Meet CADlink's Digital Factory RIP

The Ultimate DTF Printing Software

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Direct To Film Printing Made Easy

More than just RIP software, Digital Factory offers high fidelity colour printing and professional job preparation and management tools to streamline your production workflow from start to finish. Everything you need in a single Direct to Film software package (DTF). An unmatched feature set. No other DTF print software includes the combination of file preparation, colour management and production automation tools that Digital Factory Direct To Film Edition provides!

Simplify & Automate Production

PERFECT PARTNER FOR YOUR PRINTER
CADlink’s Digital Factory DTF Edition is the perfect partner for our high performance purpose-built printers offered exclusively through R A Smart.

DESIGN AND AUTOMATION TOOLS YOU’LL USE ON A DAILY BASIS
Dozens of valuable, time-saving features including knock-out tools for automatic black, white or colour removal from designs, auto nesting of jobs, barcode support, roll-mode support without the need for additional hardware or software and much more.

ROBUST RASTERISATION INTERFACE
Applying “ink gaps” within a design has never been easier or more visually pleasing. Transparency based application of rasters provides flexibility to place gaps over the entire image or only on select areas.

WORK WITH VIRTUALLY ANY COMMON FILE FORMAT
Industrial strength .pdf support. Also supports: PNG, SVG, JPG, AI, EPS, BMP, TIF.

High Fidelity Colour Management

UNIQUE WHITE INK HANDLING
White ink generation is automatically handled based on transparency within the design providing amazing results. No complicated file preparation to specify white ink layers in third party design applications.

PROFESSIONALLY CREATED COLOUR PROFILES AND PRINT MODES
Custom created colour profiles supporting the most widely used ink, media and powder suppliers.

CREATE A DTG PRINT EFFECT WITH “NO RASTER” PRINT MODES
Specialised print modes without rasters included for select printers are able to simulate a DTG look and feel using DTF technology.

SIMPLE COLOUR CORRECTION TOOLS
A wide assortment of colour correction tools provide the ability to modify existing colour profiles to handle changes in ink, media or powder suppliers as required.

CAD Link Digital Factory DTF Edition

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All The Tools You Need

GENERAL RIP AND PRINT FEATURES

• Windows™ 11 and 10 support (64 bit)
• Optimized RIP processing speeds
• Optimized multiple job processing (RIP threading)
• Reduced multiple copy RIP times. RIP one copy, print many.
• Start to finish .pdf workflow support
• Enhanced plug-ins for Corel®, Illustrator® and Photoshop® that send print jobs directly to production queues with automated white underbase when required. No cumbersome job preparation required.
• Templates support for exact positioning of designs
• “KnockMeBlackOut”, black removal from design
• “KnockMeColorOut”, white and other color removal from design
• Automatic trapping (choke/spread) in queues, including trapping by color plane
• Simplified navigation; Easy queue menu tabs, page view and job properties
• Grid option in job preview window
• Instant access to job information using “mouse-over image”
• Automated TCPIP port search for easier network printing setup
• Quick job reprints with save job backup (.jbk file) option
• Export queues and printer packages
• Worldwide language support using Unicode
• 4K Display Support

 

JOB MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULING TOOLS

• Unique, single window visual interface, one central easy to manage hub for all jobs
• Easy to use queue set-up wizard. Set up production queues quickly and easily
• Automatic or manual scheduling of jobs
• Job archiving, history, print status and job logs
• Job notes
• Hot folder support
• Print label support for production directions
• Bar code support for automated production (Including QR codes)

COLOUR MANAGEMENT TOOLS

• Single pass highlight & underbase printing
• Customize ink order (Epson™ based printers only)
• Preset color profiles for white, black, and colored media of different types
• High fidelity, ICC compliant color management engine
• Simple ink volume controls
• Complete manual color curve controls by image detail (shadows, mid-tones, highlights)
• Advanced color correction tools interface
• Easy color adjustments
• Support for all widely-used color measurement devices
• High speed printmodes

 

PRE-PRODUCTION TOOLS

• Variable data wizard automatically replaces design elements
• Visual print preview
• Raw data preview
• Multi-copy with spacing controls
• Cropping, rotation, mirroring, and invert controls of image and job
• Scale image and job to any size
• Soft proofing
• Built-in special effects/filters (distressed, distressed frames, sharpen)
• Updated Supersize filter functionality for improved image resolution
• Job color replacement
• Export template layouts with improved template user interface
• Image duplication interface

Recommended Computer Specifications
OS Windows 11 or Windows 10 (64 Bit)
CPU Intel i5 - i7 , 2.6 - 3.0GHz
Storage 500SSD (recommended) or HDD
RAM 8 - 12GB

Create Stunning DTF Prints

DTF printed samples from CADlink Digital Factory
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DTF printed samples from CADlink Digital Factory
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Finance Options Now Available

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