This document will help you to find, understand, and use the new features of the Navigator RIP system for Duralink.

The printhead assignment tool is separately documented, here: the Head Assignment Tool documentation

Duralink r3 installation guide

is attached, below.

Standard mode (stitching) vs. transactional mode.

Server, Manage Workflow Actions…, Page Filter Action, Configure Select Stitching, Slit and Merge, or Multi Stream.

Stitching is the standard mode for the RIP. Most types of printing will use this mode. Stitching assumes you are sending input PDFs the width of the press. The page filter action then splits that page up across the printheads. In the case of a 2 printhead wide system (17" or A3) we would take a 17" input file and chop it into 2 pieces sized for the printheads, with some overlap. In this mode you can do imposition either with a built-in RIP tool like XiStep (for labels) or with an external application.

The other two modes are transactional print modes. They are page imposition schemes for two different finishing systems. They both assume you are sending letter sized pages to a 17" wide duplex press (2x4x2) and wish to print two streams of pages side-by-side.

Slit and Merge: This setting is for a 2-wide duplex unit that splits the web in half and automatically merges both splits together after each cut.

Consider a run length of 16 pages:

Multi Stream (formerly called Dual stream): This setting is for a 2-wide duplex unit that splits the web in half but requires the operator to manually combine two stacks after the job is printed. (Put one stack on top of the other)

Consider a run length of 16 pages:

Color Adjustment.