It's time to redefine your expectations of RIP software for professional inkjet printing. Complicated color management workflows and tedious ICC profiling are no longer necessary to get high-end print quality and accurate color proofs. Overdrive 2 works its magic on top of your printer's driver and RGB paper profiles to make accurate color both automatic and effortless.
FEATURES
Overdrive is a PostScript RIP that uses new advances in color management and printing technology to deliver high-end color, accurate proofing and Pantone matching for any inkjet printer. Support for any paper is immediately available due to the universal nature of Overdrive's color management.
New features in version 2
Overdrive 2 has been completely rewritten as a 64-bit Cocoa application for Mac OS X 10.6 and later. Overdrive now takes full advantage of the multi-core processors in today's machines, so processing is significantly faster. A new visual interface lets you preview the selected file, and the Job List now contains scalable thumbnails. Proofing accuracy and text quality are also improved with version 2.
Full PostScript and Raster File Support
• EPS, PS, and PDF files
• RGB, CMYK, and grayscale 8-bit and 16-bit support for TIFF (LZW compression is supported), JPEG, J2K, BMP, PNG
• Camera RAW, Photoshop® PSD
Black Point Compensation
• Adobe black point compensation built-in
• Output matches Adobe Photoshop exactly, so Photoshop users get expected results from Overdrive without the hassle of setting Photoshop's color settings and print dialog for output
PANTONE Color Matching
• ColorBurst Overdrive includes the full licensed PANTONE Color Library
• ColorBurst's AutoSpot™ technology greatly improves the accuracy of Pantone colors
• All colors are handled automatically during processing
Input ICC Profiles
• Overdrive has separate Input ICC Profile settings for RGB, CMYK, and grayscale images
• Any ICC input profile can be utilized with one of 4 different rendering intents
• An option to use embedded profiles can be turned on or off
Output ICC Profiles
• Overdrive uses RGB output profiles
• Overdrive can use any paper manufacturer's RGB ICC profiles
• Custom RGB ICC profiles are much faster to make than CMYK profiles used by other RIPs, and can be made using profiling software that typically comes with spectrophotometers
Job Manager
• New visual interface in Overdrive 2 offers includes a Preview and scalable thumbnails in the Job List
• Files and folders can be dropped directly into the Job Manager, opened from the File Open menu, placed or saved to the optional Hot Folder, or even dropped on the Overdrive application icon
• Jobs can be reordered, deleted, or placed on hold to be processed later
Print from Applications
• Print directly from image-editing and layout applications, such as Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Select the Overdrive printer from in the Print dialog to send files directly to Overdrive Job Manager
Hot Folder
• Print to the Overdrive Hot Folder locally or across a network
• Automatically scan the Hot Folder at a user-defined interval
CONTACT OVERDRIVE SALES
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PRODUCT SHEET
Download the Overdrive 2 Product Sheet PDF
Overdrive2.pdf (1.9 MB)
PRICING
Overdrive 2.0 RIP Server
New lower introductory pricing for version 2!
| Up to 13" wide | $295 |
| Up to 17" wide | $395 |
| Up to 24" wide | $595 |
| Up to 44" wide | $895 |
| Up to 64" wide | $995 |
REQUIREMENTS
Printer
• must have a driver for Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7
• recommended - have the ability to disable color management in the driver
Operating System
• Mac OS X 10.6 or later is required. Mac OS X Server 10.6 or later is also supported. (Windows is not supported.)
CPU
• Intel Mac required (PowerPC G5 and G4 are not supported). Note: first generation Mac Mini (Core Duo) is not supported
RAM
• 2 GB minimum, 4 or more recommended
Monitor
• 1280x720 minimum