Output up to 17" Wide Film
Positives with Imagesetter Quality for under $1,600!*
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- Free Cheat Sheet and
- Training Video with purchase
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- This handy video and cheat sheet includes the installation
process, tips and tricks, useful maintenance tips, plus a Certified
Epson Technician showing you the ins and outs of your Epson printer.
* Combine FastRIP for $549 and an
Epson 3000 Inkjet Printer for $999 and you have a complete system
for under $1,600.
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- Why you need FastRIP™
- FastRIP™ along with the Epson Stylus Color 3000 Inkjet
Printer is a lower cost solution than a large format laser printer,
thermal imaging system, and so called low level image setters,
but yet the quality and ease of use is higher. The question is
not why you need FastRIP but rather why would you use anything
but FastRIP and the Epson 3000. Look at the facts and see for
yourself. 17 inch wide output, dead on registration because there
is no heat involved, low cost investment, and the ability to
print on clear film.
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- FastRIP™ is the answer you have been
searching for...
- ...because FastRIP™ allows you to print your separations
to your inkjet printer. FastRIP™ is a raster imaging processor
(RIP) which allows you to print halftone and square dots from
your inkjet. FastRIP™ interacts directly with Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Arts and Letters, Freehand, or
any other graphics program and your inkjet printer.
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- Easy to use
- FastRIP™ is very easy to use and there is no confusing
code to try and decipher. There is also no printing to a separate
folder on the computer first and then sending it to the inkjet
printer. FastRIP™ interacts directly with Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or FastFilms and the
inkjet printer. There are no additional steps and no software
to learn. FastRIP™ comes with a handy cheat sheet and a
very informative video. The video covers the complete installation
process with Scott Fresner and it also features a Certified Epson
Technician showing you how to properly maintain your Epson inkjet
printer.
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- Output using just one device
- Never have to tile your films or vellum again. FastRIP™
gives you the capability to print up to 17 x 22 using an Epson
3000 inkjet printer (FastRIPXL™ lets you use the Epson 7000
for 24 inch wide output). Now you can print the entire shirt
or even more. Plus you can also do color proofs for your clients,
heat transfers, and separations all from one output device using
the same file. FastRIP™ also works on a MAC or PC so there
is no additional workstation to buy.
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- Get superior quality
- Using a clear film, like FasPOS™,
you will achieve near imagesetter quality on your inkjet printer.
You will also reduce exposure time and minimize those annoying
little pinholes. Plus the FastPOS™ is very durable and when
you store it it will not fade or turn yellow. You will get excellent
registration since there is no heat to shrink your films. There
are no dangerous chemical baths needed to achieve high density.
FastRIP™ also allows you to use standard inks in your inkjet
so you do not void the printer's warranty.
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- FOR Screen Printers by a Screen Printer
- This product has been developed by Scott Fresner of the US
Screen Printing Institute. Scott is a name that you know and
trust from his 30 years of service to the screen printing industry.
Along with the comfort you get in purchasing a product from Scott
Fresner, you also get technical support from a company that knows
your industry.
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- Why do you need FastRIP?
- A typical inkjet printer is designed for full color output.
All of the programming and software that comes with inkjet printers
has but one purpose - color output. As a screen printer you need
a "monochrome" one-color image. If that image has any
shading (grayscale) areas, these areas must be output using halftone
dots that are large enough to expose on a screen. When you start
talking halftone dots to the inkjet manufacturers they don't
have a clue. Halftones are like a foreign language to them. Typically
a program like Adobe Postscript is used to create halftone dots.
It has been common to say that you must have a Postscript printer
in order to output halftones. In the case of inkjet printers
this is not always true. Also, some "third party" Postscript
RIPS do not do halftones.
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- The Epson 3000 is a good example. It comes with the Epson
Stylus RIP. The Stylus RIP is a postscript interpreter that helps
with color management and color profiles but it DOES NOT do halftone
dots. On the other hand, FastRIP™ is designed to do color
management for full color proofs but it also takes the information
from your application program (Corel, Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator)
and converts the "grayscale" information into halftone
dots for screen printing. In fact, with FastRIP™ you can
have your application program tell FastRIP™ what halftone
frequency, dot shape, and dot angle to use.
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- Confused on which inkjet to use?
- FastRIP™ is being tested on a variety of inkjet printers.
The following list of compatible printers is for the currently
tested units. As more brands and models are tested they will
be listed here. Keep in mind that even though FastRIP™ will
work on inexpensive inkjets, the main drawback to lower priced
units is the ink cost. The Epson 30000 has been designed as a
"commercial" unit. It will run all day long. The Epson
3000 has large capacity ink cartridges that help keep the ink
cost to a minimum.
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- Currently supported Inkjet Printers
- Epson Stylus Pro 7000 (requires FastRIPXL)
- Retail Price: $3,995 Max. Media
Size: 24" x any length
- Epson Stylus Color 3000
- Retail Price: $999 Max. Media
Size: 17" x 22"
- Epson Stylus Color 1520
- Retail Price: $499 Max. Media
Size: 17" x 22"
- Please note that the printable size for the
1520 is only 13" even though it will feed a 17" wide
sheet.
- Epson Stylus Color 880
- Retail Price: $139 Max. Media
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
- Epson Stylus Color 777
- Retail Price: $99 Max. Media Size:
8 1/2" x 11"
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- Get FastRIP for only $549.00
- (additional users $459.00 per)
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- Get FastRIP XL for only $1,175.00
- (additional users $929.00 per)
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- FastRIP includes a dongle. The MAC version
is only a USB connection. If you have an older MAC you can get
a PCI card to add a USB port. The PC version uses a Parallel
or USB dongle.
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- PastRIP can be used in a network enviroment.
The dongle must be attached to the computer hosting the printer.
Further details explained in user's manual.
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