Swen,
We are a new startup so I do not have any at the moment. Are any of the EFI softwares a combination RIP and Profiling software? I know the X-rites profiling packages only profile.
No real need for a Rip if we are getting a pro level profiling software?
I would say that EFI is very much a cmyk-proofing solution. Basic config. allows you only to linearize and calibrate a workflow to given cmyk-standards.
You
can put in extra modules for making rgb-profiles (and cmyk), but at the bottom, it still uses a cmyk-workflow, what they call "Full gamut CMYK".
So we use EFI for proofing only. Together with SpectroProofer/Ep9900, it's a powerfull, but expensive, combo.
For rgb-workflow (FineArt) we use ImagePrint/Ep 11880.
For customers that uses the printdriver we create profiles with i1-iO and ProfileMaker.
Sometimes I make profiles for ImagePrint, for media not supported in IP.
I never print with the printdriver.