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JackI think it's a fair question for sure. I would say if the output you are getting satisfies you for the media you are printing on, you don't need it. OTOH, if you print on a wide variety of media and/or want to have your layouts conveniently managed, the RIP may be worth considering. Personally, I only have a few favorite papers I regularly print on so end up building profiles for those, and usually print one-off, so have never felt the need for the RIP.
Thanks Georg, your points are well taken, and intuitively where I seem to be headed with the solution. Like you I am not convinced of RIP's for these newer printers.I think, the currect drivers already provide a very good output. Ok, there is flexibility in choice of material and certain nesting features. But given the prices for RIP's I feel it is not justfied in most cases.... Out of interest, I looked at a couple of RIP solutions for my 11880 last year, none of them convinced me as a must have.
As soon as you see your first B&W off the X900 printed with a good profile, you'll realize things have improved significantly since the X600 series .however to get the absolute most from these older printers especially b&w and sepia tone prints having some sort of rip really does help.