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Monday, March 28, 2011

Let It Rip!

Your desktop publication usually contains two kinds of files, Raster images that use many pixels, like photographs, and Vector Art which uses a mathematical formula to create the lines, points and colors of type and illustrations.

A Raster Image Processor (RIP) takes the information about the photos, fonts and illustrations in your document and translates it into an image composed of dots that the imaging device (like our iGen, DI or large format printer) can output.

A RIP is like your printer driver, only super-sized. They are used in the graphic arts industry for batch processing, color separations and halftone screening. They can also check for missing fonts and graphics.

With the additional control of a RIP, a printer can increase productivity and produce higher quality results than non-RIP files.

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