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From RIP,to print.

Every printer already has a RIP — the CUPS filter chain plus the device firmware. That layer works. What is missing, on every shop floor including ours, is the layer around it: preflight before media is burned, routing to the right queue on the right node out of many, transport that gets a file to another state intact, and a receipt that proves what printed and what it cost.

The state of it

What works today

PreflightPage box measured, over-width flagged, pages and ink checked before media is burned. Proven single-node in hotfolder.sh, 260828.Proven
ReceiptsWhat printed, when, where, at what size, at what cost. TSV log today — single node.Proven
The devices9 output devices across 5 process types on ONE node — wide-format inkjet, film separation, DTG, sublimation, laser and thermal.Live
Gang packing24 order lines → 132 transfers → 21 sheets at 77% mean coverage, 0 overlaps, and a pick manifest row on every single piece.Proven
RoutingHardcoded to one queue today. The node model is specced and the picker is not built yet.Soon
TransportGoogle Drive Shared Drive + rclone ruled 260829. Not built. Key auth into the Las Vegas node is still open — that one is a human's hand.Not yet
NestingFilling the unused roll width beside a narrow face. Identified, costed, not built.Not yet
Online orderingNothing here sells anything. This is floor tooling, not a storefront.Not yet

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Rail-WorksThe suite this door is cut fromPrintShop.linkThe print network this tooling drivesUnion Made ServicesThe shop — sites, storefronts and tools for localsUnion Made TradesThe register of union, allied and union-supporting businesses across every trade

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