I am about to purchase a used DGT Kiosk garment printer.
Do I need the Rip Software to print on this machine?
Can I just print from Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator without Rip software.
Thank you very much for any input anyone has.
Rubens
If you have a 7-color printer and you want to load all the channels with the same color ink as the printer would normally have... then maybe. You might need a new profile or change your color management settings to make the colors look close to correct. You can try it using the standard Epson driver, but you might have to do a double pass to get enough coverage. If you want to print with white ink, then you need a RIP to tell the printer to pull ink from specific channels (standard print driver will not do this).
I am about to purchase a used DGT Kiosk garment printer.
Do I need the Rip Software to print on this machine?
Can I just print from Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator without Rip software.
Thank you very much for any input anyone has.
Rubens
Yes, you can print directly from Photoshop or Illustrator to a DTG Kiosk, but you will have to fill your light cyan, light magenta, and light black ink cartridges with light cyan, light magenta, and light black ink.
Here are a few things you will miss without RIP software:
Ability to print white ink, so you won't be able to print on dark shirts
Some RIP software can put down more ink than the standard Epson driver can
Color accuracy -- a RIP would come with color profiles for DuPont ink built in
Sorry for not responding to this earlier, I was on vacation when this was posted and must have missed it when I get back. You can print with the Epson driver with the Kiosk - however, it requires light inks. The most major manufacture of direct to garment inks has NEVER made these light colors so you would either need to use a completely different ink set (there are a couple who do make the light colors) or use a hybrid ink set which can potentially cause problems with capping stations and pumps when the inks mix.
The most major benefit of the RIP for direct to garment printers is the ability to "overdrive" the printer and get large droplets and higher resolution - increasing print speed. Add to this the ink cost calculations done in the more advanced RIPs and I think you will find it worth the extra expense.
Can I print without Rip software? 
