The image processor which translates type and design elements to film.
Raster Image Processor. 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.
Raster Image Processor. Part of an output device that rasterizes in (inturprets postscript files) formation so that it may be imaged onto plates for printing.
A processor that prepares data from the prepress stage for the production of printing plates. Its most important function is to create screens for printing images and other graphic elements. As a rule, an RIP is a separate computer, but it can also come in the form of software.
Raster Image Process is that process by which a printer or imagesetter translates a page description language such as PostScript into the physical dot structure which will define the image on the page.
Converts postscript files to raster (bitmap) images for printing on output devices.
See Raster Image Processing.
Processor used to rasterize computer output into a format that can be imaged on film or paper within an imagesetter.
Part of an output device or imagesetter that converts information into the dot pattern that will be imaged onto film or paper. Sometimes referred to as the imagesetter's engine. to top
Software or hardware used to convert data to specific information needed by a printer or other digital output device to produce finished output. Action referred to as " RIPping" the file.
Device that translates page description commands from PostScript and other high-level languages into bitmapped information for an output device such as a digital printer or imagesetter.
The process that translates the PostScript data into dots and pixels in a printer or CtP unit.
A piece of hardware or software that converts object-oriented graphics and fonts into the bitmaps required for output on a printer.
Software that translates computer imaging into a format usable by digital printers.
Rastor image processor, part of an output device that rasterizes information for imaging onto film or paper
Raster Image Processor - The device that converts images in vector or line and curve form into raster or bitmap form.
Raster Image Processor. This is the technology that ensures that vector data is correctly processed by output devices.
Raster Image Processor is either a software program or hardware dedicated to the purpose of converting certain file formats (typically vector graphics – such as page layout files) into the rows of pixels (raster) that are the information in the files which printers need to produce output.
Part of an output device that rasterizes information so that it may be reproduced onto paper or film.
RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR. A device--either a piece of hardware, or a computer running special software--that is designed to understand and interpret POSTSCRIPT. A RIP takes a description of a page, specified in PostScript, and turns it into a graphic image suitable for printing on a particular type of printer.
See RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR.
(Raster Image Processor) Any system designed to translate Postscript data and forward it to the printer's imaging device. Most laser printers have a built-in RIP. The term, however, usually applies to third-party Postscript translation software and is used to describe both the software, and the single-function computer it runs on.
Raster Image Processor. Hardware and software which translates data into a series of dots for output.
Raster image processor. A RIP is a hardware or software tool that processes a digital PostScript file and converts it - rasterises - to a printable format.
Raster image processor; the component of an output device that converts the image or page layout into a bitmap and forwards it to the film recorder.
Raster image processor - A device or program that translates the instructions for the page in the page description or graphics output language to the actual pattern of dots (bitmap) supplied to a printing or display system.
RIP stands for Raster Image Processing and is a print ready file format. This means that the files to be printed have been converted, through any number of steps, from their Application File Format into a format that can be understood by the printer. The RIP file format for DocuTech printers in called Interpress.
Abbreviation for raster image processor, a software program or computer that determines what value each pixel of a final output page bitmap should have based on commands from the page description language.
A device that rasterizes (turns into pixels) vector data, such as the text description of a page fed to the RIP by Postscript. RIPs have a chip that speeds up the rendering of images to a printer and, theoretically, handles color management information more accurately.
Raster Image Processor is a device that converts the PostScript information received from a computer to an output device that transfers an image onto paper, film or plates.
Raster Image Processor. 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
(Raster Image Processor) Converts fonts and graphics into raster images, which are used by the printer to draw onto the page.
Raster Image Processor. a device or program that translates instructions from a computer to a page description language used by the output service.
aster mage rocessor. Converts Post-Script files to a Raster Image of virtual laser dots used by a specific printer or imagesetter. Image-setter RIPs include a computer chip and hard disk to store screening algorithms, type faces, and other data. The rasterised information is used to turn the Laser light on or off.
Raster Image Processor/ing. Basically, there are two ways of printing an image: print drivers or a RIP. Either one will use a profile to interpret and render an image's colors and tones. However, print drivers come with the printer and RIPs are usually third party software packages that are purchased separately. RIP software bypasses the print driver and takes control of the printer directly. RIPs usually do a much better job of color management and printing. They also often come with additional features, such as batch printing and layout control.
a Raster Image Processor device used in some phototypesetters and electronic page composition systems that processes the digital information passed to it relating to individual letters and images and processes them for output and in the correct position and orientation.
Raster Image Processor. A hardware and/or software device that converts PostScript graphics and text into high-resolution bitmapped images.
output:(Raster Image Processor) The computer inside PostScript laser printers that convert the graphics instructions into high-resolution bit maps before the printing engine places those bitmaps on the page. When a non-PostScript printer has to print a Type 1 PostScript font, ATM software rasterizes the font inside the Mac. With TrueType (System 7), the Mac's processor and software accomplish similar RIP chores.
