Epson P8000 and Color RIP Suggestion

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If I decide to purchase an Epson P8000 my StudioPrint V.2008 (V13.0.4) RIP and ColorGPS will not support the new platform. If I remember my conversation with Ergo folks recently the cost to upgrade StudioPrint will be ~$2,000 plus an additional $2,000 for ColorGPS to support this model. Ouch!

Two questions, is the P8000 a good purchase decision and is their another color RIP out there that supports this model series and also performs linearization and icc profiling?

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The the admin for studioprint forum and early tester of GPS, etc, I don’t suggest going with GPS. Use Ergosoft rip (it’s a great layout system) but use i1Profiler and the RGB Epson dither/drivers through it.

best,
Walker