Colorburst's Overdrive RIP Software

Frederic

Hello Friends and welcome to this newsletter. Today's subject is a great software tool that can increase your productivity by boosting your print driver with award-winning color management technology from ColorBurst : Overdrive.

Overdrive is a PostScript RIP that delivers high-end color, accurate proofing and Pantone matching. Overdrive can use any paper manufacturer's RGB ICC profiles and is available for Mac OS X only.

Raster Image Processor
RIP stands for Raster Image Processor, which is the way of converting your images into a format that the printer understands. The RIP software executes many operations in the process: it converts the RGB images into CMYK, it applies color profiles, scales the image to the desired size and resolution, etc. A pre-release version of Overdrive named "ColorBurst RGB XProof" has been deemed the winner in the RIP category in the 2010 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out.

MAC OS Ready

This early version of Overdrive made the winning prints in six categories even before reaching the market! I keep telling my customers: "Why waste valuable time manually configuring your print driver with every single print?" There's no need to risk wasted ink and paper "accidents" due to forgotten or mismatched menu selections. Overdrive lets you build print environments so there's only one selection needed at print time. Page format and color errors are minimized by merging all of your printing parameters into a single click.

Job Management
Overdrive offers Job Management normally only seen in much more expensive RIP applications, files and folders can be dropped directly into the Job Manager, opened from the File Open menu, placed or saved to the optional Hot Folder, or even dropped on the Overdrive application icon. Jobs can be reordered, deleted, or placed on hold to be processed later so you are in full control of the workflow.

Great File Support
Overdrive provides full PostScript and Raster File support including EPS, PS, and PDF files and is so flexible that can even handle Camera RAW and Adobe's Photoshop PSD images. Just imagine how handy it could be to retouch an image in Photoshop and send it directly to the printer knowing it will produce outstanding results. Furthermore, it has Adobe black point compensation built-in so the output matches Adobe Photoshop exactly, so users can get the expected results from Overdrive. Other file formats processed by this program include RGB, CMYK, and grayscale 8-bit and 16-bit support for TIFF (LZW compression is supported), JPEG, J2K, BMP, PICT and PNG.

PANTONE Library

Available Printer's Widths
Overdrive doesn't replace your printer's driver entirely but rather works together with it while handling the color profiles. Presently Overdrive is available for 17" wide, 24" wide, 44" wide and 64" wide printers so make sure you order the one specific for your printer.

PANTONE Library
Your proofing jobs are also covered as Overdrive includes a full licensed PANTONE Color Library together with proprietary AutoSpot technology that greatly improves the accuracy of Pantone colors.

Overdrive provides you with peace of mind when printing because all colors are handled automatically during processing.

And I could carry on naming features but why don't you call us today or visit us for more details?

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