RIPit plans Print 05 package

US pre-press supplier RIPit is to unveil a sub-40,000 B2 platesetter package aimed at small and mid-sized printers this weekend.

The firm will launch the package, including the new violet metal CTP Speed-Setter VM4 with a full RIP and workflow, at Print 05 in Chicago, which starts tomorrow (9 September).

SpeedSetter VM4 is a new internal drum platesetter which is a larger version of the existing VM2 two-up machine and will debut at the show.

A UK price has yet to be confirmed for the manual-load machine, which will be sold with RIPit's OpenRIP Symphony workflow for 35,000, with a package including processor, RIP and workflow around 45,000.

The VM2 machine currently sells in the UK for 28,500, with proofing and imposition software.