Applies to: Ergosoft RIP 17 and later · all printer drivers

Answer

If the driver selection shows two drivers with the same printer model and the same color configuration, there are two independent versions of the driver for this model. Use the newer driver for a new Print Environment. The older driver stays available so that existing Print Environments continue to work.

Details

Sometimes a manufacturer SDK extension or a necessary change cannot go into the existing driver, because it causes conflicts or incompatibilities. Then Ergosoft adds a new, independent driver. The first driver stays in the driver selection for backward compatibility. If you can still select it for a new Print Environment, it works correctly. Nothing is wrong with it.

Ergosoft uses two ways to label the two drivers:

Ergosoft changed to the Legacy suffix because manufacturers also use "V2" in the names of new printer models. A "V2" printer can be a different machine than its predecessor.

Which driver do I use?

• New Print Environment: use the newer driver (with V2, or without Legacy).
• Existing Print Environment: you can continue to use it. When you update Ergosoft RIP, import your Print Environments as usual.
• Change to the newer driver: create a new Print Environment with it. You can use the density linearization correction curves and printer color profiles of the old Print Environment again if the newer driver has the same print mode or resolution. If you do a new density linearization, your existing printer color profiles are valid again, also when the print modes are slightly different (for example, because of SDK changes).
• If the newer driver does not support your printer configuration, use the Legacy driver. Example: HP Latex R1000 and R2000 without white ink. The new drivers use the HP JMF port, and not all early configurations support it.

Exceptions

In two cases, the two drivers are not compatible. Select the driver that matches your machine or its software:

• Epson SureColor SC-V7000: the driver without a suffix is the older one. The driver with V1.5 is newer and requires version 1.5 or newer of the printer front-end software.
• MS JP1: the product name MS JP1 is used for two different Mutoh-based printers. MS JP1 is based on the Mutoh ValueJet 1938WX. MS JP1 v2 is based on the Mutoh XpertJet 1682WR. Here, v2 identifies the second machine, not a newer driver.

Related Articles

• Printer Drivers
• About Print Environments
• How to check required driver license
• How to configure an HPJMFPORT

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References

• Changelog #12355 – Ergosoft RIP 16.5.2.8205: MS JP1 v2.
• Changelog #14503 – Ergosoft RIP 17.3.2.9232: Epson SureColor SC-V7000 (suffix UVFC V1.5).
• Changelog #15601 – Ergosoft RIP 17.6.2.0282: Epson SureColor SC-V7000 (Epson Precision Dot - HTM2): the available drivers have been renamed; the suffix V2 has been removed from the older driver because it was misleading; the newer driver, which requires front-end software version 1.5 or newer, has the suffix V1.5.
• Changelog #15727 – Ergosoft RIP 17.6.2.0282: Summa F Series GoProduce: a reengineered driver has been added; the previous version is still available and is marked as (Legacy).
• Changelog #16326 – Ergosoft RIP 17.8.2.0650: HP Latex R1000 / R2000 Series (early models without white): the drivers are now marked as legacy; new variants using the HP JMF port have been added.