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Print Workflow Products

ONYX Textile

RIP Product Family

ONYX 12.2

Why ONYX

• New features and enhancements• Version comparison chart• Product comparison chart• Key features

• Company overview• Key Features • Solution focused since 1989

• Product overview

• Product overview• Key features• RIP comparison chart

• Product overview• Key features

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Software Maintenance• Product overview• Key features

WIDE FORMAT PRINT WORKFLOW | WHY ONYX

Why ONYX: Simple, Innovative, and Proven. Onyx Graphics is the market leader in providing fast, powerful and reliable large

format print workflow software focused on delivering superior color.

TechnologyMaking the future happenContinually investing in R&D, along with strategic partner relationships, enables Onyx Graphics to develop an evolving product portfolio providing market leading print solutions. This dedication to technology has been regularly recognized with numerous U.S. patents and industry awards. By blending advanced computing technologies, along with our proven print production platform, ONYX 12.1 is able to bring record RIP speeds and automated workflows to your unique print production environment.

ColorMaking color output more predictableONYX color scientists have an unparalleled knowledge on all aspects of color and color management, resulting in our patented technology. Active involvement with the International Color Consortium (ICC) enables Onyx Graphics to influence worldwide color standards. The result of this ongoing color investment is unique functionality such as G7 integration, Color Swatch Books, ONYX PowerChroma™ and integrated ink savings via GCR Plus™.

SupportCommitment to the customer

Onyx GraphicsSolution focused since 1989Combining the needs of our worldwide customers with innovative technology enables Onyx Graphics to make wide format color printing more predictable and streamlined. Close working relationships with 100+ of the top printer manufacturers enables the ONYX solution to maximize print quality and output capacity of your wide and grand format printers. This corporate commitment to color and customer support places Onyx Graphics at the cutting edge of wide format print workflow software.

ONYX RIPCenter and ONYX PosterShop products provide easy job preparation, automation of print and cut workflows and reduced manual error with Quick Sets, getting you to sellable prints faster.

“Our commitment to innovation means our customers enjoy unrivalled success.”

ONYX is dedicated to our worldwide customer base providing access to global technical support through the 400+ ONYX Authorized resellers and distributors around the globe. Get immediate access to new software releases, printer driver updates and web training with an ONYX Advantage software maintenance contract. ONYX TV provides unlimited access to end-user training and application specific videos. ONYX Certified Operator training classes enable customers to maximize the potential of their software investment.

The only truly scalable workflow solution that grows with your business. This end-to-end PDF workflow solution with scalable RIPS includes automation from digital file submission through color management, printing and cutting.

Enjoy all the features of ONYX 12.1 plus Swatch Books, sewing marks, disproportionate scaling, ink configuration builder, with additional Colorways and Step and Repeat functionality all built specifically for textile printers.

- Kevin M. Murphy, President & CEO.

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ONYX 12.2: Simple. Innovative. Proven.64

64-bit Platform: Speed Plus Performance The power of a next-generation, all 64-bit platform

Application Tools: Do More FasterAutomate finishing functions and create new revenue opportunities

Quick Sets 2.0: Automate ProductionJob templates that streamline and automate routine tasks

• Optimized color calculations for increased RIP and data transferprocessing speeds.

• Increased productivity directly improves the bottom line by processing more files in less time with record benchmark RIP speeds.

• Save hours on large file data transfer speeds to enable more print jobs per day.

• Maximize your hardware investment with a fully integrated 64-bit Windows® OS platform to set up jobs, move files and open applications quickly.

• Boost overall performance with the latest 64-bit Adobe® PDF Print Engine and JAWS RIP updates.

• Multi-roll functionality to print more in less time with an intuitive userinterface, switching rolls automatically to print jobs in the queue.

•Simple, integrated G7 process improves gray color for output consistency across multiple devices and applications.

• Avoid wasted sheet media and increase production efficiency with an intuitive user interface and visual nesting previews.

• Identify jobs and navigate quickly with a new color-managed visual RIP-Queue that introduces thumbnail previews and displays edits on the fly.

• Simultaneously view printer information, nesting previews and job details in a single application window with a clean look and feel.

• Enhanced cut workflow with multiple cutting path prefixes and cutterdevice settings improving automation with print and cut workflows.

• Easily automate job preparation and finishing tools to reduce manual entry, mistakes, and wasted media.

• Build automated workflows around custom production needs and design preferences based on media, bleed, trim, art, or crop boxes.

