Best previously used the GhostScript interpreter, but has now moved to Adobe across its entire range.
Clients were asking for an Adobe RIP and it made sense, said Best Designer Edition product manager Martin Hinkamper.
Technical benefits include support for overprints and job nesting.
The biggest advantage is that youre always at the same level as Adobe, said Hinkamper.
For now Best is using version 3015 of the Adobe CPSI, not the latest version, 3016, that was announced last week.
Despite announcing the new version, Adobe has yet to reveal when the Mac OS X version will ship (PrintWeek, 21 August).
As well as switching to the Adobe CPSI, Best has launched a new version of its Mac-based Designer Edition product. The OS X-only software has a new interface and adds support for PDF/X as well as the new core interpreter.
The Designer Edition will cost 400 for 2pp proofers and 600 for 4pp proofers.
Story by Barney Cox
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