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PRINT BET TER E A SILY
THE PERFECT SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR YOUR INKJET PRINTER
SIMPLE PERFECT PRINTING –
introducing new MIRAGE DREI
The idea for a break-through product like Mirage was obvious. We
at DINAX have been producing optimised professional level output
on digital based inkjet printing systems since 1993.
Until the public presentation of Mirage in 2008, there were basically two ways of printing on
these devices; using the printer driver or a raster image processor (RIP). The printer manufacturer usually provides free of charge drivers, if handled correctly they provide suitable results.
But printer drivers are too limited in their functionality and complex to operate. So-called user
based operational errors are inevitable. Conventional RIPs are usually expensive to cost-justify
on price and performance, so the RIP manufacturers simply added more functions, making the
output procedure even more complex.
In addition, the RIP in many cases does not make use of the enormous potential the printer offers in terms of image sharpness and color gamut. Most RIP’s use proprietary raster algorithms
and are optimised for the CMYK color gamut. That‘s not very surprising when one considers that
RIPs were originally invented to run a digital offset printing press or for the simulation of low
gamut print results of an analog offset press (raster simulation/color space).
Mirage offers excellent printing results; it uses the optimal color gamut of the printer and offers
high output efficiency. These features, when combined with no-nonsense functionality, offer
superior ease of use and excellent value. Faster, easier, less expensive, these simple principles
have made Mirage the best-selling print software for Epson printers in recent years.
Peter Hytrek | General Manager | DINAX GmbH
State-of-the-art professional printing
Mirage Professional Print Solutions are milestones, defining new levels in print quality,
ease of use and productivity. Mirage is developed, optimised and used by photographers, fine art printers, print service providers, graphic designers, marketing agencies,
layout designers, packaging designers and professional amateurs.
Mirage offers professional and “Prosumer” functionality, all at a cost-effective price point.
Real performance, no hidden costs
The intuitive Mirage user-interface enables you to work fast and efficiently. As native
plug-in Mirage offers everything, as it should be; smooth and perfectly scaled gradients,
fonts and embedded vector graphics. Mirage comes as a plug-in for: Adobe™ Photoshop™, Adobe™ Photoshop™ Elements, Adobe™ InDesign™ and Adobe™ Illustrator™ or as
a stand-alone droplet based application.
There are no hidden costs for different printer sizes; Mirage allows printing to multiple
printers at the same time. Last but not least; We offer a very fair price policy when it
comes to upgrades and cross-grades. Mirage‘s modular extensions are a cost-effective
approach to expanding its functionality.
“For me Mirage is my
printer’s operating system”
“I am really, really picky, and I am more demanding than
most I think for what I need from a printer. I live the world
of fine art landscape and nature photography, as well as reportage and Hollywood
portrait photography. I need a way to squeeze every pico-liter of color and resolution
out my Epson printers (I use the 4900 and 9900) and the Mirage RIP gives me true
2880dpi resolution and when combined with a printer/paper specific profile the finest image that can be made.
I also need to have a RIP that once set up is “fire and forget”. The Mirage RIP is the
best of all worlds and it is what I go to first when it is time to make a print. The file
may be everything, but the print? The print is all.“
Vincent Versace - Los Angeles | www.versacephotography.com
“... an excellent printing solution
for both commercial and fine art.”
I have been using the Mirage RIP for several years now and
find it to be an excellent printing solution for all of my printing needs both
commercial and fine art. Particularly in the fine art area, where precise control of
color, consistency and ease of workflow are interdependent and extremely
important. I can make a print today and be assured that future prints will be
essentially identical. It runs all of my Epson printers from the 9900 to the R3000
and the setup is quick and easy.
With the PRO-Extension I can create excellent profiles with the Epson Spectroproofer
that come very close to those I create with a much more complicated and
time consuming color management solution. I can press a button, go out for a
cappuccino and when I return the profile is in the proper directory and I am
ready to print. Once I have it setup I can have assistants make prints which is
something I could never do before.
Douglas Dubler - New York | www.douglasdubler3.com
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Perfect print quality – fast and efficient
“…any size without
any limitations…”
“As a commercial photographer I am communicating mess­ages
through my images. Without words, using only colors and shapes. Today’s
shooting techniques and current inkjet based printers are providing the best
tools to realise our vision.
The bottleneck in reaching 100% quality printouts has been using the printer
driver or expensive, highly complex RIPs. Resulting in size limits versus complex
usability.
