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Topic: Raster Image Processor

	U.S. Patent: 5548408 - Image processing system - August 20, 1996
		An image processing system according to claim 2 and further comprising optical compensation means for compensating for the curvature of said drum to prevent distortion of the image due to said curvature.
		An image processing system according to claim 3 and further comprising optical compensation means for compensating for the curvature of said drum to prevent distortion of the image due to said curvature.
		This is possible due to the use of the optical memory on the drum for image storage prior to exposure, and to the use of a large area light source (as opposed to a laser light source) for exposure of the photosensitive material.
	www.everypatent.com /comp/pat5548408.html (4173 words)

	Page memory control in a raster image processor - Patent 5003496
		The raster image processor claimed in claim 25, further comprising: means for ANDing the bit maps representing halftone tint patterns and the conditioned data words to produce ANDed data words and applying said ANDed data words to the write enable input of the memory in lieu of the conditioned data words.
		Alternatively, the raster image processor of the present invention may be operated in a mode analogous to water colors, where the medium is transparent.
		The RIP has the advantage of generating a bit map for driving the marking engine at a faster rate than the prior art RIP's, and is particularly advantageous for use with a color marking engine to produce images where the colors and textures of objects are separately and independently controlled.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5003496.html (7395 words)

	SMART Papers \| SMART Digital
		A raster is a resolution-dependent computer file (usually a scan, but perhaps a file from a paint program).
		A raster is an electronic file which describes points mathematically on a grid.
		Raster files stand in contrast to vector files which use mathematical formulas to describe lines, curves, and tints.
	www.smartpapers.com /13_kb/13f_dig_gloss_qs.asp (899 words)

	ScreenWeb \| Introduction to Raster Image Processing
		The raster image processor (RIP) is the brain behind the digital imaging process, regardless of the type of image or output device used.
		The RIP sends the information to the device through control software known as a driver, which is specific to each individual output device (we need the appropriate driver for each device the RIP drives).
		The RIP operator has the ability to allow jobs to arrive in the queue, to print in the order they arrive, or to delay or expedite jobs within the queue as necessary.
	www.screenweb.com /index.php/channel/1/id/16 (1755 words)

	Raster image processor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A raster image processor (RIP) is a component used in a printing system which produces a bitmap.
		The input may be a page description in a high-level page description language such as PostScript, Portable Document Format or another bitmap of higher or lower resolution than the output device.
		In the latter case, the RIP applies either smoothing or interpolation algorithms to the input bitmap to generate the output bitmap.
	www.javvin.com /hardware/RasterImageProcessor.html (80 words)

	Raster image processor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raster image processing is the process and the means of turning vector digital information such as a PostScript file into a high-resolution raster image.
		Originally RIPs were a rack of electronic hardware which received the page description via some interface (eg RS232) and generated a "hardware bitmap output" which was used to enable or disable each pixel on a real-time output device such as an optical film scanner.
		A RIP chip is used in laser printers to communicate raster images to a laser.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raster_image_processor (272 words)

	dictionary R
		Raster image - Also know as a bitmapped image, it consists a series of lines of information that form a grid of image data.
		The image data is usually referred to as pixels.
		Raster image irocessor (RIP) - Part of an output device that rasterizes, or converts mathematical and digital information into a series of dots, so they can be rendered and imaged onto screen, film, paper, or other media.
	www.thecolorgeek.com /tutorials/Dictionary/dictionaryR.html (256 words)

	Imageprint
		RIP vendors write their own algorithms to try to enhance the output and versatility of the stock software supplied with the printer.
		Many RIP packages are written for pre-press proofing and the sign market, unlike ImagePrint which does those operations but also provides simply the best printed image quality in any aftermarket RIP I have seen, as ImagePrint was written for the photographic and Giclee markets.
		The RIP frees up the main imaging computer, this allows you to dedicate an older machine to the tasks of printing while moving ahead with new jobs on your more powerful imaging computer, and since printing large posters can take some time to print we are not talking about simply a few minutes.
	www.luminous-landscape.com /1photo-pages/i/imageprint.shtml (2779 words)

