RIP software for Roland printers
Sapiens CoreFlow RIP prints on Roland with the driver included as standard in the installer. It is validated on a Roland VersaUV LG-640 with real jobs: colour, white, varnish, layered relief and cut line, all in one file.
What we have already printed on Roland
This is not a compatibility promise: these are files generated by Sapiens CoreFlow RIP and printed on the machine. This is what has come out right on the VersaUV LG-640:
- Colour with the machine's own factory profile.
- White and varnish as separate planes of the job, calculated by Sapiens rather than drawn by hand.
- Layered relief: the job goes out as several successive layers in a single send, which is how height is built in UV DTF 3D.
- Cut in the same job: the cut line travels at the end of the file, after the last layer, so the machine prints and cuts without reloading anything.
- Direct network send to the printer, or save the file to send later.
See it printing on Roland
Sapiens CoreFlow RIP printing on a Roland: the job comes out of the same program you use to prepare a DTF sheet, without going through another RIP.
No guessing: the settings come from your machine
Sapiens CoreFlow RIP writes Roland's native file directly. It does not print through a Windows driver or convert to PDF along the way, so what the RIP decides is exactly what the machine receives.
The delicate part of a Roland file is its header, which changes from one model to another. Instead of building it by hand, Sapiens imports it from a file your own machine already prints correctly and reuses its settings. So there is no guessing resolutions or modes: you start from what already works on your printer.
What Sapiens adds to a Roland
UV DTF 3D
Relief by area, textures, embroidery effect and a three-dimensional preview before you spend varnish.
See 3D mode →Automatic gang sheet
Auto-crop, nesting and a sheet that grows on its own, to make the most of the roll width.
See the layout →Print & cut
Bleed and cut contour generated from the same layout that gets printed.
See print & cut →Colour management
Spectrophotometer profiling, per-channel curves and ΔE verification of the print.
See the colour suite →Included as standard: what the driver brings
Since version 26, the Roland driver ships inside the installer of Sapiens CoreFlow RIP, with no separate modules or extra licences. This is what it brings:
- Two factory profiles for the VersaUV LG-640: W+CMYK+V+CUT, with white, and CMYK+V+CUT, faster for jobs without white.
- Your machine's head order: if your Roland has its inks in a different order, you set it by dragging each ink onto its head, and a head chart prints each ink's name in its place so you can check it before production.
- Relief from 1 to 5 layers of white and varnish, chosen per job.
- Cut in the same pass with Rip & Cut: print and cut without preparing a second file.
Frequently asked questions
Does Sapiens CoreFlow RIP work with Roland?
Yes. The Roland driver is included as standard in the Sapiens CoreFlow RIP installer and is validated on a Roland VersaUV LG-640, with colour, white, varnish, layered relief and cut in the same job.
Which Roland models?
The model validated on the machine is the Roland VersaUV LG-640. Other Roland models use the same file format, and Sapiens CoreFlow RIP takes its settings from a file from your own machine, but we do not call a model good until we have printed on it.
Can I print relief and varnish on a Roland?
Yes. Sapiens CoreFlow RIP calculates white and varnish by area and sends the relief as several layers in the same job, which is how it has been printed on the VersaUV LG-640. The final height depends on each machine's layers and varnish.
Do I need the software that comes with the machine?
To print from Sapiens CoreFlow RIP, no: the file is sent straight to the printer over the network or saved to send later. The factory software can stay installed for maintenance and the machine's own settings.
What if my Roland has its inks in a different order?
You set it in Settings by dragging each ink onto its head, and it is saved for that machine. To check it, Sapiens CoreFlow RIP prints a head chart in which each ink writes its name on its head: you can see at a glance whether the order is right before printing a job.