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This Category is your User Guide for the Ergosoft RIP Print Production Suite. Find general introductions about the different modules and get an insight about what Ergosoft RIP offers.Trouble Shooting
Facing problems or error messages when working with Ergosoft? Here you will find clever solutions and helpful workarounds as well as useful step-by-step instructions.
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Quickly reorganize images in a job using custom distances or type of grid
Introduction There is no faster or more flexible way to reorganize all images or image groups within a job according to customizable horizontal and vertical distances (if the objects are the same size, they form a grid). Additional rules, such as ...How to recover the original default Print Mark presets
Problem/Question Starting with release 17.6 in Winter 2025, we are introducing updated Print Mark presets. The default presets included with new RIP installations have been extended and revised for a better functionality and user experience. Still, ...Introduction to Color Management System (CMS / CMM) and ICC Profiles
Color Management System / Module (CMS/CMM) In digital printing combining RGB (matrix-based) or CMYK (LUT based) source ICC profiles with CMYK (LUT based) or RGB (LUT-based) destination ICC profiles leads to the most common profile chain for the ...Fundamentals of Rendering Intents and Black Point Compensation
Rendering Intents These graphs illustrate one of the main characteristics of rendering intents: brightness/luminance (L) scaling. This scaling occurs from an input luminance dynamic range (L0-100) to an output device's exemplary L dynamic range ...How to permanently enable the SwatchBook mangement dialog
Problem/Question When using the SwatchBook tool for Color Replacement, the dialog opens in a reduced view with only basic features. This ensures that existing color standards are not changed during ongoing production. There are reasons why the ...
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Density Linearization
The Density linearization determines how much ink for each color the printer applies and how much of it the material can handle. It is not concerned with the balance between the colors. Rather, it examines every color on its own to evaluate the ...Spot Colors / Named Colors
Spot Color or Named Color printing uses color names in image files to identify the color for color replacement. So for example, you may use a graphic design program such as Adobe Illustrator to specify a spot color name «Spot_Red1» for one of the ...Introduction to Contour Cut
In ErgoSoft RIPs, contour cut integrates seamlessly into the production workflow. For Jobs intended to be Cut, the RIP automatically constrains Job space to the width of the cutter to make sure the Job fits. It reserves space around the images and ...Migrate an existing Ergosoft setup to a new PC
Problem/Question You purchased a new PC and would like to use Ergosoft in the same way as on the previous PC. How to proceed? Solution/Work-Around Select the "Tools" tab in "Ergosoft ControlCenter". Open the "SystemGuard" module. Below the "Backup" ...RIPServer Error -3
Problem/Question When printing, the rasterizing process stops and the RipEngine shows an error message that says: “[AE=1506]:PRINT ERROR #-3" This error message indicates that there was a problem writing into the specified path. Usually the problem ...