	Using paper negatives in digital imagesetting - Patent 5659385
		The page image data is sent to a raster image processor, which converts the page image data into a bitmap for controlling an imagesetting laser.
		The RIP is a digital device which converts the page data into a bitmap to guide an imagesetting laser in an imagesetter 50.
		The RIP can be configured by an operator to generate positive images (printed matter is fl on a white background) or negative images (printed matter is white on a fl background).
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5659385.html (2831 words)

	Reference Raster Image Processor (RIP) RC1
		To use a Reference RIP identified as an upgrade, you must first be licensed for the Reference RIP identified by Global Graphics as eligible for the upgrade.
		All Reference RIP provided to the U.S. Government pursuant to solicitations issued prior to December 1, 1995 is provided with "Restricted Rights" as provided for in FAR, 48 CFR 52.227-14 (JUNE 1987) or DFAR, 48 CFR 252.227-7013 (OCT 1988), as applicable.
		You acknowledge that the Reference RIP is subject to U.S. export jurisdiction.
	www.microsoft.com /whdc/device/print/RRIP.mspx (1048 words)

	Introduction to Platesetters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Panther RIP creates a raster image (a series of 1s and 0s, also called a bitmap image) of the job.
		The Panther RIP allows you to enter a header length (plate material advanced before the plate is imaged) and a trailer length (plate material advanced after the plate is imaged).
		This fast platesetter images 24.625" x 36" plates at speeds from 4 minutes 19 seconds at 2540 dpi to a maximum speed of 57 seconds at 1016 dpi with a repeatability factor of ±0.001" typical between two plates made by the same platesetter.
	www.prepress.pps.com /TechReports/platetr.html (2329 words)

	Graphics
		Raster graphics represent graphical images as a pattern of dots, called a bit map (this is why raster graphics are also called bit-mapped graphics).
		To display a raster image on a monitor screen, the computer translates the bit map data into individual pixels.
		The difference between outputting vector graphics and raster graphics, therefore, is that vector graphics are not translated into bit maps until the last possible moment, after all sizes and resolutions have been specified.
	www.umdnj.edu /idsweb/idst3400/graphics.htm (2184 words)

	Glossary R
		Involves a process whereby a raster scan technique assembles an electronic page in a bitmapped format on a pixel-by-pixel basis.
		To bind again a book previously bound; usually used in reference to a book taken apart for use as camera-ready copy, which must then be assembled in the original order and recovered using the original case.
		It is most effective on images with large areas of fl or white.
	dx.sheridan.com /glossary/r.html (1338 words)

	RIP
		Short for Raster Image Processor or Raster Image Process, RIP is the process of converting a vector image into a raster image.
		Short for Routing Information Protocol, RIP is a routing protocol first mentioned in RFC 1058 and used by computers and other network devices such as routers to broadcast known addresses, allowing networking devices to learn available routes.
		Short for ripping, rip is a term used to describe the process of taking data off of a CD or other disc and either storing it on the computer and/or putting it onto another CD or disc.
	www.computerhope.com /jargon/r/rip.htm (183 words)

	Engineering Services - Laser Based Designs
		The heart of the computer pagination system is a bit slice raster image processor which translates the various page elements (symbolic text, continuous tone, line art, and rule commands) into binary raster data for real time output to a laser scanner.
		The transmitted data, received at a remote site, is decoded into pixel raster data and used to modulate a laser scanning system synchronized to the incoming data stream.
		A raster image processor was developed to accept the industry standard Gerber photoplotter commands and convert them into real time raster formatted data compatible with the laser scanner.
	www.scepter.net /projects/laser.htm (551 words)

