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Navigator Harlequin RIP and Workflow

The path to Prepress Independence®

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Xitron’s Navigator Harlequin RIP leverages Global Graphics’ technology to deliver fast, reliable interpretation of PostScript, PDF, and EPS files. With over 45,000 installations worldwide, Navigator is a trusted name in RIP architecture.

 

Navigator Workflow enhances this foundation by providing cross-platform functionality, allowing control from any Mac or PC workstation. Its scalable design improves performance while keeping costs low.

 

For a detailed comparison of Navigator RIP and Workflow features, please here. Xitron is currently shipping Navigator RIP v14 and Workflow v9. Click here for upgrade information.

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We invite you to schedule a demo. Live demos allow us the opportunity to answer your questions in detail, learn about your requirements, and discuss ways Xitron can benefit you and your organization.

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Navigator Harlequin RIP Features

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Low Cost of Ownership

Extend the life of your CtP systems by updating only the necessary software. These productive RIP and workflow modules are the most cost-effective components to replace, ensuring compatibility with modern applications like CS Cloud.

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Scalable Solutions

Navigator allows you to create a customized prepress system tailored to your needs, not dictated by your output device vendor. From in-RIP trapping to load-balancing, pay only for the features you require.

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Output to Hundreds of Devices

Xitron offers a strong alternative to proprietary systems. Whether working with offset, flexo, digital, or packaging applications, Xitron provides solutions for a wide range of output devices.

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Intelligent Job Tracking and Search

Navigator adapts to your naming conventions—ticket number, customer, or date—enabling real-time job searches across workflows, so you can locate jobs efficiently.

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Seamless Previews

View RIPed data from any workstation without disrupting production. Check magnifications, spot colors, and traps down to the pixel level, verifying data before it reaches the plate.

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Enhanced Interpretive Accuracy

New PDF functionality minimizes challenges for older RIPs. Native PDF processing ensures features like transparency are handled correctly, reducing errors and saving time and money.

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PDF 2.0 Compatibility

Navigator is one of the first RIPs to support the PDF 2.0 specification, ensuring accurate interpretation of PDF 2.0 job files. Benefit from features like Page-Level Output Profiles, Black Point Compensation, and Spectrally Defined Spot Color values.

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Network-Wide Access

Client/Server architecture enables job access from anywhere, not just at the output device. Cross-platform compatibility and administrative security provide operators with precise job control directly from their workstations.

Overview Videos

10,000+ CtP Owners Have Made the Switch to Xitron

Navigator Workflow Demo

Creating Plate Layback using Simple Imposition

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Ann Arbor, MI 48108

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Sales: sales@xitron.com

Phone: +1 734.913.8083

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Xitron is a subsidiary of Hybrid Software Group (Euronext: HYSG)

Xitron is the leading developer of the Harlequin RIP, Harlequin RIP-based workflow, and TIFF Catcher software designed for computer-to-plate (CTP), digital output, high-speed inkjet, and direct-to-press systems. The Navigator RIP has long been recognized around the world as a best-in-class implementation of software RIP technology with over 40,000 installations worldwide in commercial offset, web offset, flexo, packaging, screen printing, and transactional data applications. Offering "prepress independence®," Xitron systems are compatible with virtually every output system available today. Solutions include Screen PTR RIP kits, Agfa RIP kits, Scitex RIP Kits, ECRM RIP Kits, Creo RIP Kits, QMDI RIPs, Digital Front Ends (DFEs), Screen Printing workflows, and high-fidelity flexo tools.

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