SA International (SAI) has launched Flexi 12 RIP software, which it said offers new tools for signmakers and wide-format printers.

The design, RIP, vinyl cut and print-to-cut signmaking software, was launched on 29 July to coincide with the release of Microsoft Windows 10.

SAI said Flexi 12 offers customers the benefits of the latest operating system but that it is also fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 and 8. Three versions of Flexi 12 are available; SAI FlexiSign for vinyl cutting, SAI FlexiPrint for wide-format printing, and SAI FlexiSign & Print for businesses carrying out both.

All three packages include design tools while vector design and bitmap editing tools are also available in the stand-alone FlexiDesigner add-on. FlexiSign’s new features include View and Change Vinyl Cutting Order, which enables users to see the pattern in which design objects will be cut and allows it to be changed manually.

Meanwhile, the Animated Cut Viewer Tool enables users to see how designs will cut before starting work, with an animated preview that shows all blade and cut movement for one or all vinyl colour layers.

New production features with SAI FlexiPrint include Banner and Canvas Finishing Tools, which quickly prepare all the finishing aspects of banners with grommet marks, folds, stitch marks and bleeds.

Flexi 12 is available on a monthly basis through subscriptions.