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Configuring Automatic Duplexing

Posted on March 19, 2019 by jason

Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip supports a number of inkjet-based office document printers, providing colour management and duplex output for multi-page PDF and postscript document files. The Duplex option is available in the Workbench > Output for supported printers, and is designed … Continue reading →

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Server Email Notifications

Posted on February 18, 2019 by jason

Did you know the Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip / Veripress Server can be configured to send email notifications of system events? Available Notifications cover several categories from critical server or job failures, to remaining printer media messages. When the function is … Continue reading →

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Sentinel Dongle Driver – macOS 10.13.x / 10.14.x App Security permission

Posted on January 30, 2019 by jason

Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip / Veripress users with Sentinel dongles may encounter the following messages when starting the Blackmagic / Megarip / Veripress Server immediately after software installation or after a macOS 10.13.x or 10.14.x Security Update: After a fresh install … Continue reading →

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Honour Embedded Screening

Posted on December 5, 2018 by jason

Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip 7.1.01+ features an Honour embedded screening function in the Jobticket > Postscript / PDF Options panel. When active, this option extracts the screen angles and frequency (LPI) values embedded in supported Adobe separated postscript files, using … Continue reading →

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macOS Mojave 10.14 – 64-bit only

Posted on September 27, 2018 by jason

IMPORTANT – read this before upgrading to macOS Mojave 10.14 Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip / Veripress versions 5.4.03 and above are compatible with macOS Mojave 10.14 macOS 10.14 is a 64-bit only operating system and no longer supports 32-bit software. As such, … Continue reading →

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Retain Pure Black

Posted on September 19, 2018 by jason

Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip uses an ICC-based colour management system. When created, output ICC profiles use combinations of all available printer ink channels to define colours within the printer’s gamut. All colours output, including solid process colours – cyan, magenta, yellow … Continue reading →

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How to Calibrate a Printer using CMYK printer screening mode

Posted on September 11, 2018 by jason

Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip includes manufacturer ‘Printer’s Screening’ or ‘HTM’ (half tone module) drivers for many printer models. Printer screening drivers utilise manufacturer designed LUTs (look up tables) to control the printer’s output. In addition, these LUTs utilise the extra … Continue reading →

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How to Calibrate a Printer using RGB mode

Posted on May 31, 2018 by jason

Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip includes manufacturer ‘Printer’s Screening’ or ‘HTM’ (half tone module) drivers for many printer models. Printer screening drivers utilise manufacturer designed LUTs (look up tables) to control the printer’s output. In addition, these LUTs utilise the extra … Continue reading →

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Sentinel Dongle Driver BUG FIX for Windows 10 feature update 1803

Posted on May 16, 2018 by jason

The Windows 10 – Feature Update version 1803 caused the Sentinel Dongle Driver used by our legacy Sentinel Superpro Dongles to not work correctly. Sentinel Superpro Dongle users will be unable to start their Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip / Veripress version 7.1.01 … Continue reading →

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Paper Profile – a single paper density patch for 7.1+

Posted on October 6, 2017 by jason

Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip 7.1+ simplifies the measurement of Paper Profile density patches. The Measurement Window, activated using the Measure Patches button in Paper Profile, now requires only one paper patch – Patch 1 in the first ink channel – to … Continue reading →

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