Re: New epson 3000 paper ejects too soon

[Pam Niedermayer <pam_pine@cape.com>]

Turns out I wrote it a bit wrong, Bill, was incomplete in
the description. A RIP's traditional job is to translate
vector to raster (not raster to vector), but now many use
RIP processes to output raster to raster. Thanks to Richard
Ball, who emailed me with the correction. 

This is real confusing, as normally I am concerned about
using RIP's only when printing Postscript fonts on bitmap
printers; and was thinking of getting smooth fonts from
Photoshop rather than the basic processes. There's a little
RIP in many drivers for output devices such as monitors,
printers, film recorders maybe.

Pam

"B. Twieg" wrote:
> 
> Pam, thanks for your RIP explanation. I had no idea what it meant, but
> figured someone would explain it sooner or later.
> Bill Twieg
> 
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> From:   owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]
> On Behalf Of Pam Niedermayer
> Sent:   Saturday, January 22, 2000 9:38 PM
> To:     epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Subject:        Re: New epson 3000 paper ejects too soon
> 
> RIP is the acronym for raster image processor (I think).
> RIP's translate from raster (bitmap, such as the Photoshop
> native method of dealing with images) to vector, in this
> case Postscript. Vectors treat graphics as objects, which
> means they can be resized and still maintain their
> appearance. When bitmaps are resized larger, you'll see
> stairstepping on the lines.
> 
> So if you need to print on a Postscript printer or print
> from a vector program such as Illustrator or Freehand, you
> want to use the RIP. As long as you continue to print from
> PhotoDeluxe to the 3000, you don't have to use the RIP,
> particularly if you're happy with the way your images are printing.
> 
> Pam
> 
> ACC0147@cs.com wrote:
> >
> > Jerry,
> >     I'm afraid I'm a little over my head on this list.  So much of what
> > everyone talks about is foreign to me.  I don't have photoshop.  I use
> Adobe
> > photo deluxe, and the prints seem to come out well just using that.  I'm
> not
> > sure about how much memory I have for the printer.  My computer has 128.
> But
> > I really don't understand a whole lot about how to allocate memory to the
> > printer.  I also don't know what you mean by Epson monitor 3 program.
> Thank
> > you for trying to help!  I really need to take a course in this I guess.
> The
> > Epson 3000 comes with a RIP.  I haven't installed it yet, because I don't
> > know what it does.!!!  If I'm happy with the prints without it, do I need
> to
> > install it at all?? I know there will more questions to come.  Don't give
> up
> > on me!!      Celeste
> >
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