The Mercury RIP architecture is a parallel processing framework for dynamically managing multiple instances of Adobe PDF Print Engine, working in tandem on multicore, networked or cloud platforms. It’s a scalability platform optimised for outputting variable data printing jobs to the fastest digital presses on the market today and tomorrow. It’s most useful for packaging, industrial, personalised marketing communications and statements. A Mercury-certified system maximises hardware efficiency, ensuring the most efficient use of system resources. Processing of jobs, pages and complete signatures occurs in parallel and can be load balanced, so that no CPUs remain inactive while jobs are waiting to be rendered. With the Mercury RIP architecture, PDF Print Engine can scale up to drive high-volume production on a single press or across multiple presses.
The following prepress solutions have been certified on the Mercury RIP architecture:
Canon imagePRESS Server B5000 (EFI Fiery)
Canon VarioPrint i300 (PRISMAsync)
EFI Fiery IC-315 server
Fujifilm JetPress 540W, 720, 720F (XMF)
Fuji Xerox 1400 Inkjet Colour Continuous Feed Printing System
Fuji Xerox 11000 Inkjet Press
Gallus Labelfire 340
GX Print Server for the Iridesse Production Press
Heidelberg Primefire 106
Ricoh ProVC40000, VC60000, VC70000 (TotalFlow R600A)
Screen EQUIOS for Truepress Jet520HD Series, 520NX Series
Xerox EX-P 5 Print Server (EFI Fiery)
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server for the Xerox Brenva HD Production Inkjet Press
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server for the Xerox iGen 5 Press
Xerox IJ Print Server (EFI Fiery) for Impika Inkjet Presses
Xerox IJ Print Server (EFI Fiery) for Trivor 2400
Xerox Versant 3100 Press (EFI Fiery)
Xeikon X-800
Tile Parallel Processing is a feature of the Mercury RIP architecture. It accelerates system performance for large surfaces by subdividing them into smaller sections, each of which is assigned to a separate instance of PDF Print Engine. By processing multiple tiles in parallel and then seamlessly reassembling them, Tile Parallel Processing significantly reduces overall rendering time for posters, signage and architectural drawings.