With a license for the OneBit Option, you can process one-bit files produced by an imagesetter, a platesetter, or another prepress industry digital print solution.

Imagesetters, platesetters, and other prepress industry digital print solutions have an integrated RIP that converts PostScript and PDF files to screen dots. The screen dot information is saved as one-bit TIFF files, one file for each color separation.

Since an external RIP has already processed the one-bit TIFF files, the integrated RIP of Fiery XF is not applied during processing. Fiery XF extracts the necessary screening information, including screen ruling and screen dot shape and size, from the one-bit file when you print the digital proof.

Digital proofs printed using the OneBit Option are color-accurate and give an accurate screen representation of the final print run, making the OneBit Option an ideal tool for checking for moiré patterns or rosettes.

You can modify the plate characteristics applied to one-bit files. Plate characteristics control the size of screen dots when output on the platesetter.