Onyx Graphics today announced its new subscription RIP software ONYX Go has been named by the PRINTING United Alliance as the Best RIP Software of 2021. Available with soft-key activation providing near-instant access, ONYX Go is a month-to-month, no-contract, full-featured ONYX RIP solution with up to four Adobe PDF Print Engines (APPE), Job Editor to edit files before printing, unlimited roll-to-roll cutter support for complete Print-and-Cut workflows and supports up to two printers.
The PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Product Award competition evaluates products that will be available for sale in 2021. A highly qualified panel of judges from across the printing industry evaluated the annual contest’s 160+ entries in more than 58 categories spanning analog, digital, output, and non-output technologies.
“One of the things I like best about our competition is that it is juried, and judges are basing their decisions on objective criteria. And with outstanding entries like ONYX Go, they had their work cut out for them,” said Ray Weiss, director, Digital Print Programs, PRINTING United Alliance. “The Pinnacle Product Award competition represents the best of the best among commercial hardware, software, consumables, industrial and screen equipment,” Weiss said. “Congratulations to Onyx Graphics for their deserved win.”
“We are delighted to accept this prestigious award from the PRINTING United Alliance,” said Matt Crawford, director, product marketing, Onyx Graphics. “When our customers, peers, and now industry leaders acknowledge the way ONYX Go is helping print businesses succeed, it furthers our commitment to developing best-in-class software solutions for the wide-format print industry.”
ONYX Go is available in two product tiers – ONYX Go Lite and ONYX Go Plus, to suit the needs of the print business. As part of their subscription, users get unlimited product support as well as product updates with in-product notifications to download the latest version. ONYX Go Lite is ideally suited for new print shops, while ONYX Go Plus is for growing print businesses.
Highlights of ONYX Go products include –
- ICC profiling and Media Manager
- Up to four Adobe PDF Print Engines
- Support for up to two printers
- Unlimited roll-to-roll cutter support
- Automated Print-and-Cut workflows
- Automatic media savings for nested jobs
- Job Editor for file editing and job preparation
- Quick Sets 2.0 and Hot Folders for automation
- Swatch Books 2.0 for color matching
- Specialty ink support for white ink
- Bleed and Grommet finishing tools
