Selected Features

PDF Trap Engine
Transparent effects from Adobe Creative Suite and Quark 7 do not force operators to rebuild files or develop other workarounds that increase labor costs. Rampage PDF Trap Engine deals with flattened and unflattend PDF at a native level, streamlining the production process.

Predefined workflows automate production
To reduce repetitive tasks, establish standard operating procedures, and preempt operator errors, you create reusable “workflows” (linescreen, spot-color handling, trap width, etc.).  The workflows can link to JDF-based imposition templates, or you can apply templates after the component pages are processed.  In either case, your first intervention can occur just prior to hardcopy proofing or plating. 

Offline Client optimizes operator productivity
All operator-related tasks, such as viewing softproofs, resolving preflight concerns, and so on, take place offline in the Rampage Client.  This allows the core Rampage applications to process jobs without disruption across one or more Rampage platforms and enables operators to work autonomously and simultaneously. 

Page independence speeds correction cycles
At the last minute, you can drop in a revised page, and Rampage will process it and strip it into place automatically.  Plus, if a document has a problem page, the entire job does not fail and send back a cryptic message.  Rampage puts the problem page on hold, provides a detail log, and continues with the other pages while you resolve the issue.

Customizable views keep jobs on track
Because there are no per-seat fees for the Rampage Client application, you can use it throughout your operation.  You can see what’s going on by customer, job, operator, and so on.  Plus, you can customize the level of detail for various audiences.

Support for PDF and other standards…
ensures your ability to deal with diverse clients and situations.  While the preferred input format is now PDF, Rampage can work with PostScript, EPS, DCS, 1-bit TIFF, TIFF/IT, and CT/LW files.  Rampage PDF Trap Engine natively processes PDF files with transparent effects from Quark 7 and Adobe Creative Suite.

Just-in-time imposition simplifies scheduling
With Rampage, the imposition can “wait” for the pages, or the pages can “wait” for the imposition.  In either case, if you need to change the imposition, just register a new template in JDF format.  Or, if you have minor changes, you can use the Rampage Page Map Utility to re-slot pages.

Other Built-in Features

 

Inkzone calculation and ink usage estimating

Rampage Preflight Utility:

• Prescans for images, fonts, and separations
• Aborts on RGB, or applies LUT on the fly
• Auto resolves duotones made in Quark
• Checks for image resolution
• Checks for ink densities exceeding user-defined threshold
• Option to remove Quark clipping paths
• Option to honor spot colors, convert to process, or preview and edit
• Prescan status listed for each page
• Job log for each page
• Detailed job log for each page
• Stop after preflight option
• Optional integration with Pitstop Server
• Distiller plug-in for customers or CSRs
• Offline dialog (in batch or by page) to:
  • Link to fonts and images
  • Set trap width on color-by-color basis
  • Establish trap type/method on color-by-color basis (e.g., overprint Gold Foil)
  • Set press gain on color-by-color basis
  • Ignore OPI link
  • Remap separations:
    • spot to spot
    • spot to process
    • process to spot
    • process to process

PDF Trap Engine:

• Support for transparent effects in flattened and unflattened PDF
• Ability to trap combinations of:
  • Image-to-image
  • Blend-to-blend
  • Image-to-blend
  • Linework-to-image
  • Linework-to-blend
  • Spot-to-process color
  • Spot-to-spot color
  • 1-bit TIFF files
• Support for 28 spot colors
• Mixed trap support (choke and spread an object)
• Auto pullback on process blacks
• Default settings for:
  • Trap width - process color
  • Trap width - spot color
  • Trap weight
  • Honoring or ignoring application overprint settings
  • Honoring or ignoring Quark overprint setting
  • Black overprint thresholds for objects, type, strokes, and fills

Integrated Trap Editor (no per seat license fee) with:

• Varnish creation (by object or overall)
• Bump color creation
• Option to use ColorSync Color Matching
• Option to view black as specified tint percentage
• Scroll bars
• Rulers
• Zoom tool
• Densitometer
• Guides (reusable)
• Navigational thumbnail
• Channel by channel view 
• Combination of channels view
• Negative or positive view
• Trap only view
• Trap highlighting (redlining)
• Fat trap widths (up to 1 inch)
• Option to bypass trapping (direct rip)
• Find and replace dialog (e.g., Find all process blacks)
• Object-based trapping.  Select an object and:
  • Change trap type
  • Change trap width
  • Screen colors within the trap
  • Set to overprint or trap
  • View luminance
  • Make transparent (variable)
  • View color densities
  • Change color value
  • Change to “do not print"
  • Pullback colors
  • Change to centerline trap
    

Page-map Utility - Allows you to move pages within or across flats without using imposition software.

FFP Proofing Option - Automatically creates monitor proofs from unscreened “plate” data.

• Softproof module has:
  • Softproof overlay
  • Revision compare and highlight
  • Viewable traps
  • Viewable marks and controls
  • Scroll bars
  • Color map
  • Marks
  • File and job identifiers
  • Guides (reusable)
  • Rulers
  • Zoom tool (up to 1600 percent)
  • Densitometer
  • Navigational thumbnail
  • Channel by channel view 
  • Combination of channels view
• Hardcopy proofing with generic formats (e.g., TIFF)
  • Pick-a-plate for inkjets (or combinations)
  • Print guides (rule ups) on hardcopy proofs
  • Anti-alias setting
  • Page bound color setting
  • Color or grayscale setting
  • Positive or negative setting
  • Shrink-to-fit or crop option
  • Sizing by percentage or by height and width
  • Multiple copy option
  • Logical handling of dielines and varnishes
  • Book proof on supported laser printers

Pick-a-plate dialog - Before files are screened, you can print selected inks or change without reprocessing:

• Linescreen
• Distortion (vertical and/or horizontal)
• Screen angle
• Screening type (e.g., conventional to hybrid)
• Dot gain compensation

Job management:

• Change order of job queue
• Job Pick-up
• RIP Data Transform - Pad, clip, or rotate RIPed impositions
• Hold, Delete, and Release buttons
• Page list counter
• Filtering on queue-by-queue basis
• Filter by Customer, Job, & Operator
• Auto delete files after user-specified time
• Thumbnail pop-up of file
• Option to overwrite files with duplicate names
• Stitch PDFs
• Import JDF
• Export JMF

Other base functions:

• Versioning
• Multi-burn
• Board diagnostics
• Network performance diagnostics
• Font support
  • TrueType
  • Adobe
  • Open Type
  • Dfont
  • Multiple master
  • Type 1
  • Embedded
  • DeviceN and multi-ink support