Mirage has changed all that. Now we can print any size without any limitations
combined with intuitive handling and great color management. And all of that
from within Photoshop™, InDesign™ or Illustrator™. Almost no degraded material
any more. From a designer’s standpoint and as manager for my company and my
team Mirage is THE tool to run my LFPs.
With Mirage vision becomes reality”
Rolf Nachbar - Germany | www.nachbar.de
Work faster and more efficiently with the most advanced professional print-plug-in for
Adobe™ Photoshop™, Illustrator™, InDesign™ or Photoshop™ Elements.
In addition, the Mirage Stand-Alone application allows printing of native PDF, JPEG and
TIFF files without any host application being required.
Simply drag PDF, JPEG or TIFF files or folders with mixed content of supported file formats to the Mirage application ‘Droplet’ icon and the intuitive Mirage user interface opens
instantly. All media and printer specific settings can be stored, enabling a simple way to
handle multiple workflows and printing environments.
Mirage makes printing easy and secure by displaying the clear alignment of all necessary printing settings in one window. Press the “Print” button and thanks to the MZTP™
Technology*, your print will start within seconds.
The Mirage Stand-Alone application is part of
all Mirage versions.
*
Mirage Zero-Time-to-Print™ Technology (Patent Pending)
What you see is what you get
”…provides me fast results
and intuitive handling…”
“To me as a photoartist and designer, it is essential to stay
close to the idea of the image I have in mind. I need to control the whole process
of creation when working on an image. After all, the print is the essence of my
work!
Mirage is both, significantly optimising and simplifying your printing workflow at the
same time. Eliminating wasted media caused by “trial and error” techniques from the
past. The Mirage preview window shows exact print results including color correct softproof.*
Manage your Print Jobs
The Mirage Jobs Archive enables you to manage already processed jobs
perfectly. By simply pressing the ‘Print’ button, all jobs stored within the
archive can be printed again at any time.
The Mirage Jobs Archive is
ideal not only for uncomplicated reprints of limited editions of your works, it also
allows you, as a Print Service Provider, to make test
prints for customers and
recreate those prints after
the final approval in any
quantity requested.
Mirage helps me to print test samples quickly on various profiled substrates
at any stage, so I can develop the final result very efficiently – without sol­ving
printing miracles I have encountered in host applications. It is easy to use,
provides me fast results and the intuitive handling of the user interface helps me
to focus on my artwork.”
Robert Pufleb - Germany | www.pufleb.de
Indeed, you are free to determine which jobs you want to save for later reprint as well as
how long the jobs remain archived.
* This can only be archieved, if the monitor is correctly calibrated and corresponds with the current ICC printer profiles in use.
Proofing now is only a simple „Click“ away
”…create custom profiles for
every paper in no time.”
“The students at our art and design college love to experiment
with many different kinds of printing substrates.
Mirage has signifi­cantly enhanced and simplified our printing workflow. All print,
media and color management settings are stored in one preset for each media,
so there is no chance to fail in selecting the right printer setup or color profile.
The user interface of Mirage makes it really easy for our students to get their print
jobs done. With the Mirage PRO-Extension we can create custom color profiles
for every paper we use in no time. In combination with our Epson 9900 printer
and the extended color patches that are generated by Mirage we can create color
profiles that really capture the wide color gamut this printer offers.
Thanks to Mirage the ‘trial and error’ printing techniques are a thing of the past
now.”
Maarten Jacobs - photography workshop
Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design
Mirage PRO-Extension
Mirage PROOF-Extension*
The Mirage PROOF-Extension not only offers Fogra certified
contract proofing for professionals but “for-the-rest-of-us”
too. Proofing has never been so easy and the price point for
this professional extension is amazingly low.
The “Mirage PRO-Extension” is the simplest way ever to create professional ICC profiles, utilising any available
printer spectrophotometer options.
It enables you to use any Epson
printer fitted with a Spectro-Proofer
device, or a Canon Spectro Photometer printer, to create individual
RGB ICC profiles for every printer that
is supported by Mirage.
The Mirage PROOF-Extension provides users such as photographers and agencies with a solution enabling them
to proof their prints based on ISO Standards. And best of
all, it’s not just a proof solution; it still is the great Mirage Print Solutions that offer you everything needed for
professional printing.
With the Mirage PRO-Extension
for Epson, you can print your target on an Epson Pro 11880, 3880,
9800... and measure the target
with a Epson Spectro­
Proofer that
is attached to a 4900, 7900, 9890
and so on.
Just follow the easy steps of the
wizzard and Mirage will take care of
the rest. It‘s that simple!
