Onyx Graphics has announced Onyx 12, the next generation of its wide-format workflow and Rip products. It delivers Rip speeds twice as fast as Onyx 11, provides a simplified user interface and has more advanced finishing tools. The system, available to order from 31 August, is available for the full Onyx product line including Thrive workflow software, ProductionHouse, PosterShop and RipCenter.
“With Onyx 12 software, the increase in Rip speed is incredible. We went from a file taking almost a minute to Rip to now only taking nine to 15 seconds,” said Corey Nicolaisen, print technology support specialist for West Canadian Digital Imaging.
Onyx 12 delivers better utilisation of memory and hardware when running the latest Windows OS. It uses the 64-bit platform throughout – in the Rip as well as modules – to harness full processing capabilities.
Updated Rip engines, including Adobe PDF Print Engine 3.6 in Onyx Thrive software, boosts performance and delivers optimised end-to-end PDF workflows.
A redesigned user interface displays an interactive job list. Complete job information, including thumbnails, is displayed and can be customised.
Colour-managed previews display job edits as they happen - users can see exactly where grommets, marks, tiling, crops, cut paths, spot colors and mirroring are placed before
processing.
Quick Sets - production templates for routine tasks - have been redesigned so they’re easier to build, navigate and save. New finishing tools enable automatic grommet and mark placement for creating prints that are ready for finishing.
New page and offset controls assist with placement of images for a variety of roll-to-roll and flatbed applications. The new offset functions enable full-roll finishing when using roll cutters such as those from Fotoba and Zund, and provide added control in rigid flatbed applications.