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Image Processors (RIPs)
Agfa offers the broadest line of Adobe PostScript Level 2 RIPs in the
industry. Our line of dedicated hardware RIPs, including the Star 400 and the new Star 800 NX, has recently reached the
impressive benchmark of 10,000 units sold. These
RIPs boost your overall system throughput and efficiency and are
compatible with Agfa's entire line of Agfa PostScript imagesetters.
With the Viper software RIP running on the latest
Power Macintosh models, Agfa has raised software RIPs to a new level of
performance. A recent update release of Cobra, Agfa's software RIP for Sun
SPARCstation computers, now combines full support for multitasking and
multiprocessing and a close integration with file server and print
spooling functions. The
Taipan software RIP is the Agfa implementation of
Adobe CPSI Level 2 software running under Windows NT on PC compatible
computers with 486 and 586 processors. Both the Cobra and the Taipan software RIPs can be connected
to an Agfa MultiStar multiplexer for
increased productivity and maximum utilization of imagesetter capacity.
The Python software RIP and IMAGE Assist software driver are designed specifically for use with Agfa's film recorders. Python--based on the Viper
model--provides the faster performance, improved quality, and enhanced color
management features of PostScript Level 2. IMAGE Assist features two imaging programs that are tailored to meet the unique demands of presentation graphics and digital photographs.
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