CalderaRIP V14.1 - What's new?

Strasbourg, March 1st, 2021

General

• macOS 11 Big Sur - M1:
  • Caldera is now supported on Apple devices using the new M1 chip.
  • Warning:
    • X-Rite i1iO3 is the only device not working yet with M1
      • We are in contact with X-Rite to solve the SDK issue.

CalderaCare Features

There is no new CalderaCare feature in V14.1. However, all Version 14 CalderaCare features are still available:

• Smart Import - Extract meta-data from filenames
  • Exclusive to CalderaCare customers – file-based workflows will link to PrimeCenter and V14 by automatically loading and processing meta-data, like the number of copies of each prepared layout
• Fotoba ASP - Bigger Bar codes
  • Support for Fotoba Automatic Slicing Positioning can now handle up to nine blades. 
• Wide Contour Offset - Easier cutting on textile substrates
  • Benefit from an increased range of Cut Contours offsets, from [-10mm, +10mm] to [-100mm, +100mm]. 

Features

• PS2PDF

  • Improve your PS & EPS workflow with Caldera’s PS2PDF engine. Powered by Adobe PS Converter, Caldera’s PS2PDF engine ensures faster processing for PS & EPS-based workflows. Combined with the powerful Adobe PDF Print Engine, Caldera’s PS2PDF ensures a coherent and scalable printing workflow for high-quality results. Benefit from a 10% performance boost and make the most out of CalderaRIP software's powerful features, for a reliable and scalable digital printing production.

• New Idealliance Textile Targets in PrintStandardVerifier option

  • Automate your quality assurance process while ensuring your printing process matches the industry color standards from Fogra, ISO and G7™️. The Print Standard Verifier module checks the conformity of your prints and allows you to meet international standards for color consistency.

Included Print Drivers

• CSC Screen 
  • Zeus V-X
• EFI
  • Vutek-Qr
• Epson
  • Surecolor F6300
  • SureColor R5000
  • SureColor R5000L
• HP
  • Latex 700
  • Latex 700 W
  • Latex 800
  • Latex 800 W
• MS
  • LaRIO
  • JPK UV
  • JPK UV Dual
• Mimaki
  • CJV300-Plus-4c
  • CJV300-Plus-8c
  • JV300-Plus-4c
  • JV300-Plus-8c
• Ricoh
  • L5130e
  • L5160e
  • Pro TF6251
• Roland
  • VersaUV-LEC2-300-CMYK
• Velox
  • Velox-IDS

New Cutters

Caldera V14.1 supports the Summa S One cutters, introducing the Summa OPOS Xtra feature to improve your cutting and trimming workflow. If the printed media is deformed or shrunk, the OPOS Xtra vertical marks help to calibrate the cutter locally to ensure an accurate cutting process. This feature is available for all Summa cutters benefiting from this option, including the new Summa S One and the S2 series. Furthermore, the OPOS Xtra feature is also available for the new HP Latex Plus cutter which is also supported in V14.1.

• Summa S One
• Summa S2 OPOS Xtra
• HP Latex Plus
  
  • The new HP Latex Cutters benefit from a new type of barcode, white instead of yellow, with a box around the barcode to improve readability. They also integrate Summa's OPOS Xtra feature. 

Spectro Enhancements

• X-Rite i1iO3 with i1Pro3 Plus

  • CalderaRIP now provides a new algorithm to generate color linearization targets for the X-Rite i1iO3 with the i1Pro3 Plus spectrophotometer. This feature greatly improves accuracy for digital printing applications with a wide color gamut, such as packaging or textile printing.

• TotalColor qb Textile Sensing Unit

  • CalderaRIP supports the TotalColor qb Textile Sensing Unit for accurate color measurements on textile materials.

Bug fixes

• Caldera now displays a help text when hovering over the green question mark within the RIP interface.