients in raster images are maintained with enormous detail and vector gradients are perfectly smooth at any output size.

ColorSpan Support
 SoftRIP now includes white-ink supporting drivers for ColorSpan 5440UV, ColorSpan 5445UV, ColorSpan 5460UV, ColorSpan 5465UV, and ColorSpan 9840UV printers. The ColorSpan 5400UV Series devices are among the UV category leaders, combining the quality of an aqueous thermal inkjet printer, the durability of a solvent printer, and the media flexibility of a UV-curable inkjet printer with a compact physical footprint. The larger 9840UV offers industrial-grade size and speed for print shops demanding high volume production.

Mimaki Support
 Mimaki buyers can now use SoftRIP to drive their Mimaki UJV-110 UV curable inkjet printer. SoftRIP's simple white ink workflow makes it easy to produce first and second surface output for window films and decals. The optional Variable Data Printing Module adds capabilities for easily customizing print jobs like nameplates and labels with the UJV device.

Teckwin Support
 Teckwin TeckSmart UV1600 and Teckwin TeckSmart UV2500 UV-curable printers can also be driven by new Wasatch easy-to-use workflow software.


About Wasatch Computer Technology
 Wasatch Computer Technology LLC, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a leading developer of RIP and print management solutions for wide-format digital printing, screen separations, photographic, gicleé and other specialized processes in the digital printing markets.
For further information:
Tibor Gere, Digit Bt., Tel. +36 1 2245456 info@digit.hu www.digit.hu
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