• Quick Sets 2.0 provides a new user experience with the addition of application tools and a simplified interface.

• Change Quick Sets for an existing job without the need to re-open it and share Quick Sets between printers, ensuring consistency throughout the production floor.

• Reduce time on production with job scaling and rotation from thefile-open dialogue before sending jobs to the RIP-Queue.

• Enhanced tiling and automatic cut path generation with onscreen previews simplifies job set up and production.

• Create prints with a versatile grommet mark tool and preview cut paths around tile boundaries to significantly reduce time in the final stages of production.

• Bleed tool allows you to produce a variety of new applications and improve existing workflows, without the need to redesign the original artwork.

• Have confidence applying white and specialty inks to any file type using the redesigned Spot Layer Tool.

Simplified Production: Easy to UseSave time on every job with new tools and a visual interface

WIDE FORMAT SOFTWARE | ONYX 12.2

ONYX Software:Version Comparison Chart

Color Managed Previewing in Job Editor

Basic job preparation tools: Size, Crop, Copies, Tiling, Color Correction

Basic Quick Sets

ONYX Color Engine

PANTONE® Color Matching

Automated Print > Read > Next Media Profiling

Smart 16-bit™ Color Blends and Gradients

Optimized Multi-page PDF Handling

Dynamic Ink Restriction Tools for easier control of ink costs

Automated Print-and-Cut Workflow

Color Swatch Books

Nesting with image preview

Integrated job ticketing

Rotate jobs directly in RIP-Queue

ONYX Connect* for ONYX Thrive™

Finishing tools: Bleed, Grommets, and Print Marks

ChromaBoost™

Redesigned Spot Layer Tool for white and specialty inks

ONYX Quick Sets 2.0

Full 64-bit platform (applications & RIP engines)

Apply Quick Sets to an existing job in Job Editor and RIP-Queue

Specialty and spot color ink restriction

Choke and placement setting for outline cut paths

Job and key word search tool

Thumbnail views for individual jobs in the queue

Custom page sizes

Automated Tiling

Disproportionate scaling

Simultaneous nest and job views

Darker blacks and vibrant colors in textile applications

Support for Zund QR codes

Redesigned RIP-Queue user interface

Lightning fast JPG file rotation

Enhanced proofing workflow

Integrated G7 Correction

Export job settings from Job Editor as a Quick Set

* Optional module for ONYX Thrive

Key Features

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ONYX VERSION COMPARISON CHART | ONYX SOFTWARE

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RIP-QueueJob EditorCUT-ServerLayout ToolWhite & Specialty Ink ToolProfile GeneratorColor Swatch Books ToolFinishing Tools: Bleed, Grommet Marks

Aqueous & Solvent InkjetUV FlatbedsGrand Format

Scalable PrintersScalable RIPs

RIP-QueueJob EditorCUT-ServerLayout ToolIntegrated G7®White & Specialty Ink ToolProfile GeneratorColor Swatch Books ToolFinishing Tools: Bleed, Grommet , MarksFlatbed CuttingONYX Production ManagerONYX Connect

PRODUCT COMPARISON CHART | ONYX 12

ONYX 12:Product Comparison Chart

Increased Productivity and Simplicity

Full 64-bit platform (applications & RIP engines)

RIP-Queue user interface with simultaneous nest and job views

Single view of print, job, and nesting information

Interactive, full color managed job previews in all applications

Integrated job ticketing

ONYX Quick Sets 2.0

Easy-to-use Quick Set and Job Properties user interface

Apply Quick Sets to an existing job in Job Editor and RIP-Queue

On-the-fly custom page sizes

Automated Print-and-Cut workflow

Export job settings from Job Editor as a Quick Set

Zund QR code support

Scalable RIPs for unlimited processing power

Network Licensing

Bleed

Grommet Marks

Finishing Marks

Manual layout and nesting

Media analyzer tool to predict results for a specific media

Variable data printing tool

Multi-tasking: RIP-and-print while you RIP multiple files

Flatbed contour cutting support

Adobe PDF Print Engine

Availability depends on configuration

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Availability depends on configuration

Superior Color Accuracy and Consistency

ONYX Color Engine

Automatic spot color matching and tools for color replacement

Custom spot color: create your own spot colors to match colors across media

PowerChroma™ with GCR plus™: tools for ink savings

Smart 16-Bit™ color blends and gradients

PANTONE® color matching

Easy sliders and curves to adjust saturation and contrast

Soft proof preflight: preview actual color on-screen to avoid mistakes

Simultaneous preview of different color settings for last minute fixes

Fast printer recalibration tool in RIP-Queue: quickly fix color shifts & resume printing

