# InkRIP — first-party training / manuals map

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

## Product / download / license

- `sources/company/inkrip-download.md` — inkrip.co.za/download
- `sources/company/inkrip-download-activation-deactivation.md` (if present)
- `sources/training/get-inkrip-software.md` — Getting Started index
- `sources/training/buy-inkrip-software.md`
- `sources/training/inkrip-software-download.md`
- `sources/training/inkrip-software-installation.md`
- `sources/training/inkrip-serial-number-activation.md`
- `sources/training/inkrip-deactivation-methods.md`
- `sources/training/inkrip-s-inkrip-licensing.md`
- `sources/training/about-inkrip-software.md`
- Local brief: [https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/monitor-pc-install.md](https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/monitor-pc-install.md) (7.2.14.0.4 activated on Monitor-PC)

## 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](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/file-types-and-pitfalls.md), [https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/color-icc-concepts.md](https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/color-icc-concepts.md) |

## Job Manager / print path / hotfolder

- Job Manager Parts as above → [https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/ui-overview.md](https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/ui-overview.md)
- Hotfolder: `sources/manuals/inkrip/inkrip-hotfolder-help-english-20240520.md` + prefer `InkRIP-Hotfolder-Help-English.pdf` (V7.2.14.0) → [https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/hotfolder-and-output.md](https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/hotfolder-and-output.md)
- RIP ↔ control: `inkrip-rip-control-connection.md` → workflow

## Printer drivers

- Index `inkrip-printer-drivers.md` + Parts 1–8 (understand, install, copies, properties, resolutions, custom resolutions, ink-slot-order, import-export)
- Driver packages notes: `sources/drivers/inkrip-software-notes.md`, `sources/drivers/inkrip-firmware-index.md`
- **Hardware deferred** — study driver concepts without naming a first physical printer

## ICC / Color Manager

- Index `inkrip-icc-profiles-manager.md` + Parts 1–11
- Manual PDF pointers under `sources/manuals/inkrip/` (`InkRIP-V7-Help-English.pdf` prefer, create-spot-color, spot illustration, Create-ICC-Profile-by-InkRIP-Basic-Steps)
- Local learning depth (factory default): [https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/color-icc-concepts.md](https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/color-icc-concepts.md)

## Category hub

- `sources/training/inkrip-and-rip-training.md`
- `sources/training/inkrip-training-series-guide.md`
- softwaretraining bits in `website-llms/softwaretraining.co.za/llms-full.txt`

## 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](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](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](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](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](https://8i.co.za/data/amcoza/software/inkrip/workflow-design-rip-print.md).

Updated: 2026-09-05 (SAST).