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GutenRIP™ The Only Free Epson® RIP

Welcome to GutenRIP™ - This application will alter the standard Gutenprint definition files to enable them to print 1) A white under-base and 2) A three color composite image. If you're looking for a free rip then this is the closest you will ever get.

Requires Gimp & Gutenprint or Gimp & Gutenprint for Windows.

NOTE: This is in Alpha testing... Please read the posts in the T-Shirt Forums. for more information.

A special thank you to Robert Duller for showing me how this was possible and a very big thank you to Robert Krawitz the lead Gutenprint developer for his help. The resulting files are original. I have changed the printer parameters so that the printer will lay down a descent amount of ink. This should be an economical way to print white on black shirts on a shoe string. I wrote this because I am aware that there are many of us who are from third world countries or who have been severely hampered by the economy. I firmly believe that EKRip is the best product if you are seriously interested in making a career of DTG printing. If however you are merely a hacker this solution just may work for you.

Start the installation process by executing the batch file in the Gutenprint 4 Windows folder. The development for this product was performed on a 32bit XP workstation. If you are using a different operating system the installation procedures would be different. You will need to find out where the XML files for Gutenprint are being stored and manually place the the "Change" files in their respective folders to overwrite the originals.

Use at your own risk. No warranty is explicit or implied. You are responsible for all liability. I have not used this with a DTG of my own and I can not ensure the outcome but if you are willing to experiment you just might find it useful. We are currently working on a plugin which will be part of the GutenRIP™ project that will create a two layer image within Gimp. One layer will be a white underbase and the second layer will be the image to be printed.