Digital Flexo Suite 10 System Requirements

These are the minimum requirements for reasonable performance of the described products. They will help you decide whether the equipment you are currently using remains viable. If you are considering new equipment, bear in mind that these requirements are minimum, not optimal. Exceeding these specifications will in general lead to enhanced performance.

System requirements for PlatePrep, PlatePatcher and Digital Flexo Suite

• CPU: Intel Dual Core processor
• Memory: Minimum 2GB RAM, recommended 4GB RAM
• Harddisk: An NTFS volume is required. The software takes maximum 1GB of disk space. But take into account the need for storage of temporary and production data. A backup solution is strongly advised. Recommended Raid 0 with 2 x 500GB
• Network: 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, TCP/IP v4 protocol, TCP/IP v6 protocol is not supported. Recommended 1Gbit network board
• Video Card: Minimum 1280 x 1024 resolution, true color depth
• CD/DVD: DVD-ROM drive
• Virtualization: tested with VMWare V6.0 and above as well as Sun Virtual Box 3.0, Virtualization on MAC OSX10.4.11 with Parallels Build 3214 possible but not tested - "Coherent Mode" must be disabled
• FTP Server installed and enabled
• Disabled firewall, disabled UAC (User Account Control)
• Grapholas 5.5 MR2 on the CDI, Recommended Grapholas 10.1 on CDI
• Compatibility: If you intend to run other applications as well on this hardware, make sure to check compatibility with the specifications of all other applications as well
• Remote Support: Esko Customer Support is using TeamViewer as a solution for remote access and support over the Internet, it can be downloaded from http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx

• Operating Systems compatibility matrix:

  Windows XP

  	32 bit				64 bit
  		SP1	SP2	SP3		SP1	SP2	SP3
  Home Edition	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Professional Edition	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO

  
  
  Windows Vista

  	32 bit			64 bit
  		SP1	SP2		SP1	SP2
  Windows Vista Starter	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Home Basic	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Home Premium	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Business	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Enterprise	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Vista Ultimate	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO

  
  
  Windows 7

  	32 bit		64 bit
  		SP1		SP1
  Windows 7 Home Basic	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 7 Home Premium	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 7 Professional	YES*	YES	NO	NO
  Windows 7 Enterprise	YES*	YES	NO	NO
  Windows 7 Ultimate	YES*	YES	NO	NO

  
  
  Windows 2000

  	32 bit
  		SP1	SP2	SP3	SP4
  Windows 2000 Professional	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
  Windows 2000 Server	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 2000 Advanced Server	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
  Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO

  
  
  Windows Server 2003

  	32 bit			64 bit
  		SP1	SP2		SP1	SP2
  Windows Server 2003 Standard	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 Enterprise	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 Datacenter	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard		YES	YES		NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise		YES	YES		NO	NO
  Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter		YES	YES		NO	NO

  Windows Small Business Server 2003 is not supported
  Windows Server 2003 Web is not supported

  
  
  Windows Server 2008

  	32 bit		64 bit
  		SP2		SP2
  Windows Server 2008 Standard	YES	YES	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	YES	YES	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2008 Datacenter	YES	YES	NO	NO

  Windows Small Business Server 2008 is not supported
  Windows Web Server 2008 is not supported
  Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition is not supported

  
  
  Windows Server 2008 R2

  	64 bit
  		SP1
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise	NO	NO
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter	NO	NO

  Windows Small Business Server 2008 is not supported
  Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation is not supported.
  Windows Web Server 2008 R2 is not supported
  Windows Server 2008 R2 HPC Edition is not supported

  * Recommended operating system.

• For more info about Windows memory limitation, please consult this table.

Notes

1. Installing and using Esko software on a Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services server (Microsoft, Citrix,…) is not supported, except for non-subscription versions of Cape Pack. You cannot run Esko software with local licenses via Remote Desktop.
2. Although we don't expect issues with Microsoft OS patches, Esko only guarantees support on the official MS Service Pack (SP) level, not on individual OS patches. PC's for Esko applications (editors, rips or servers) must not be configured as WebServers (IIS), Network Domain Controllers (Active Directory), DNS Server, DHCP Server, WINS Server, SQL Server, or MailServer. The Automation Engine Server is allowed to be a Member Server in a Windows Active Directory domain. However, Esko can not test all possible configurations. Contact your regional Customer Service Center in case of specific questions.
3. A single processor with hyperthreading enabled is considered as 2 processors for memory calculations. A dual core processor is considered as 2 processors for memory calculations.
4. Esko software will only work with properly licensed versions of operating systems and other software. Esko is not responsible for any loss of functionality due to use with unlicensed software. Esko will not provide assistance in installing software on equipment lacking properly licensed software.

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