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Analysis of the functionalities

• Contains VisualRIP+ and :
  
• 2 additional printer drivers
  
• SignMark: allows to put markers on posters for grommets
• positionning
  
• CostProof: to calculate the cost of a print
  
• VisualUser: 1 additional user
  

Generalities

Display

The file display is one of the strong point of the Caldera Graphics technology. The display is multi-view and calibrated and offers a super quick zoom.
It has to be seen to be believed !

Support of raster files

A maximum openness for an easy file management!
Support of the most common raster files in RGB, CMYK, gray levels in 1, 8, 16 bits per colour component.
This function of files management also allows the support of the alpha-channel and the extra-plans for the reading and writing of the Kodak PhotoCD files (Base/64 to 1024Base).

WorkFlow / Automation

The power of automatic data processing for more productivity :

The workflow allows a 100% graphic definition of the automatic processes. The name can be defined as many times as wished and this functionnality also allows a constant visualisation of the activity, as well as the logs and files that have been processed.
The workflows enable the creation of macro-commands for the automation of the tasks. These are very usefull for the automation of the data workflows processing
(scanned images, files that have been read or transmitted from other workstations).
All the processes (calibration, text addition, logo addition...) will be automatically made at the moment of the scanning or the reading of the finished image. Therefore, it is possible for any user to perform complex tasks.

Image retouch

It is possible to work on the images thanks to the following tools : the pencils, pipette, clone, transparency management tools on 256 levels, the paint functions, lighter and darker options, smooth, blur, shift and resizing tools, text creation etc...
Moreover, it is not necessary to start a specialised application to make last-minute modifications.

Image processing

Image processing and colorimetrical modifications can be made very easily. Powerful tools allow to make precise colour corrections without any specific knowledge in colorimetrical sciences.

ICC Calibration

ICColor: the colour calibration motor develloped by Caldera Graphics follows the latest technical evolutions in the field of colour calibration.
Each peripheral of the graphic chain (scanner, screen) and each paper/ink combination may be characterized by an ICC profile allowing the corrections of the deteriorations bread by the digital datas. It allows to detect and extract profiles integrated in the files and offers the possibility to select a different profile for each entity (raster or vectorial, RGB, CMYK, gray levels...).
The ICC motor allows to manage the changes of color spaces of an image, displays the gamuts of the screen, printer and scanner, as well as the gamuts of the simulated printer. It allows a soft proofing on the screen or at the moment of the print.
This system also offers a profile-library, with a calibrated display, in order to manage the tasks in the best conditions possible.

Composition

Now, anybody can create montages, compostions or posters.
Various types of images can be associated on the same page (vectorial, raster, RGB, CMYK):the software manages all the conversions and rasterisations automatically.
Moreover, it is possible to create and keep templates.
All one needs to do is to let the imagination guide him.

Printing

Media of all constructors are available at the installation but the user still has the possibility to add a new one, to manage the position of the image on the pages, to choose the printing resolution.
When it comes to colour calibration, the user can also determine the management of the linearisation of the printer, create ink curves or establish a connection with a densitometer or simply use the ICC profiles installed in standard and that offer an optimum result.

Printing spooler

The management of the waiting tasks is a key function of any production system. The operator can have a look at all the printers on the list of the tasks going on, the tasks that have been ended and the ones pending.
Moreover, the CostProof function allows to calculate the cost of a printing task before having started it!

Tiling

For the tiling, the multi-tiling printing or the poster creation.
The tiling tool allows to print a poster meant to be used for a stand. This function develloped by Caldera Graphics allows to create posters very quickly by determining the printing size and parameters. It allows to make very big prints, even bigger than the physical size of the printer.
The user can define a trimming zone between each tile and the
Caldera Graphics technology optimizes the printing time and the paper loss.

HotFolder / Mac-PC Connection

The Hotfolders are folders in which the files are detected in order to be sent to a workflow.

Cost Management

The Cost Proof allows to automatically calculate the cost of a printing task, on any printer. The user only needs to send the image and the software calculates the cost bread by the inks and the paper used. The strength of the Cost Proof is to calculate it before the printing.

VisualUser

The VisualUser application is installed on a single machine but can be used from several workstations. It is, in essence, a remote display system which allows the user to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures (MAC, PC, Unix workstations...).
Applied to Caldera Graphics software packages, it now possible to set-up at a very affordable price additionnal user workstations. VisualUser is especially interresting for any user having a package including the composition/tiling module (such as VisualRip+ & ReproShop).
In is available in option in all Caldera packages and freely in the CopySHOP and GrandRIP suites.

This solution is available as an option for all our software solutions.
Caldera Graphics is the firt RIP editor in the world to offer such a functionnality at such a low price. For the user, it represents a great opportunity in terms of business and development.

Technical specifications

Supported large format printers

Canon: W72XX (24 et 36”) & W 2200
Encad: Novajet PRO, 5XX, 6XX, 7XX, and 850 (CMYK mode)
Epson: Stylus Color Pro, 7XXX, 9XXX, 10000XX
HP: DesignJet series
OCE: 5050 to 5075
Roland: SJ-540, SJ-740, FJ-540, SC-540 and CJ-540
Seiko: IP-4500 Mk-II
Xerox: Xpress 36’’ & 54 “, ColorgrafX X2, X2 Tech