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InkRIP — first-party training / manuals map

Pointers into /workspace/export/…. InkRIP only.

Product / download / license

Basics / UI / design

Topic Index / page Local brief
User interface overview inkrip-user-interface.md https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/ui-overview.md
Introduction / basics index inkrip-basics.md ui-overview / workflow
Job Manager index + Parts 1–3 inkrip-job-manager.md, inkrip-job-manager-basic.md, inkrip-job-managers-detailes.md, inkrip-rip-control-connection.md ui-overview / workflow
Toolbar + transform inkrip-toolbar-options, inkrip-transform-imported-designs, … workflow (layout)
Design theory inkrip-design-practices, inkrip-raster-vector-difference, inkrip-rgb-cmyk-difference, inkrip-design-size-resolution, inkrip-top-designing-programs https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/file-types-and-pitfalls.md, https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/color-icc-concepts.md

Job Manager / print path / hotfolder

Printer drivers

ICC / Color Manager

Category hub

Next software-only steps (no hardware)

Ordered for Monitor-PC practice:

  1. UI overview Part 1 + locate Job Manager tab (https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/ui-overview.md).
  2. New / open / save canvas; add a sample image; rulers + zoom readout.
  3. Job Manager Parts 1–2 — queue controls + detail columns (no live print required).
  4. Raster/vector + RGB/CMYK + size/DPI design-practices (https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/file-types-and-pitfalls.md).
  5. Color Manager Part 1 (About ICC) only; stay on factory profiles (https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/color-icc-concepts.md).
  6. Tools → Hot Folder — read Create fields; File→.prn vs TCP/IP conceptually (https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/hotfolder-and-output.md).
  7. Printer-drivers Parts 1 + 4 conceptually (what a driver is; properties) without attaching a machine.
  8. Transform / nest / align videos as layout practice on canvas.
  9. Pause on live RIP-to-printer, custom ICC, and elevated drivers until Eric re-opens hardware / ICC / admin questions.

End-to-end software path: https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/workflow-design-rip-print.md.

Updated: 2026-09-05 (SAST).