![]() A RIP makes a printer operator's job easier by providing greater control over colour matching, image editing and overall print production. ![]() In the same way that email platforms have evolved to offer more than just sending and receiving messages, to offer live chat, calendar management and more, 'RIP' is now an umbrella term for software that completes or simplifies a whole host of everyday printing tasks. However, a modern RIP has a much greater role to play in a printing workflow. AKA bitmap, rasters are pixel-based, set-resolution images which are used for high-quality, richly detailed photographs and other images. The RIP's primary function is to turn vectors – digital files comprised of paths and points, often used by Postscript in applications including InDesign, Illustrator, CorelDRAW and Quark, as well as simple logos and pictures – into rasters. Most printers will be supplied with a driver, but large format systems such as those from Roland come complete with a RIP, a special software that does far more than act as a translator. For your digital printer to communicate with your computer, you need some kind of program.
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