A device or program that translates the instructions for a page in a page description or graphics output language to the actual pattern of dots (bitmap) supplied to a printing display system.
The device (either hardware or software) that allows output devices to plot dots to film, plate, paper, or other substrates. Involves a process whereby a raster scan technique assembles an electronic page in a bitmapped format on a pixel-by-pixel basis. to top
A hardware device or program that translates commands into bitmapped info needed by a printer or output device
(RIP) In a laser printer or imagesetter, a device that interprets the instructions of a page-description language to print an image of a page.
a device or program that translates instructions from a computer to a page description language used by the output service.
Computer program that inputs high-level page descriptions and outputs low-level data streams that can be fed directly to a digital print engine.
a computer and software program that converts vector files to a format suitable for printing
A RIP is a hardware or software tool that processes a digital PostScript file and converts it - rasterises - to a printable format.
Hardware and software which translates data into a series of dots for output.
A hardware and/or software device that converts PostScript graphics and text into high-resolution bitmapped images that can be output on film, paper, or other suitable medium. A RIP recreates the PostScript image by identifying each dot that makes up the image, either leaving it blank or filling it in. After this pattern of dots has been created, a printer, an imagesetter, or a recorder transfers the pattern to film, paper, plate, or directly to press.
Rastor image processor or RIP for short is a device that translates page description commands into bitmapped information for an output device such as an imagesetter. A raster image processor is used to convert the output of a pre-press computer system into a format usable by an imagesetter.
the hardware engine which calculates the bit-mapped image of text and graphics from a series of instructions. It may, or may not, understand a page description language but the end result should, if the device has been properly designed, be the same. Typical RIPs which aren't PDL-based include the Tall Trees JLaser, the LaserMaster and AST's TurboLaser controller. A basic page printer comes with a controller and not a RIP which goes some way to explaining the lack of control
In digital imaging, a combination of computer software and hardware that controls the printing process by calculating the bit maps of images and instructing printing device to create the images. Most PostScript systems use a hardware RIP built into the printer.
In typographic imaging, the computerized process that results in an electronic bit map which indicates every spot position on a page in preparation for an actual printout.
The hardware/software that takes individual pixels in a digital file and breaks them down into individual CMYK dots that a press or printer can read for output. RIP quality is very important; when assessing a RIP, look for image quality, speed and functionality.
In computer imaging, the computerised process that results in an electronic bit map, which indicates every spot position on a page in preparation for an actual print out.
Either a program or a piece of hardware that converts a file in a page description language, usually PostScript and possibly containing vector graphics, to a raster or bitmap image for output on a page printer or imagesetter or on a screen.
the process of interpreting a page description language, such as Postscript, to a raster format at the resolution and in the format required for a printer or imagesetter. May also refer to the hardware and/or software used in the process of ripping a file.
Software and/or hardware used to convert digital printing to information needed by a printer or other device to produce finished output. This action is commonly called "ripping" (a file).
(RIP) usually software in a device that takes pixels and turns them into dots for the printed image. The RIP prepares data for output on a raster image device such as a laser printer.
Device that translates page description commands into rasters for an output device such as a laser printer or imagesetter.
(RIP) components made up of hardware and software that combine to convert a vector image into a bitmapped image. Inkjet and laser printers are raster image processors.
The process of converting a vector based page description language, such as PostScript, to a raster format at the resolution and in the format required for a specific output device or imagesetter/platesetter.
A raster image processor (RIP) is a component used in a printing system which produces a bitmap. The bitmap is then sent to a printing device for output. The input may be a page description in a high-level page description language such as Post Script, Portable Document Format, XPS or another bitmap of higher or lower resolution than the output device.