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10 reasons to make Caldera your RIP

August 25, 2023

Whether you’re starting from scratch or thinking about changing your existing RIP software, here are 10 compelling reasons to make Caldera your choice.

1. CalderaRIP is user-friendly

Caldera puts the customer experience at the heart of every innovation, because we understand that if it isn’t easy, you won’t use it. Our drag-and-drop interface is intuitive, convenient, and easy to adopt.

2. CalderaRIP is the fastest of its category

CalderaRIP processes even the most demanding graphics at lightning speed, using the most up-to-date file processing technology. With the benefits of Adobe PDF Print Engine, you’ll be able to maximize your printer’s uptime.

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3. CalderaRIP is scalable

When your business grows, CalderaRIP grows with you. We provide a centralized RIP solution to drive all your devices and maximize your printers’ uptime. You’ll also appreciate the way Caldera integrates with your own business tools – from webshops to ERP and MIS solutions.

4. CalderaRIP is stable and secure

CalderaRIP operates on the two most reliable OS in the world – Mac and Linux. This means you’re assured that your workflow is being run in the most stable environment. Speed and security are a given, allowing you a laser focus on production without the distractions of troubleshooting.

5. CalderaRIP delivers perfect colors

With the unrivaled x-rite i1Prism Profiler embedded, Caldera gives you advanced color management to ensure you can reproduce your own and your clients’ brand colors. You can count on Caldera for color consistency across all your printers and substrates – our color management is intuitive to use, accurate and repeatable.

6. CalderaRIP supports all applications

CalderaRIP offers a complete set of tools covering wide-ranging applications – posters, banners, stickers, gifts, vehicle wraps, sportswear, wallpaper and sublimation. You name it, we’ve got you covered.

7. CalderaRIP drives all your devices

You can run all your print and cut devices using CalderaRIP – one seamless operation to control and optimize your workflow, only one RIP system for your staff to learn. We work closely with key manufacturers to ensure compatibility with more than 1,600 different devices, giving you a single-platform enterprise solution.

8. CalderaRIP optimizes and automates your workflow

The Caldera ecosystem is optimized for automation. We’ve included a whole range of features that will save you time – eased and advanced file submission to the RIP, hotfolders, quick print configuration, advanced nesting, template saving and more. Your printing environment, simplified.

9. CalderaRIP comes with premium support

Caldera’s premium support services put our expert knowledge at your disposal, and we’ll help you keep production rolling, so you’ll never miss a deadline. With access to our knowledge base and online training programs, you can self-support and self-train, but you can always reach out to our technical and application teams. We put your customer experience at the heart of everything we do.

10. CalderaRIP is the preferred choice of thousands of print shops across the globe

Caldera products have built a reputation based on 30 years of multiple Product of the Year and Innovation awards. Among 30k worldwide customers, we’re proud to empower some of the most successful global print shops and we’ve achieved an unassailable level of recognition in the print industry.