ONYX 19 is the most up-to-date version of the ONYX RIP print workflow software – and it comes with a batch of new features and enhancements that will drive your soft-signage and textile print applications to new heights. Read on to learn about the Spark Engine™ and DeviceLink+™ – and how ONYX has created a platform that offers unrivalled speed, performance and reliability.

Introducing ONYX 19’s Spark Engine™
The Spark Engine™ is the basis of the ONYX 19 performance platform and it uses exclusive advanced compression algorithms to increase RIP speeds by up to 400 percent – making it easier to hit deadlines, day after day. It also has a new threading pipeline, which maximises computer hardware to improve printer performance by up to 200 percent without incurring added costs. Additional features include new rendering technology for up to 600 percent increases in Step and Repeat performance, and print isolation technology to ensure print production can continue even in the event of a printer failure.

DeviceLink+™ for consistent colour management
ONYX 19 introduces DeviceLink+™ to transform your colour management experience. It makes fast, effective output profile changes, without the need to read in new swatches or use a colour measurement device and the result is consistent colours across your whole site.

This ultimate colour management tool features:
• Automatic generation of DeviceLink profiles
• Streamline workflows with DeviceLink+™ QuickSets
• Easy to apply ink savings for any media profile using GCR+
• Consistent colour across all your devices via simulation and proofing controls
• The ability to control ink separations and gamut mapping without reprofiling
• Works with ColorCheck to prove superior output to print buyers
• Improve colour accuracy across existing media profiles at the click of a button
• Retain colour saturation with direct colour conversion

Other ONYX 19 features
As well as the Spark Engine™ and DeviceLink+™, ONYX 19 includes a host of other advanced abilities.
• Achieve perfection in colour and quality with iccMAX v5 profiling – ONYX is the first and only solution to offer it
• iccMAX v5 means greater colour accuracy and the control of gamut mapping without the need to build new ICC profiles
• Improved grayscale images and greater control over ink usage and waste reduction using iccMAX v5
• New dot pattern technology for any print application, including enhanced, line and screen stochastic options

For more information and advice on how ONYX 19 could benefit your print operations, talk to the print experts at SEDO on 0845 646 0388.