Prinergy Vector Output Connectivity

Vector output consumers | Consumer qualification

This page provides information on connecting to vector output consumers from Prinergy. Vector output consumers are RIPs capable of taking Prinergy vector output formats and reformatting them into raster images or other direct-to-device formats. If the RIP you are looking for does not appear here, go to the Device Qualification page to review your options.

• Prinergy Output Device Connectivity Specification
• Vector Output Test Files: a set of test files that can be used for qualifying output to vector output consumers not listed below. (See the Consumer Qualification section below for details.)

Vector output consumers

Note: Empty cells indicate that the output type has not yet been tested and cannot be guaranteed to work (or fail) with Prinergy at this time. Check back soon for updates!

	Status
Consumer	PS Level 3 (Postscript)	PS Level 2 (Separated)	PDF (Vector)	DCS (Vector)*
Adobe Acrobat Distiller 4		CID fonts not handled
Adobe Acrobat Distiller 5		CID fonts not handled
Allegro 1.0 / Harlequin 4.1		CID fonts not handled		CID fonts not handled
Allegro 2.0 / Harlequin 5.1		CID fonts not handled		CID fonts not handled
Allegro 2.1 / Harlequin 5.5		CID fonts not handled
Brisque 3
Brisque 4
BestRIP 4.2.3+				spot colors are off
Platemaster 2.x OPI
Prinergy 2.0.7		CID fonts not handled		with this workaround
Xinet FullPress OPI earlier than 11.02				Xinet not able to create FPO files from DCS Vector files
Xinet FullPress OPI 11.02 or later

* DCS (Vector) files must first be placed in another application, such as Quark or an imposition package. You cannot RIP them alone.

Note about CID fonts: CID fonts can, in the following instances, be inserted into the customer's input files without the customer knowing:

• When outputting Adobe InDesign PostScript of "symbol" fonts such as Wingdings, Dingbats, and Symbol
• When using Adobe Acrobat Distiller to embed "symbol" fonts such as Wingdings, Dingbats, and Symbol (as opposed to creating PostScript that has fonts already embedded)
• When outputting Adobe InDesign PDF (Export as PDF from within InDesign) of all fonts
• When dealing with pages with Oriental fonts

Depending on input characteristics at a given site, the likelihood of encountering CID fonts might be low. When encountering a page with CID fonts, an alternate method of dealing with these pages can be taken, such as outputting DCS Raster ("copydot-like") versions of the page.

Consumer qualification

Green	The RIP has been qualified by the engineering team or successfully integrated at a number of customer sites. The TSS is permitted to draft sales contract with the condition that Prinergy must connect successfully to these RIPs. Please note that the RIP may only be sold with the noted configuration, usage, and limitations.
Red*	The RIP may soon be upgraded to Green, or it is on the TSS Priority List, or both. RIPs undergoing qualification in the field are kept on the Red list until: 1) The customer is happy. 2) the Subject Matter Expert (SME) has received enough information that he/she can satisfactorily update the vector output consumer information in the TechPlanet.
Red	The RIP is not qualified and connectivity to this RIP cannot be written into Prinergy sales contracts. The RIP cannot be qualified because: 1) We simply can't connect to it. 2) It's too slow. 3) Quality is so poor that we don't think the customer will be happy. Red can also mean we simply don't know anything about the RIP.

Additional RIPs can be qualified using the same procedure (see the Device Qualification page) as for qualifying Proofers and Imagesetters. For testing the capabilities of the RIP, a set of Vector Output Test Files is available that contains:

• CID fonts
• Measurement scales
• Recomposited multichannel duotone (also device N)
• Smooth shades (note that for non-level 3 RIPs and non-level 3 output, banding may be observed)
• Spot colorized TIFF (device N)
• Traps including spot colors (device N, as well as overprint characteristics)

Note: Several of the above features (for example, smooth shades, DeviceN) require a PostScript Level 3 RIP.