

And there are several of them out there, but most of them cost real money. And while it's a bit rudimentary, it does work.Īnd me, I'd argue that to get full capability out of any printer, you need a real RIP, one that gives you control of the printer.

It's certainly not "free." The cost of it is built into the cost of every Roland printer. And what Versa Works is is Roland's entry-level RIP that they ship with all their printers. And because of the nature of solvent inkjet, it's not possible to run any solvent printer without a RIP, because media settings are so critical to even being able to print on a media at all. The important thing to keep in mind here is that your Roland is a solvent inkjet printer, and your Epson is an aqueous inkjet printer.Īnd that can be known simply because if your Epson was a solvent printer, it would have some sort of real RIP already driving it.īecause what RIP's really are for - in my old and curmudgeonly view - isn't nesting and ganging up images and the like, but for taking full control of the printer, so that you can get maximum capability out of it on any media, in any condition. Keep in mind that new, your Roland lists for about $16000.00, while the most expensive Epson you can get that will even produce an image without a RIP is right at $5000.00. What really surprises me, honestly, is how many people expect to go online and find something of real value for free. This program can be either installed on computer or portable drives, which makes it more accessible.That is right, and no, you're not missing anything.ĭoesn't really matter what model number your Epson is. It will also automatically save your configuration settings for further usages. Through modern multi-core CPUs, Free:ac greatly boosts the conversion process.Īpart from the fundamental audio ripping and format conversion features, Fre:Ac also provides a series of advanced and easy-to-handle setting options. The conversion function of Free:ac allows you to convert between all popular audio formats, including MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WMA, WAV, OGG, APE, Speex, and WavPack, thus, you will be able to use your audio files on more software and applications. At the same time, Free:ac can automatically add metadata information to the exported songs based on CDDB/GNUdb online CD database. With this program, you can rip audio CDs to MP3 or M4A files. Fre:ac is a totally free and open source audio converter and CD ripper available on multiple platforms.
