YARC's Epson 3000 Macintosh Postscript RIP for Free Download.Business Editors CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2000 YARC YARC You're Absolutely Right, Commander (military slang) Systems Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :YARC) today released its Macintosh based Xtreme(TM) Postscript RIP for Epson Stylus Pro 3000 desktop printers, placing a copy of the RIP software for free download from its internet website, www.yarc.com. The download is a fully functional ColorSync Postscript RIP. It has not been not crippled prior to web distribution. It allows potential customers to evaluate the Xtreme. "The Xtreme is the perfect RIP for Postscript proofing from a Macintosh computer," commented Dr. Trevor Marshall, YARC's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , "With a Stylus Pro 3000 printer, the Xtreme can produce a good match to a 4 color contract proof, and can also produce halftone In printing, the simulation of a continuous-tone image (shaded drawing, photograph) with dots. All printing processes, except for Cycolor, print dots. In photographically generated halftones, a camera shoots the image through a halftone screen, creating smaller dots for lighter areas and proofs to simulate Match-Prints(TM) and Cromalins(TM). Rosettes, Moire Pronounced "mor-ray" and spelled "moiré." In computer graphics, a visible distortion. It results from a variety of conditions; for example, when scanning halftones at a resolution not consistent with the eventual printed resolution or when superimposing curved patterns on one and all other potential press artifacts are all made clearly visible." The Xtreme is YARC's first downloadable RIP, using the USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. firmware of the Macintosh to handle many of the functions of the hardware printer accelerator card used in YARC's EZ products. YARC supplies a proprietary USB-to-Parallel interface cable, as the Stylus Pro 3000 has a parallel input connector, not USB. The Retail Pack is available now, and priced at $299. Until September 30, the introductory price at YARC's online store, http://SecureShop.yarcrip.com, has been discounted to $199. YARC provides full support and free upgrades with the Retail pack, but does not provide telephone support for the downloaded evaluation software. A user support BBS is online at http://pub18.ezboard.com/byarc. YARC is the first company to embrace the Open Distribution of postscript RIP software. While its competitors mostly licence their postscript interpreter software from Adobe Systems Inc., (Nasdaq: ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ), YARC has developed its own proprietary software code, compliant with Adobe's postscript specification, but unfettered by licensing restrictions. About YARC ( http://www.yarc.com/) YARC has developed proprietary LINUX software that integrates Printing technologies with the Internet. YARC's servers can receive images over the Internet and can be configured and upgraded from any standard Internet browser. YARC's proprietary implementation of Adobe Systems' Postscript Printer Description PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files are created by vendors to describe the entire set of features and capabilities available for their PostScript printers. A PPD also contains the PostScript code (commands) used to invoke features for the print job. Language (PDL See page description language. 1. PDL - Page Description Language. 2. PDL - Program Design Language. 3. PDL - Push Down List. 4. PDL - Dave Lebling, one of the co-authors of Zork. ) is used to process computer images so they can be transferred to a printing engine, across the Internet, without any loss of detail or color quality. YARC's Internet technology enables a direct link between the graphic artist and the printed output. This workflow ensures optimal color quality and greater productivity than typical competitive Internet workflows, where a broker is used to interface between the graphic artist and the printing press operators. A YARC LINUX Color Server, for evaluation by the public, is at http://yarcxp.com. YARC's E-commerce server is at https://SecureShop.yarcrip.com. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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