Need some reassurance...

[kylebrk]

Just placed an order with Big Fish today for the new L26500.

Now I'm getting nervous. Just tell me how much you love your machine to help assuage the pit in my stomach!

 

[kylebrk]

not everyone at once.....jeez....bad choice?

 

[HulkSmash]

love mine, just make sure you have a rip that knows how to support it properly.

 

[Locals Find!]

Josh wouldn't steer your wrong. Relax if he told you it was the right choice for what you want to do. Its the right choice.

I haven't seen anyone come on here bitching about their choice of buying one yet.

 

[kylebrk]

love mine, just make sure you have a rip that knows how to support it properly.

Josh is saying Onyx is the choice. Does that sound consistent?

 

[HulkSmash]

Josh is saying Onyx is the choice. Does that sound consistent?

onyx is good. I use Caldera. Love it... Easier, and quite a bit cheaper..

 

[kylebrk]

onyx is good. I use Caldera. Love it... Easier, and quite a bit cheaper..

Im having Josh check in to it. Im all about cheaper!

Since Im moving up in size, I need bigger everything.

 

[Freese]

Never used Caldera, so I can't speak.

But I love Onyx paired with it.

 

[kylebrk]

Never used Caldera, so I can't speak.

But I love Onyx paired with it.

Awesome. Can you design within Onyx? You know, simple stuff? Or is it simply a management software like Versaworks.

 

[Freese]

Awesome. Can you design within Onyx? You know, simple stuff? Or is it simply a management software like Versaworks.

Using the term "design" loosely...yes.

With the preflight software paired with it you can scale, crop, rotate....

But nothing like designing in Illustrator.

 

[ProColorGraphics]

I love my L25500 and I also highly recommend Caldera!

 

[Bly]

Awesome. Can you design within Onyx? You know, simple stuff? Or is it simply a management software like Versaworks.

No. It's a RIP. It's function is to manage the output from your printer.
Design in Illustrator, Corel or Photoshop.

 

[GB2]

I use the FlexiPrint L25500 Edition that typically comes free with the printer. I find that it does everything I need it to do and the cost is a no brainer. You can always go and buy Onyx later

 

[ProWraps]

i wish i got that. i had to pay $600 to upgrade my flexi 8.6 to flexi 10.2 to run my printers.

 

[VTSigns]

You will love your HP Latex. They are great machines. I also run Caldera with mine and it is by far the easiest to operate from what I have gathered. I tried Onyx and if you have no prior experience with it then expect a decent learning curve. Caldera can be picked up with 10 mins of loading it on your machine. Like Colorado said, it's a less expensive option as well.

 

[ForgeInc]

Caldera!

 

[kylebrk]

Caldera!

Wow. I've never heard of Caldera. You all love it so much it's gotta be a serious option. Hey Big Fish, wadda ya think?

 

[dypinc]

What ever you do make sure you have the options to do complete color management with what ever RIP you purchase.

Of all the RIPs I have used over the years, Flexi, Onyx, Harlequin, Fiery XF, Colorgate, and sampled, Caldera, PosterJet, and probably others I can't remember I keep coming back to ColorGate. But they have a very poor presence in the US.

To be fair I have not tested ONYX 10. If they now have the Adobe PDF 2.5 print engine, ONYX might be okay now.

 

[signswi]

Onyx 10.1 here with an L25500, no problems. Very simple to operate and we've basically completely automated the process with quicksets and networked hotfolders.

 

[BigfishDM]

Wow. I've never heard of Caldera. You all love it so much it's gotta be a serious option. Hey Big Fish, wadda ya think?

I think that could be a great option for ya, I am waiting to see what I can do on it.