*The Mirage PROOF-Extension is currently only available for Epson printers.
Mirage for Canon and Epson
With this new release of Mirage, not only does it support many additional new Epson
printer models, we are also happy to announce that Mirage is now available with dedicated versions supporting all current Canon iPF printer models.
Mirage for Canon
Mirage for Epson
In general Mirage DREI supports the following printer models (depending on version):
Master Edition Epson
5
6
8
12
Color: Canon iPF510, iPF605, iPF610, iPF650/655, iPF680/685, iPF750/755/760/765, iPF780/785,iPF815/825
Color: Canon iPF6400SE, iPF8400SE
Color: Canon iPF6300S, iPF6400S, iPF8300S, iPF8400S, iPF9400S
Color: Canon iPF5100, iPF6300/6350, iPF6400/6450, iPF8300, iPF8400, iPF9000, iPF9400
Master Edition Canon
Supported printer models: 5, 6, 8 & 12 Color Printers
Canon Edition iPF 8 & 12 color
Supported printer models: 8 & 12 Color Printers
Supported Printers: Epson Stylus Pro 3800, 3800c, 3880, 3890, 4000, 4800, 4450, 4800, 4880, 4880c, 4900, 4910, 7600,
7700, 7710, 7800, 7880, 7880c, 7890, 7900, 7908, 7910, 9600, 9700, 9710, 9800, 9880, 9880c, 9890, 9900, 9908, 9910,
11880, 11880c, Epson Stylus Photo R2880 & R3000, Epson SureColor T Models: T 3000, T 3200 , T 5000, T 5200, T 5200 D,
T 7000, T - 7200, T 7200 D
17” Edition Epson
Supported Printers: Epson Stylus Pro 3800, 3800c, 3880, 3890, 4000, 4800, 4450, 4800, 4880, 4880c, 4900, 4910
Small Studio Edition Epson
Supported Printers: Epson Stylus Photo R2880 & R3000
Production Edition Epson
Supported Printers: SureColor SC - S 30600, SC - S 50600, SC - S 70600
Mirage Extensions for Canon
Mirage Extensions for Epson
PRO-Extension
PRO-Extension
Combine the Mirage Master Edition Canon or Mirage Canon Edition iPF 8 & 12 Color Edition with the optional PRO-Extension to
enable your Canon Spectrophotometer to create professional ICC profiles with ease at the “click” of a button.
Combine the Mirage Master Edition for Epson or Mirage 17´´ Edition with the optional PRO-Extension to enable your
Epson SpectroProofer to create professional ICC profiles with ease at the “click” of a button.
PROOF-Extension
Turn the Mirage Master, Mirage 17” or Mirage Small Studio Edition into a Fogra certified contract proofing solution
based on ISO standards*. Now proofing is only a simple „Click“ away.
*On various supported printer models and Epson Standard Proofing Paper
Supported Applications
Adobe™ Photoshop™ CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC & CC 2014
Adobe™ Photoshop™ Elements 6, 8, 9, 10, 11&12
Adobe™ InDesign™ CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC & CC 2014
Adobe™ Illustrator™ CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC & CC 2014
System requirements
Mac (Intel):
Mac OS X 10.6.8, 10.7.x, 10.8.x, 10.9.x, 10.10.x
Windows:
Windows XP SP3,
Windows Vista 32 & 64 bit,
Windows 7 32 & 64 bit,
Windows 8 32 & 64 bit
Windows 8.1 32 & 64 bit
DINAX Sales GmbH | Fuggerstrasse 9a | D - 41468 Neuss
Phone +49-2131-3418-0 | Fax +49-2131-3418-99 | [email protected]
Copyright notes: The software Mirage is the property of: DINAX GmbH. Mirage™ and DINAX™ are registered trademarks of DINAX GmbH, Neuss - Germany.
The software Mirage is copyright protected and property of DINAX GmbH, Neuss - Germany. None of the text and screenshots in this brochure may be copied, published or used in any other way without
prior written permission by DINAX GmbH. The images used for the Mirage screenshots are copyright protected and are sourced from Douglas Dubler, Vincent Versace, Hans van Ommeren and the liveprint
collection: www.liveprint.de, the images are taken out of the collections from OKAPIA KG Michael Grzimek & Co, Renate Scherra and Lutz Fohrer.
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Adobe™ Acrobat™ & Adobe™ Photoshop™ Elements are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe™ Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Apple & Mac OSX are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Epson & Epson Stylus are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation , Japan. Canon & iPF are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Canon Inc., Japan .