Raster Image ProcessorHardware or software which translates a computer generated page or file into output language to be printed on an imagesetter.
Raster Image Processor. A device that converts PostScript into rasterized pages for electronic printing.
raster image processor. 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.
1. noun: Acronym for Raster Image Processor: Hardware or software that converts a page description from some abstract language into a “raster image†— a pre-computed pattern of individual bits that are ready to be imaged on a digital output device: laser printer, imagesetter, digital press, etc. In the graphic arts industry, “RIP†almost always (but not always) refers to something that reads PostScript. 2. verb: To convert a page description file to bits, using a RIP. The RIPping process is also called rasterizing.
Raster image processor. 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.
Raster Image Processing. Making the dots that make up a halftone from a page description language such as postscript.
Abbreviation for Raster Image Processing, the computerized process that converts documents into an electronic bit map in preparation for digital output. BACK TO THE TOP
Raster Image Processor - The RIP takes the IMAGE and figures out exactly where each dot on the page will be placed - the result is a RASTER - a dot-by-dot representation of your DOCUMENT. The entire process is referred to as "RIPing". RIPing is a complicated task, because the DocuTech prints 600 dots per inch (DPI), which means there are 360,000 dots per square inch, or 31,185,000 places those dots can go on an average 8 1/2 x 11 page.
Raster Image Processor. 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
Abbreviation for Raster Image Processor: The part of an output device which rasterizes data to put on film or paper
Part of an output device that rasterizes information so that it may be imaged onto film or paper.
An acronym for raster image processor. 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.
Raster image processor. The part of a Postscript laser printer or imagesetter that interprets information sent to it by the desktop computer (in the Postscript language.) After interpreting the Postscript data, the rip instructs the laser beam how to image the page.
Acronym for raster image processor, the part of an output device or imagesetter that converts digital information into dots on film or paper. See also Rasterize.
Raster Image Processor. A computer/device used for convert the image to the printers format.
Raster image processor. 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.
Raster Image Processor. Allows for the transfer of the image to a printer or an imagesetter.
Rasterized Image Processor. A PostScript interpreter that plots images onto output devices such as imagesetters and platesetters.
Raster Image Processor. A device that translates PostScript page description commands into bitmapped information for an output device such as a laser printer or imagesetter.
Raster Image Processor. A hardware device or program that translates commands into bitmapped info needed by a printer or output device
computer used to create an electronic bitmap for actual output. This may be built into an imagesetter or may be separate.
Raster image processor. 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.
(raster image processor) A computer output device that is combined with a printer. The RIP produces an image layout which is sent to the printer or imagesetter.
Software and/or hardware used to convert data to bitmap information for processing on a PostScript printer or other digital device. This computer-calculation-intensive process determines 360,000 combinations and color placements to print every square inch of a 300 DPI image using CMYK process colors. Each process color is a color separation. This action is referred to as RIPing or Rasterization.
Acronym for Raster Image Processor, which generates a bitmap to send to the printing device (filmsetter, platesetter or digital press). The input data is either a file written in a page description language such as PDF or another bitmap. In the latter case, the RIP applies either smoothing or interpolation algorithms to the input bitmap to generate the output bitmap.
Raster Image Processor, converts the electronic information sent from a computer to a format that an imagesetter can understand and process.
Raster Image Processor. 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.
Conversion of artistic and vector information into discrete pixels (typically bitmaps) in preparation for printing.
Raster Image Processor. 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).
Raster Image Processor. Raster images are made from bitmap rather than vector grids. Rasterisation is the process of converting mathematical and digital data into dots by an output device. Therefore, the job of a RIP is not only to do this but it also helps to increase images to large sizes without as much loss of information or pixelation as doing the same process in PhotoShop. ICC profiles can also be attached to the RIP software for colour management purposes.
Raster Image Processor. A computing device which translates a page description into the particular control commands necessary to drive a raster output device. The output device could be a laser printer, an imagesetter, a digital proofer, a CTP setter or perhaps a digital press.
Raster Image Processor, the hardware/software which converts data which has been stored in a computer into a series of lines of tiny dots which are output on film or photographic paper. In line work, the dots can be grouped to create solid areas.
A process using mathematical algorithms to manipulate and print an image. Also, this software often includes "add-on" features, such as color-calibration software, various pattern selections, tools or a print-instruction screen.
A device that renders PostScript code into the actual pattern of dots that will print on a given output device or printer.
Raster Image Processor. A device that converts the description of a page from high-level PDL coding to low-level scanning instructions for an imagesetter.
Raster Image Processor. A compute application which converts postscript data into a series of halftone dots for the purpose of printing on paper or film.
Short for Raster Image Processor, changes the description language of a page, PostScript, for example, into pixels so that they can be read by laser printers or PostScript imaging device.
Raster Image Processor. 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.
Raster image processor: part of a printer that converts page description information into a bitmap and sends it to the print mechanism.