 Re: RIPS and Fast Films
FastRIP will let you output separations directly from your postscript program, such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Quark, etc. FastFilms, if I'm not mistaken, is a separation program for doing Simulated Process separations similar to QuikSeps. It'll separate the art, but it won't make a non-postscript printer print halftones or any other postscript-specific features. You don't need FastFilms to output Illustrator files. I believe it's a plug-in for Photoshop. You do need a rip to output postscript to an inkjet printer if you're wanting to do halftones. Unless you're doing halftones, you really don't need a rip at all. If you're creating art in either photoshop or illustrator, if you're mindful of the final results you want as far as separations, it's doesn't take much time to build your file for easy manual separations. I will say, however, that I've used FastRIP on a 2200 that I still have, and it works well. My beef is with Epson printers. |