Ricoh MP C7500 - Manual (Page 38)

38 Key Selling Points
Key Selling Points
Fiery Print Controllers
Embedded and external Fiery controller options
Precise colour matching
Hot Folders
Load balancing
Pantone colours (option)
EFI Impose (option)
Fiery Colour Options
Basic versions of the Aficio MP C6000 and MP
C7500 can be configured with one of two EFI
Fiery controllers to provide professional print
and scan functionality. The Fiery E-7100 is an
embedded RIP, whilst the Fiery E-8100 is a an
external RIP. Neither controller is available
immediately on launch but will become
available in Spring / Summer 2008.
Fiery controllers are the de facto choice in
many professional print environments. Fiery
controllers provide close control over job
queues, precise colour management, and
through optional utilities, the means to impose
print into multiple formats. Many customers in
the production environment will already be
using Fiery controllers with other production
devices.
The Fiery print controllers are best suited to
production environments for applications.
Fiery drivers are a little more complex to use
but do provide greater control over colour
settings and print queues. The Fiery
controllers have a standard PostScript driver;
a priced option for the GW controller.
PostScript is essential in Mac environments
and advantageous where advanced Desktop
Publishing Applications like Quark and Adobe
InDesign are used.
Colour Matching
Most of us use Microsoft Office for our day to
day work. Microsoft Office uses RGB data as
a way of displaying colour on the Screen.
When it comes to print, we use CMYK Toner
to produce a Colour Page. So Colour
conversion and matching is important to
ensure that printed colours closely resemble
those on screen. The Fiery controller has the
ability to covert RGB images to CMYK print
data, whilst at the same time making sure that
if a file has CMYK data this is not affected.
Using the Fiery, experienced users can adjust
colour conversion settings on a job by job
basis to suit their needs.