Highly Automated Color Profile Generator: quickly and easily build your own ICC profiles

Media manager: add and create your own media to maximize speed or quality

Dynamic Ink Restriction Tools for easier control of ink costs

Profile gamut report to predict how close you can match a spot color

Spectral calibration

Screen printing capabilities

Integrated G7® Grayscale Calibration

Enhanced proofing workflow

ChromaBoost™

Minimum System Requirements

Operating System:• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit (32-bit not supported)

Processor:• Multi-core processor

Hard Drive:• 500 GB (7200 rpm)

Monitor:• 1280 x 1024

Build ICCs with darker blacks and vibrant colors in textile applications

Redesigned Spot Layer Tool for white and specialty inks

Specialty and spot color ink restriction

White and specialty ink profiling tools: simple, flexible white ink process

Automated Print > Read > Next Media Profiling

Color Swatch Books

Increased Productivity and Simplicity

Job packaging and archiving for easy backup of jobs

Disproportionate scaling

Automated and custom tiling with overlap

RIP tiles individually for faster throughput

RIP multiple pages of multi-page PDF concurrently

ONYX Production Manager for remote submission and management of jobs

Remote Job Setup and Prepress

Distributed processing for faster throughput

Hot Backup Key

ONYX Connect

ONYX SwitchConnect

Ram:• 8 GB (4 GB/core recommended)

Availability depends on configuration

Advanced Master / Slave Configuration

Optimize Your Print Production and Reduce Cost with Network-based Print Workflow Software ONYX Thrive™ software is a full featured, scalable PDF workflow solution based on the

Adobe® PDF Print Engine and optimized for superior performance for all sizes of print

providers. ONYX software combines the proven Onyx Graphics technology platform

with innovative tools and enhancements that simplify color printing workflow, improves

output predictability, and increases shop profitability.

Predictability • Reduces prepress cycles and reworks with 100% Adobe technology throughout, enabling you to print it right the first time • Superior output quality with innovative color

technologies developed by ONYX color scientists specifically for wide format applications

• Color managed previews enable you to see it before you print it

Performance • With 4/6/8 RIPs included, print performance is optimized enabling more production in less time

• Additional RIPs can be added independent of printers to further maximize print production • Save up to 30% less ink with GCR Plus™ ink saving technology

Scalability • Flexible network-based site licensing provides a long-term solution to grow with your business • Easily add RIPs, print drivers and workflow modules to customize your production workflow • Unlimited browser-based Thrive Production Manager provides a real-time dashboard into your print production

“We had too many printers with too many RIPs. We selected ONYX Thrive for its ability to manage all the printers we have, with color management and workflow all in one solution. It was the exceptional print quality achieved with Thrive, along with automation and workflow management that really set ONYX apart from the competition.”

Christian Bodewei - Marco Fine Arts, Inc,

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Predictability• Adobe PDF Print Engine with Adobe Normalizer• Award winning ONYX Color Engine• Unique PowerChroma™ Black Generation with new GCR Plus and ink saving control• Color Swatch Books to assist with accurate color selection and matching• Innovative ChromaBoost™ allows for adjustable gamut mapping• Built in Pantone Plus, RAL, and HKS color libraries• Automated and manual named spot replacement• White and specialty ink tools• Extensive job editing tools including disproportionate scaling

Performance• Quick Sets and unlimited hot folders simplifies workflow • RIP-and-Print on the fly while ripping multiple files simultaneously - 4/6/8 RIPs included• Smart 16-bit™ processing• Multi-page PDF splitting• Automated nesting with rotation and color managed preview• Automated or custom tiling• Printer pooling with automated allocation of print jobs• Automated print-and-cut workflow• Robust cut path management tools and sewing marks

Scalability• Unlimited Thrive Production Manager enables you to view and edit jobs in the print workflow• Flexible network-based site licensing • Distributed workflow modules• Add processing and printing capabilities independently• Job tickets track important information throughout the print workflow• Optional: ONYX Connect™ is an open interface to connect business and production software

KEY FEATURES

Print it right the first time, reducing unexpected surprises and waste

Simplified workflow reduces manual intervention and eliminates repetitive tasks

Open and flexible environment for a customize print workflow that grows with your business

