The SpeedSetter® VM4 4-Up CtP System is the big brother to the original SpeedSetter VM 2-Up platemaking system.
The VM series are manual load and unload internal drum platesetters, tightly integrated with RIPit’s award winning
OpenRIP® Symphony™ workflow and an optional photopolymer plate processor. The VM's complete CtP workflow
allows you to increase prepress production, take control of digital files and drive every device in your shop.
of a complex array of high-power thermal lasers. The same laser technology is used
in many consumer electronic devices. They’re less expensive, require less
power, generate less heat and last far longer than thermal lasers.
The VM4’s internal drum design is a simpler, more reliable imaging technology which®
involves far fewer moving parts. The fast air-bearing spinner motor let you quickly
image violet sensitive metal plates without sacraficing quality or accuracy.
The SpeedSetter VM4 CtP System is driven by OpenRIP® Symphony, an award
winning Adobe® PostScript® 3™ RIP that features a multi-device, multi-task
workflow designed to automate complex prepress task, eliminate human error and
provide more control over digital files, and file setup.
OpenRIP Symphony's multi-device functionality allows you to drive every output ®
device in your shop including: Platesetters, imagesetters, laser printers, digital
copiers, digital presses, inkjet printers and plotters from a single RIP workstation.
This provides true device to device consistancy.
Monitor Preview - Check page elements, color separations, traps, knockouts, and overprints before you output media.
Custom Plate Templates - Choose different plate settings for each press. Specify plate characteristics such as®
header, gripper, image size, and tail length.
Imagesetter Linearization and Press Dot Gain Compensation - Our easy to use Linearization and Dot Gain®
Compensation Wizards take all the guesswork out of imagesetter and press calibration.
RIPit's SpeedSetter™ VM4 PlateSetter - The VM4 is a high production, 4-up, internal drum platesetter that utilizes®
violet laser technology and a fast air-bearing spinner motor. The VM4 combines a very small spot size with accurate
registration which allows you to quickly produce quality, violet metal plates for a variety of 4-up and 2-up presses
(at 2540 dpi and over 200 lpi) without sacrificing VM4 Specifications Page.
Maximum Platemaking Versatility - The SpeedSetter VM4 features a manual load-unload design and auto vacuum ®
mechanism for quick plate changes that allows you to image multiple size plates (from 9.5” x 15” to 36.5” x 25”) to suit
all common 4-up / half-size and 2-up presses. The SpeedSetter VM4 provides the freedom to image all silver and
photopolymer violet metal plates that are available on the market today.
Compact Efficient Design - The small footprint allows you to set up on table top or use optional stand.®
PDF 1.5 Support - Lets you enjoy all the benefits of PDFs created in Distiller 6.0 including transparency. ®
Raster View - Full output resolution preview with ink usage calculator and CIP 3 support. ®
Plus - Advanced Color Proofing, Custom Job Queues with Drag & Drop, Idiom Recognition and much, much more. ®
In-Rip Trapping with TrapZone - Adobe® In-RIP Trapping allows you to quaikly execute complex trapping
commands at the RIP. Our New TrapZone feature enhances In-RIP Trapping by letting you select separate trap
settings for different parts of a page.
OpenRIP Remote - Control raster files on OpenRIP Symphony from MacOS-X and Windows workstations.®
Preview, impose and send files to output devices. OpenRIP Remote also allows you to save raster files
as PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs to softproof at workstations or email directly to customers.
PDF Preview - Create low-res PDFs of RIPped files for workstation preview or email directly to customers.®
KOOLKolor™ Proofing - Create attractive, color-accurate proofs on a variety of inkjet printers and plotters.®
KOOLKolor™ uses industry-standard ICC Profiles.
KoolToning™ Halftone Simulator - Now get traditional AM halftone dots and true rosettes on your®
inkjet proof.
StripRITE™ Raster Imposition - OpenRIP Symphony's raster imposition feature allows you to generate®
spreads for books, step and repeat business cards, and perform other sophisticated imposition tasks
quickly and easily.
AdvancedScan™ - AdvancedScan scan to plate software is the ideal tool for paper-based originals, with its®
powerful image capture and editing tools. Add images to text pages, assign spot colors, create tinted
backgrounds, and create low-resolution PDF proofs to email your customers.
TIFFout and PSout - The new TIFFout and PSout drivers allow you to use OpenRIP Symphony to drive®
alternate output devices that do not have the advanced features or workflow benefits that OpenRIP offers.
PerfectBLEND™ Hybrid Screening - Combines the benefits of AM and FM Screening for dramatically®
higher linescreens and better press runs.
Export Proof - Save raster files as low-res PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs to softproof at workstations or email ®
proofs directly to customers
ImagerQ Concerto (optional TIFF Shooter Workstation) - Provides easy integration to any 1-bit TIFF ®
workflow and provides independent control of SpeedSetter VM platesetters and other output devices.
ImagerQ Conterto allows you to submit raster files, preview them, set output options and control output.
The P24 Plate Processor is designed to process a wide
range of violet sensitive photopolymer plate products. This
compact, easy to use processor is electronically controlled
to develop multiple size, single sided aluminum printing
plates using standard chemistry (see P24 Specifications).
The P24 PlateRunner can be connected to plumbing or run
in a stand-alone mode.
