All-in-one RIP software for large-format digital printing
CalderaRIP is a comprehensive RIP software designed to improve productivity and colour output. It is the preferred choice of print service providers around the world to drive all their large format printers and cutters. It provides advanced colour management, prepress, imaging and processing tools to produce all types of indoor and outdoor applications.
Intuitive and fully scalable, CalderaRIP is ideal for growing businesses as well as established high-demanding production environments.
CalderaRIP version comparison
Why choose CalderaRIP?
More than a simple RIP, CalderaRIP is a complete workflow solution to manage your production.
Fully modular and scaleable Print and Print-to-Cut RIP system
Designed specifically for wide format industry; longest list of supported peripherals (printers and cutters); industry standard within grand format sector; OEM agreements and recommendations by many printer manufacturers. CalderaRIP grows with your business.
Client / Server architecture and license sharing
Scalable and efficient RIP system, that drives multiple devices and provides multiple operators seats, deploying multiple hardware platforms with added redundancy, eliminating single point of failure; significantly reduces cost of ownership.
Efficient and user-friendly operator’s interface
Visual, intuitive user interface, designed specifically to support wide format operator’s “way of thinking” and ease of use; efficient drag & drop functions; quick and interactive job manipulation and preparation; identify jobs with customisable QR codes; monitor and control print queues for all the printers, from a single point (including remote monitoring); remote and off-site operator’s access;
Runs on Linux and Mac OS X
Very stable and reliable operating systems, with extremely efficient use of CPU and memory resources; 64-bit data handling, RIP massive files very fast; true multi-tasking and multi-threading.
High productivity and automation
Fast RIPping, thanks to efficient use of hardware resources, distributed computing, multi-processing (RIP-while-Print, RIP-while-RIP), smart processing algorithms; supports multiple hot folders and customised workflows, user created templates for individual prints, tiling and nesting; automatic creation of cut paths with barcodes (for cutters with cameras and readers); automatic generation of QR codes; automatic job submission through integration with third-party front ends using Caldera Nexio.
True Adobe PDF workflow
Fully integrated Adobe PDF Print Engine; reliable and accurate reproduction of complex graphic designs; completely resolves issues related to overprints, transparencies, drop shadows, gradients; increased RIPping speeds.
Powerful colour management and spot colour optimisation
EasyMedia, for creating customised media curves, ink limits and ICC profiles; consistently superior results when compared to competitor RIPs, tested on a wide variety of printers; powerful spot colour optimisation tools;
Advanced tiling, nesting and step-and-repeat features
Visual, interactive tiling application, supports tiles of different sizes; tile overlaps, whites and gaps; fully configurable grommets; creation of guide lines for finishing and installing; manual and automatic nesting (including contour nesting); automatic cut-path creation for tiles, nested elements and step-and-repeat; create Assembly Guide PDF, for client’s approval and to facilitate easier installation.
Cost-saving and cost-monitoring functions
InkPerformer, integrated ink saving technology, can achieve significant ink savings without visible deterioration of the printed result; CostProof function gives accurate cost calculation (ink and media).
Industrial and textile printing
Extending the traditional printing RIP functions, Caldera now has a range of integrated tools and functionalities, dedicated to growing industrial and textile applications; Tex & Repeat, optimised for sophisticated textile printing (step-and-repeat with shift/drop, pivot, invert; automatic pattern repetition and nesting); contour nesting; custom ink-set management; targeted Colour Books; extensive colour standards compliance; robust workflow capabilities.
Transferring existing printers’ skills into textile, wallpaper, ceramics, glass, wood and CAD areas can help your business to diversify, grow and change with times, to create and help realise new commercial opportunities.
One RIP to drive all your print & cut devices
- Powerful, efficient, extremely fast, feature-rich Print & Print-To-Cut RIP system
A wide range of features and functionalities exist in CalderaRIP, some of them included in a typical configuration, others available as add-ons, which enhance the productivity and quality: quick and efficient visual job manipulation, step-and-repeat, tiling and poster making, manual and automatic nesting, contour nesting, Adobe PDF Print Engine, workflows and hot folders, ink saving, etc.
Caldera TextilePro package, designed specifically for textile applications, is a comprehensive RIP solution allowing textile printers to create patterns and variations without errors and waste, while keeping perfect control over their colours throughout the production process. Features include: RGB Profiling Workflow, Custom Inkset, Pattern Repetition, ColourBooks etc. - Client / Server architecture, with license sharing and load balancing
This unique CalderaRIP feature allows for multiple devices to be driven from multiple RIP stations, with total flexibility, very efficiently and with an independent number of operators seats.
All the time, the complete CalderaRIP installation is classed as a single system, regardless of how many computers it runs on and how many devices it drives (this means one upgrade price for all, or one Maintenance Contract cost for all). Also, any single functionality instantly becomes available to all the printers. - Caldera Easy Media – comprehensive and powerful colour management system
Easy Media gives complete control over creating customised curves, ink limits and ICC profiles, for even the most difficult and challenging media. CalderaRIP comes loaded with all the industry-standard Spot Colour libraries. Integrated Spot Colour tool for advanced spot colour optimisation achieves the best possible rendition of a target colour, as well as providing custom swatch-matching capability.
In many tests and trials we have done over the years, we were able to get better results on a printing device compared to the same machine driven by other RIPs. CalderaRIP tends to get the best quality out of a printer, and the largest colour gamut. - Operational and commercial benefits for your business, in consolidating RIP technology into one system for all your devices
• more cost-effective running and maintaining of the complete system (single upgrade cost, single support cost, etc.)
• unified and consistent colour management across all the devices – improves colour communication and integrity for the whole business
• in some cases it becomes possible to switch jobs between printers at the last minute
• if running CalderaRIP on multiple platforms, this eliminates RIP as a single point of failure – if any RIP station were to fail, continue printing on all the devices (other CalderaRIP stations can take over)
• new staff training is streamlined (same interface for all the printers)
• easier for different staff members to switch between printing machines and/or departments (cover for holidays or absences)
• introducing a new printing device into the facility is easier and quicker (operators just need to learn the new machine hardware)
