I was wondering if anyone had some advice as to which RIP provides the ability to easily repeat prints exactly? I have spend a little time researching what are apparently the main contenders (ColorBurst, Imageprint, EFI, Wasatch etc - other suggestions welcome) but can't seem to get a straight answer from the respective websites.
I run a small print studio with 2 large format Epsons (9800 and 9890) running off Mac OS. Up until now I have just printed straight from photoshop. But now I am beginning to get customers coming back and wanting a reprint of something they initially printed months ago. Also, I am starting to do 'signed edition' prints for photographers, where over the course of months or years they want to come back to me and get an exact consistent reprint of an image.
I find that usually if I open a 'printed file' again in PS, and hit print, it has saved all the relevant info. But then I started storing files on an external drive and found that 'print files' that had been on the external, when opened again in PS and sent to print, had lost all the settings and I am trying to remember (!) profiles, dpi, media settings etc etc.
What I need is RIP that will remember exactly all relevant info (as well as number of times image has been printed?).
Like I said this information doesn't seem to be immediately apparent from the various websites? Or am I missing something? Is it so obvious as to be not specified, that all RIP provide this?
Any advice would be great thanks in advance
Neil