PRINT BETTER EASILY
THE PERFECT SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR YOUR INKJET PRINTERMirage Professional Print Solutions are milestones, defining new levels in print quality, ease of use and productivity. Mirage is developed, optimised and used by photogra-phers, 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.
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™
Photo-shop™, 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.
State-of-the-art professional printing
Real performance, no hidden costs
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 manufac-turer 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 of-fers 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
SIMPLE PERFECT PRINTING –
introducing new MIRAGE DREI
“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 fin-est 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
“For me Mirage
is
my
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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“... an excellent printing solution
for both commercial and fine art.”
“As a commercial photographer I am communicating mess ages 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 for-mats 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 neces-sary 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.
Perfect print quality – fast and efficient
*Mirage Zero-Time-to-Print™ Technology (Patent Pending)
“…any size without
“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 helps me to print test samples quickly on various profiled substrates at any stage, so I can develop the final result very efficiently – without sol ving 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
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 soft-proof.*
What you see is what you get
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 uncompli-cated reprints of limited edi-tions of your works, it also allows you, as a Print Ser-vice Provider, to make test prints for customers and recreate those prints after the final approval in any quantity requested.
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.
”…provides me fast results
“The students at our art and design college love to experiment with many different kinds of printing substrates.
Mirage has signifi cantly 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
The “Mirage PRO-Extension” is the
sim-plest way ever to create
profession-al 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 Photo- meter printer, to create individual RGB ICC profiles for every printer that is supported by Mirage.
With the Mirage PRO-Extension for Epson, you can print your tar-get 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!
Proofing now is only a simple „Click“ away
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 PROOF-Extension provides users such as pho-tographers 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 Mi-rage Print Solutions that offer you everything needed for professional printing.
*The Mirage PROOF-Extension is currently only available for Epson printers.
”…create custom profiles for
every paper in no time.”
Mirage for Canon
In general Mirage DREI supports the following printer models (depending on version): 5 Color: Canon iPF510, iPF605, iPF610, iPF650/655, iPF680/685, iPF750/755/760/765, iPF780/785,iPF815/825 6 Color: Canon iPF6400SE, iPF8400SE
8 Color: Canon iPF6300S, iPF6400S, iPF8300S, iPF8400S, iPF9400S
12 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
Mirage Extensions for Canon
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.
Mirage for Epson
Master Edition Epson
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 Epson
PRO-Extension
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
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 dedi-cated versions supporting all current Canon iPF printer models.
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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.
Adobe™, Adobe™ InDesign™, Adobe™ Photoshop™, Adobe™ Illustrator™, Adobe™ Acrobat™ & Adobe™ Photoshop™ Elements are either registered trademarks or trade-marks of Adobe™ Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Apple & Mac OSX are tradetrade-marks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Ep-son & EpEp-son Stylus are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Seiko EpEp-son Corporation , Japan. Canon & iPF are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Canon Inc., Japan .
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
