The following are the suggested system requirements for Digital Flexo Suite, PlatePrep and PlatePatcher 16. Exceeding these requirements will in most cases lead to a performance increase.
Requirements
Digital Flexo Suite 16
System Requirements for Digital Flexo Suite 16 (Windows)
Processor type and speed
Intel processor - Core-i-Series (i7 recommended)
Other processors like AMD or Intel Xeon are not tested and can lead to failures.
RAM
Minimum 4 GB RAM
OS Architecture
32bit (64bit recommended)
Available hard drive space
An NTFS volume is required. The software takes about 600 MB of disk space. Also take into account the need for storage of temporary and production data. A backup solution is strongly advised.
Recommended hard drives: 512GB SSD.
Screen resolution
Minimum 1280 x 1024 resolution, true color depth.
Network connection
100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, TCP/IP v4 protocol, TCP/IP v6 protocol is not supported.
CDI software
Grapholas 10.3.8 on the CDI is still supported when FTP server is installed on DFS computer
Grapholas 12.1.7 is the recommended minimum version
Grapholas 14 is needed for Full HD Flexo or Pixel+ operation
Grapholas 16 is the most recommended version
Windows settings
Disabled firewall and user account control (UAC)
Correctly installed anti virus software (see Installation User Manual)
FTP server installed and activated when Grapholas version 10.3.8 on CDI is used
Limitations
With Grapholas version lower than 14 the index and file names may not include special characters, umlauts or spaces and an underscore "_" is the only permitted special character and can be used as a substitute for a space.
Supported Operating Systems (32bit and 64bit)
Windows XP
Windows 7
Windows 10
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
If an operating system is not listed in the tables below, it is not supported. Do not try to install Digital Flexo Suite on a computer running an unsupported operating system.