Archive for the 'Blackmagic' Category

Pagesetup pool decision algorithm

Recently I have been asked the question: “When does the pagesetup pool decide which pagesetup  the job will process on ?”

The answer is pretty simple. As the job is about to start imaging, the server inspects the pagesetup pool configuration and the current job queue. It then assigns an appropriate pagesetup to the job. By making this decision as late as possible we ensure that the load balancing is more responsive to changing conditions such as a printer that has gone offline or ran out of paper.

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Windows installed printer driver is now included for free

Starting with Serendipity Blackmagic 3.4 and Serendipity Megarip 4.4, the “Windows installed printer” output driver is now included for free. This allows you to use any printer driver you have installed under windows for printing, bypassing our built-in drivers. This should be used as a last resort since the windows printing subsystem is RGB and the results will not be as good as our built-in drivers for CMYK type work. If you are processing RGB images, then this workflow is adequate as long as you create an RGB output ICC profile for the driver and have our software use it when printing through the “Windows installed printer” driver.

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Windows Vista and Serendipity products

We just finished testing both Serendipity Megarip and Blackmagic on the newly released Windows Vista and found no problems whatsoever. Just follow the installation instructions as you would for other windows platforms.

Here’s a screenshot showing Serendipity Blackmagic running under Vista.

Serendipity Blackmagic running under Windows Vista

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