RIP

The following is a brief discussion on what a RIP is and what it is suppose to do.

A RIP is a printer driver with special features. The more high end the RIP, the more features offered.

Below are the basic elements of a high end RIP. Each RIP has a different approach to features, functions and the way it handles files. However, the most significant element of the RIP is its ability to accurately Linearize the ink and media. This means its ability to control the amount of ink laid down at each point along the graph from Zero percent to 100 percent. The more accurate the control, the better the separation of color and detail, and the more accurately an ICC profile can be created. Linearization alone does not insure that a particular color or a gray image will print accurately. That is the function of color management.

It controls the amount of ink that drops on the paper.
It converts RGB files to CMYK in order to print with cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks.
It allows you to place an image in a specific position on the page.
It allows for choice of screening such as: error diffusion.
It may allow you to tile an image with overlap.
It may be designed to print immediately as it is rasterizing the file or it may need to rasterize the file first.
It may allow you to alter the color balance, contrast, and brightness.
It may allow you to resize or crop the image.
It may allow for the use of ICC profiles.
It may allow you to sharpen the image.
It may acknowledge CMYK images created in Photoshop.
It may support Tiff, JPEG, EPS, PostScrip, PDF, and others.

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