Intro
The Nipson Technology PrintServer was developed with productivity and performance in mind, combining extensive pre-press functionality with impressive variable data printing processing capabilities.
It is as powerful as it is user-friendly, providing the ideal solution for a wide array of applications and market segments, including transactional printing, direct mail, identification and security printing and print on demand.
File conversion
The Nipson Technology PrintServer includes a RIP-ing function and page description language (PDL) interpretation and conversion routine to ensure compatibility with all common input files and to easily include variable data.
PostScript, PDF, TIF and EPS files are processed with a RIP-once/print many routine for maximum efficiency. ACIF and AFP files are converted to an IPDS data stream, which can then be spooled to any IPDS-capable press controlled by the PrintServer.
The Nipson Technology PrintServer works with off-the-shelf imposition tools that handle even the most sophisticated layouts with ease. Special image tuning tools ensure top-quality output that will satisfy even your most demanding customers.
Print management
The Nipson Technology PrintServer further includes a spooler to store RIP-ed jobs until they are printed, as well as a print management or queuing system.
RIP-while-printing allows you to already start printing a job while part of it is still being RIP-ed, or start preparing and processing a new job while the previous one is still being printed, which significantly minimizes the downtime of your presses.
The PrintServer can spool jobs to Nipson Technology presses as well as other equipment. By carefully monitoring the print resources available, the PrintServer can divide one or more jobs over several resources if necessary. This intelligent load balancing makes optimal use of the available resources, allowing you to optimize throughput and efficiency in virtually any print facility configuration.
Technical data
| PLATFORM CONFIGURATION (mini) | Server Windows XP or Windows 2000, 2003, Vista Business Pentium IV 2,8 Ghz – Dual Processor - 2 x Fast Ethernet 3 GB Ram 2 X 200 GB IDE Disk – CD R/W Drive 20” Flat screen 1280 x 1024 |
| NIPSON PRINTSERVER-PSRIP CONFIGURATION | |
| Inputs | PDF up to 1.7, PostScript L1, L2 & L3, TIFF 6, EPS |
| Tuning functions | Image quality |
| Spooling capability | Yes |
| Output | Nipson Technology proprietary data streams (NPP or SDP) |
| Supported printers | DIGIFlex - VARYPress, VARYPress 200 – VARYPress 400/500 - Nipson Technology 8000 – Former Nipson Technology 7000 presses |
| Options | AFP converter, TIFF converter |
| NIPSON PRINTSERVER-AFP CONFIGURATION | |
| Inputs | AFP, ACIF, Line mode |
| Tuning functions | Image quality |
| Spooling capability | Yes |
| Output | IPDS data stream or Nipson Technology proprietary data streams |
| Supported printers | DIGIFlex - VARYPress, VARYPress 200 – VARYPress 400/500 - Nipson Technology 8000 – Other IPDS-capable presses and printers (if IPDS stream) |
| Options | PSRIP converter, TIFF converter |
| NIPSON PRINTSERVER-TIFF CONFIGURATION | |
| Inputs | TIFF |
| Tuning functions | Image quality |
| Spooling capability | Yes |
| Output | Nipson Technology proprietary data streams (NPP or SDP) |
| Supported printers | DIGIFlex - VARYPress, VARYPress 200 – VARYPress 400/500 - Nipson Technology 8000 – Former Nipson Technology 7000 presses |
| Options | AFP converter, PSRIP converter |
| NIPSON SERVERMANAGER CONFIGURATION |
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Management of NIPSON PrintServers (as slaves) Recommended with ADF or equivalent architecture |
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Note 1: SDP-coded documents (Nipson Technology proprietary format) are supported as a basic feature in all configurations but cannot be transformed into an IPDS data stream. Note 2: AFP, ACIF and IPDS are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation |
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