NEW | Version 16.2.0 is available!
Benefit from smarter tools to automate digital printing & cutting
What’s New I’m interested in V16
Smarter digital printing & cutting
What’s New I’m interested in V16
The latest version of Adobe PDF Print Engine guarantees you always print the rendering expected by the designer.
→ Manage extended color gamuts
→ Print accurate brand colors
→ Better support of varnish & foils
→ More performance, predictability & consistency
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Improve your color accuracyUse the latest FOGRA standards directly in CalderaRIPPerform conformity checks before printing to reduce waste & achieve high-quality results for your customers. Available in PrintStandardVerifier. |
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Achieve higher cutting precisionSave time synchronizing cut methods & materials in GrandCutUse the new Editor interface in GrandCut to create, edit and select materials. Associate methods and materials to increase the precision of your large-format cutting devices. |
We were the first RIP solution to partner with Adobe in order to deliver the best PDF Print Engine to the large-format printing industry, and we are now the first to deliver its 6th version with all its enhancements. CalderaRIP keeps improving with state-of-the-art technologies ensuring reliability & top performance for all our users. We are also proud to continue having Pantone Libraries in our solutions to help our customers deliver outstanding results. Caldera users can trust our solutions to deliver what’s best for them— and to address the new challenges of our industry.
CalderaDock 2.0 becomes the central application to register and manage the licenses of all your Caldera solutions. When registering a new license, the validation process is now fully automated to ease the installation.
Login to HelpDesk to read more about the new license registration process.
New features available for all users
Have several projects with different cut contours? Group them into multi-page PDF files and submit them to CalderaRIP. Handling fewer files guarantees a more efficient workflow.
When preparing your jobs, CalderaRIP builds the rows by grouping the shapes by images. This helps the head of your cutting device to follow an optimized cut path without unnecessary back and forth.
Benefit from the newly added section to create, edit and select materials, and to associate methods to the materials. This new interface will ease and speed up the process in order to achieve higher cutting precision for your large format cutting devices.
Rotate your jobs by 180 degrees in VisualCut or GrandCut to streamline 2-step workflows such as sublimation and lamination— and have ready-to-cut jobs right after printing.
Accelerate the ripping process of repeated patterns by choosing between the RIP’s Step&Repeat optimization, or the new Printer S&R option.
*Currently available for Reggiani Renoir, EFI COLORS-340 & POWER-340, Kornit Allegro, and all MS printers. See the updated list of printers supporting the “Use Printer S&R” option on www.helpdesk.caldera.com.
Instead of re-cutting the same job multiple times, define a number of Passes in VisualCut to save time, and achieve higher cutting precision on thicker materials.
Users with an active subscription to our CalderaCare maintenance contract benefit from additional, exclusive features in CalderaRIP.
SmartImport automatically extracts metadata from the filename to automate job submission.
Examples of metadata:
Export TIFF proofs of your jobs after ripping and send them to your customers to avoid unwanted waste.
Users can choose the formula to measure the distance between colors in the EasyMedia module. This new color management option helps to achieve more accurate colors for all types of substrates.
Read our dedicated article on HelpDesk for more information.
New in Version 16.1.0
In EasyMedia, you can enable the Auto-smoothing option to improve the linearization curve and eliminate color measurement inaccuracies.
This color management feature comes handy when you’re working on a printer with a large variability, with difficult media such as textile or corrugated— or if the spectrophotometer has not been handled properly.
New in Version 16.2.0
Access the latest PANTONE Solid Coated V5 and Solid Uncoated V5 colors directly in CalderaRIP to match precise brand colors in your daily operations.
New in Version 16.2.0
When producing Canvas, use the new Cut around bleed feature to automatically generate a cut contour around the bleed of the canvas.
New in Version 16.2.0
In the Hotfolders settings, duplicate existing hotfolders with the same printing parameters, and configure it with a different folder path to create small variations of your flow in just a few clicks— and enhance automation possibilities.
New in Version 16.2.0
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More than 50 new print & cut drivers included in the V16 ISO
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Official support of macOS Ventura |
Already a Caldera user? Version 16 is available on Caldera WorkSpace!
New to Caldera? Contact us to request a demo or a free trial!
Benefit of Caldera’s ecosystem to scale up your production- PrimeCenter for prepress, optional modules for CalderaRIP, and CalderaCare to access even more features and benefits.