SonicRIP Tiral

SonicRIP: RIP & layout software for the Procolored K13 Lite

SonicRIP replaces Procolored Studio Lite for the K13 Lite (Epson L1300 engine, CMYKW). It handles layout, white ink, printing, maintenance and job tracking in one Windows app. It builds the printer's own data stream and sends it straight to your printer, and its output was checked against real Studio Lite prints.

🖨️ Direct printing

• ✅ Prints straight to the K13 Lite through the Windows print queue
• ✅ 1440 × 1440 dpi CMYKW output, with the same data format Studio Lite sends
• ✅ Automatic mirroring for DTF film
• ✅ Save the print data as a .prn file instead of sending it
• ✅ Progress bar while the job is prepared
• ✅ Blocks sheets wider than the printer can print, so nothing gets cut off

🎨 Colour and white ink

• ✅ Colour separation fitted to Studio Lite's own output
• ✅ Automatic white underbase under every printed pixel
• ✅ White ink limit (%) and white ink reduction (mm) to pull the white back from the edge of the artwork
• ✅ Colour ink density control
• ✅ High-quality dithering at full printer resolution

📐 Layout and gang sheets

• ✅ 330 × 800 mm film (13 inches, the printer's maximum)
• ✅ Multiple sheets in one project
• ✅ Drag, resize, rotate, flip, lock, duplicate and delete
• ✅ Align and distribute, step and repeat, snap to edges, and layer order
• ✅ Copy and paste, undo and redo
• ✅ Margins and gaps between designs
• ✅ Mirror preview that shows the sheet as it prints
• ✅ Sheet length set automatically from the layout, or fixed
• ✅ Settings presets
• ✅ Millimetres or inches

🧩 Smart nesting

• ✅ One click packs the whole queue onto the sheet
• ✅ Tries several packing strategies and rotations, and keeps the best result
• ✅ Use the fewest sheets and the shortest length
• ✅ Nest everything or only selected designs

✂️ Image tools

• ✅ Opens PNG, JPG, TIFF and PDF files
• ✅ Automatic trim of empty edges, one image or all at once
• ✅ Crop tool
• ✅ Background remover that picks a colour to remove
• ✅ White layer export as a PNG
• ✅ PNG preview export of the sheet

📋 Queue and batch operations

• ✅ Queue of designs with copies and width for each
• ✅ Select several designs and change them together
• ✅ Fit to the film width in one click
• ✅ Import a CSV list of names, quantities and widths, and export the queue as a CSV
• ✅ Drag and drop files into the app

💰 Cost and history

• ✅ Estimates ink use and cost for every sheet
• ✅ Your own ink prices and usage settings
• ✅ Log each printed sheet to a history
• ✅ Export the history as a CSV
• ✅ Job details on each sheet, such as customer and order
• ✅ Reprint a past job as a new sheet, with a warning if film settings changed

🛠️ Printer maintenance

• ✅ Test strip: 330 × 15 mm with full-ink C, M, Y, K and W blocks and a mm ruler. It uses about 2 inches of film.
• ✅ Nozzle check: the printer prints its own nozzle pattern
• ✅ Head cleaning: one button, with a confirmation click because it uses ink
• ✅ Printer choice, printable width and alignment offsets (shift right and down in mm) saved between sessions

💾 Projects and safety

• ✅ Save and open .sonicrip project files
• ✅ Automatic recovery copy if the app closes unexpectedly
• ✅ Settings and history stay on your PC

🔑 Licensing

• ✅ Licenses check offline, so your server being down never stops you printing
• ✅ Trial keys let you check SonicRIP works with your computer
• ✅ Activate on more than one PC if your license allows it
• ✅ Free up a PC with "Deactivate this computer" in About

⚙️ Requirements and compatibility

• ✅ Windows 10 or 11
• ✅ Procolored K13 Lite (Epson L1300 engine)
• ✅ Installs for your user account, with no admin prompt
• ⚠️ Colours are matched to Studio Lite's output from test prints, so check a small print before a big job
• ⚠️ Studio Lite options not yet in SonicRIP: Porous Function, Feathering, unidirectional printing