VersaWorks - Alternative rip and/or plot program for vs-540i

What issues are you having with Versaworks? I use Onyx now, but I worked with Versaworks for 10+ years and I remember it worked well for about 95% of what we did.

 

Yes, one of versaworks weaknesses is that it's stuck on it's 4 circles for print/cut registration, which limits the accuracy for jobs over 4 feet long, whereas Onyx will put a mark every 18" along the print and cuts super accurate at pretty much any length. The new VG-2 machines have a feature where it will add extra crop marks on longer prints, not sure if this is done by the rip and can be achieved on other printers or if it is specific to the VG-2 machines.

Also, I do believe you can change single colours in Versaworks, but they must be spot colours, whereas Onyx will let you change CMYK or RGB colours

In the end, you get what you pay for, Versaworks works well enough for 99% of it's users, if you are constantly running up against the limits of Versaworks, an upgrade to Onyx or another full featured rip is well worth the money.