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• 4/6/8 Adobe PDF Print Engines with Normalizers • 2/4/6 Printers - Grand or WIde • 1/2 Job Editors • 1 Layout Tool • Unlimited Thrive Production Manager • Roll-to-Roll Cutting Support

Available Workflow Module Add-ons: • Adobe PDF Print Engine and Normalizer • Active Printers - Wide or Grand • Job Editor • Layout Tool • ICC Profile Generator • Flatbed Cutting • Hot Back-Up Option

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CONFIGURATIONS 421/642/862

Operating System

Processor

RAM

Hard Drive

Monitor

Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit or newer (32-bit not supported)

Multi-core processor

8 GB minimum (4 GB / core recommended)

1280 x 1024

500 GB (7200 rpm)(250 GB+ free space)

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Digital Printing SoftwareThat Streamlines Job Preparation for Textile Applications

The right tools are critical in taking advantage of the expanding textile market. At

Onyx Graphics, we are addressing the unique textile color challenges in a simple and

smart manner to produce vibrant digital prints. New functionality in ONYX 12 Textile

edition software helps you to achieve your client’s desired results quickly and easily.

Vibrant • ChromaBoost™ technology allows you to achieve brighter more saturated colors even on difficult to

profile media • ONYX Color Technology enables you to print with an expanded color gamut that gives you the ability to match corporate colors and achieve deeper darks

Simple • Eliminate the need for switching between multiple programs with a simple job setup in a single application • ONYX Step & Repeat quickly creates edge to edge fabric and wall covering designs from a single repeatable image • The new Colorways tool easily creates patterns in multiple colors from a single file

Smart • The Swatch Book tool makes it simple to match color right the first time, without unnecessary guesswork, saving both time and materials • Using one consistent ONYX RIP or print workflow technology across all your applications enables predictable output from a variety of wide format printers

Tyler Nylund - Hightech Signs

ONYX SOFTWARE | TEXTILE EDITION

Step & Repeat• Design what you need with intuitive controls for creating your textile pattern• Streamline your workflow with a tool integrated directly into Job Editor• Build seamless repeated patterns with PDF and raster

images

Colorways• Create color combinations for textile applications with a tool integrated directly into your job preparation workflow• Support for numerous file types including indexed tiff,

separated files and tiff with alpha channel• Greater flexibility to define color combinations with RGB, spot colors, LAB or device colors

Ink Configuration Builder• Build your own ink configuration to reorder ink positions for a variety of textile applications• Innovative reference chart makes the ink order and position simple to determine for easy setup• Combined with the proven ONYX Color Engine to produce vibrant textile output

KEY FEATURES

Quickly build seamless patterns with the new integrated Step & Repeat tool in Job Editor

Save and quickly apply different color combinations to a single image

Easily create print setups using custom ink enabling various textile applications

Output Channel Ink Reference

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MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Textile bundle add-on is available for ONYX RIP and ONYX Thrive print workflow products as well as existing ONYX Software product owners.

Textile features can be bought separately or bundled together.

AVAILABILITY

Operating System

Processor

RAM

Hard Drive

Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit or newer (32-bit not supported)

1280 x 1024

500 GB (7200 rpm)(250 GB+ free space)

Monitor

8 GB minimum (4 GB / core recommended)

Multi-core processor

Software Maintenance: Keep Your Software Current to Secure Your Investment

ONYX Advantage™ software maintenance provides a cost effective way to keep your

RIP and workflow software current and gives you all the latest features. You gain

immediate access to ONYX software upgrades, versions and releases as well as the

hundreds of new and existing printer drivers. As an added benefit, ONYX Advantage

contract holders have access to an expansive library of on-demand videos covering

product training and appplication support.

Upgrade your system to ONYX 12.2 by purchasing an ONYX Advantage software maintenance contract.

Visit onyxgfx.com or ask your authorized reseller to get started today.

SecurityComes from knowing you will always have the most current technology from ONYX

• Always have access to the latest developments

Peace of MindKnowing you have access to new printer drivers*, new product features or functionality, and product training which are all included in the contract price

• Avoid surprise costs and secure your investment

ValueAn amazing value when compared to acquiring features and services separately

• Access to ONYX software upgrades, versions and releases

• Availability to new and existing printer drivers*• Participation in ONYX web-based instructor product

training sessions, up to three sessions annually• Access to ONYX on-demand videos covering product

training and application support

* ONYX Advantage for RIPCenter limited to RIPCenter family of available printers

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