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PRINTING

Michael Stokes
I am using the print module in Lightroom for printing all images and have considered purchasing ImagePrint instead. Has anyone any experience of it or other software? is it worth the relatively high expense? Thanks in advance.
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    Although off topic for this forum, I admit that I am highly interested in this subject and NOT experienced at the same time (I have a new Epson 2880 staring at me from my desk). You make a LR versus ImagePrint comparison but are you aware that were printing is concerned, these two are very different animals?
    LR is like PS a tool that prints through the OS's printer driver. There are many other print utilities available that will do this as well.
    ImagePrint is a RIP (raster image processor) and bypasses the printer driver and all other components in the chain between image on your disk and the printed paper. A good RIP (and I tend to believe ImagePrint by ColorByte is one according to reviews I read today) is able to achieve considerable better results than LR/PS like tools. Note that you buy a RIP like ImagePrint for a particular printer!

    So the question you get back from me is what are your requirements? Speed, easy of use, batch printing, image quality? All of them of course, but in what order of priority?

    Thanks for bringing ImagePrint to my attention.
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  • Michael Stokes
    Thanks Paul, what other RIP's are available at a more reasonable price? ImagePrint is quite expensive for amateur use.
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  • Paul Steunebrink
    Michael, I suggest that you do a web search with your brand and model printer and RIP in the search, because RIPs heavily depend on hardware they support. I did a search this way recently and came across RIPs that have a reduced price for desktop printers while dropping Postscript support. Some names I noted are Wasatch, ImageNest, ColorBurst.
    I think you should look for your printer support, functionality (Postscript yes/no, but there are many other features to compare as well like collecting multiple images to print on a single large sheet, or adding borders), upgrade price in case you buy a new printer later.
    Last but not least, print quality: best to examine in your own environment with a test version.

    A good RIP is an advanced tool for a nice market and therefore in general does not come cheap. Hope this helps.
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