CadLink PhotoScript

We had a copy of Photoscript - it's one of Cadlink's rip programs. Found it too difficult to use and not very user friendly. Personally, I'd pass on spending the $300 - or at least try and get a trial copy first to see if it fits your needs. I would think your existing set of programs more than capable of color separating?

 

Flexi shoud have a rip for the 3000 built in...............My Inspire has it.........I would try that first to see if it will work.........JMO

 

I've never used Photoscript but It's my understanding that it is a RIP software. I don't think it does color seperation for screen printing. You probably need something like FastFilms. Check it out at http://screenprinters.net/

 

Vinny there is also a free postscript program called Ghostscript...........I have downloaded it but never had the time to mess with it.......You can get a GUI program call Ghostview to make it look like a regular program......

http://www.ghostscript.com/


From what Ive read you have to save a postscript print file and open it into the viewer........then you can output halftone and such to a non-postscript printer........do a search on the website Gerald posted look for GHOSTSCRIPT..........You'll find a lot of info there.

 

If you are doing 4, 5 or 5 color stuff you'll almost have to have something. I posted that one because I have it and it's the only one I have any experience with. It's strictly a screen print color sep tool that is a plug in for Photoshop. Truth be known, if you are really good with Photoshop, you can do most of it without the plugin. But, you have to be really good with P/Shop. It basically auotomates Photshop functions. It does simplify the output to your rip.

 

Vinny,
Cadlink, Flexi and Adobe will all do what you need. It's just how easy to get to film that is the problem. Flexi is all in one but not finely tuned to seps but it can be done. Cadlink can be altered easily to your inhouse specs. But the tshirt sep programs (fastrip, seperator, etc.) available may be easier to use & drive the printer depending on your experience. Basically you need a rip to drive the printer and you have one embedded in Flexi, upgrading Cadlink will just give you a dedicated rip that may be a bit more than you need. All boils down to how easy you want to make your film production.