Mimaki has released the latest version of its RasterLink RIP software for wide-format printing, which offers Pantone colour matching and Adobe integration capabilities, plus improvements to its user interface including the facility to monitor progress from the main screen.

In addition, users can simulate colour printing in Adobe Illustrator and/or Adobe Photoshop using Mimaki’s Profile Master 2, meaning there is no necessity to create an actual print.

"We have also enhanced our colour replacement functions with RasterLink6," explains Yuji Ikeda, product marketing manager, Mimaki Europe. "With RasterLink6, operators can easily convert special colours to specific Pantone references to ensure colour integrity. Selected colours from the RasterLink6 colour charts can easily be added to colour swatches in Adobe Illustrator.

"In addition, users can measure a target colour with an optional colorimeter and use RasterLink6's Colour Picker System to accurately reproduce those targeted colours."

Hybrid Services will distribute RasterLink6 in the UK and Ireland. Its national sales manager John de la Roche comments: "The features that Mimaki continues to introduce are key to our customers' productivity."