	IM v6 Examples -- Common Image Formats
		The GIF format is a very widely known image file format, as it has been around for a very very very long time (from the late 1980's).
		As re-writing a JPEG image results in a degrading of image quality (unless lossless compression is used) the JPEG image library provides a number of special programs that can manipulate the image, without loss of quality.
		Because IM is a 'raster image processor', and while it can read or write images stored in one of the vector formats it does so by converting the image to and from a internal raster image.
	www.cit.gu.edu.au /~anthony/graphics/imagick6/formats (11002 words)

	raster - a Whatis.com definition
		In a CRT, the raster is a sequence of horizontal lines that are scanned rapidly with an electron beam from left to right and top to bottom, in much the same way as a TV picture tube is scanned.
		But if low resolution is used (for example, 640x480 pixels on an LCD intended for 800x600), the displayed image may fill only part of the screen.
		If high resolution is used (such as 1024x768 pixels on an LCD intended for 800x600), the displayed image may exceed the area of the screen, and scrolling will be necessary to view all portions of the raster.
	whatis.techtarget.com /gDefinition/0,294236,sid44_gci212870,00.html (290 words)

	Raster image processor downloads including: Right GIF Converter (Convert many images to GIF format), RasterVect ...
		Raster to Vector converter, which can high-speed convert raster bitmap into vector image.
		Graphics Processor 1.9 is a must have image processing component.
		Project5 Photocut Processor is a bitmap tracer (raster to vector conversion program) that produces realistic photographic effect in vinyl decals using vinyl cutter only.
	dnka.com /15222/raster.shtml (862 words)

	kbAlertz: When you print a Microsoft Publisher 2000 publication to a Raster Image Processor (RIP) device, graphics in ...
		To resolve this issue, resample the image that is included with the publication to the appropriate resolution for the output medium.
		When you extract the image from the publication as a TIFF file, the image can be edited in any graphics program that is capable of resampling it at a lower resolution.
		For example, if your TIFF image is three inches wide and contains 1800 pixels per inch, and your RIP only supports 1270 dpi, the TIFF image would have to be resampled at a resolution of 1270 divided by 8, or about 158 pixels per inch (PPI) or less.
	www.kbalertz.com /kb_Q218731.aspx (787 words)

	Wasatch SoftRIP - If you want colors that pop, you need Wasatch. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Our software Raster Image Processor RIPs for large and wide format inkjet printing are the premier software RIPs.
		Wasatch Raster Image Processor RIPs are perfect for all types of small, large and wide inkjet printing.
		Wasatch RIPs are the premier large or wide format Raster Image Processor (RIP) software for your small, large or wide format inkjet printing needs.
	www.ussublimation.com /Wasatch.htm (253 words)

	Raster Print: Raster Effects, MagicTracer, RasterVect, ...
		Vector Eye is a great raster to vector converter that exports to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), Ps and Eps.
		Raster to Vector Normal 8.0 by Raster to Vector, Inc.
		Raster to Vector Normal converts scanned drawings and raster images (such as BMP, JPG, TIF, GIF, etc) into vector formats (such as DXF, HPGL, EMF, etc).
	www.fileedge.com /all/raster-print (495 words)

	YARC SYSTEMS Corporate FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Unlike other RIP providers who must license software from a RIP software source such as Adobe Systems, YARC has sole ownership of its critically acclaimed RIP software and is thus freed from paying royalties and the uncertainties inherent in renewing license agreements.
		Simply put, a Raster Image Processor or RIP, is the "thing" that goes between your computer and printer containing the piece of paper, vinyl or film that you want to print onto.
		It allows the translation of the image in your graphics program into a series of dots that your printer or plotter either fills in or leaves blank, thus creating the desired output.
	www.yarc.com /corpfaq.htm (881 words)

	Raster Software: Raster Effects, Raster to Vector Normal, Acme TraceART, ...
		Raster Effects is a plugin for Adobe Illustrator which creates high quality raster images from Illustrator's vector geometry.
		Raster to Vector Normal is a stand-alone program that converts scanned drawings, maps and raster images into accurate vector files (such as DXF, HPGL, WMF, EMF, etc) for editing in any CAD application.
		Vector based images are the best way to display high quality graphics with the minimum amount of information.
	www.criticalfiles.com /free/raster (635 words)

	Experience - CBM Engineering, Inc.
		A multiprocessor architecture was developed to allow for multiple cellular image processors to function as one larger integrated imaging system.
		Images were received from the VME bus and transmitted to parallel transfer disk drives, or back to the VME bus for loop-back testing.
		Raster image processors consisted of an AMD bit slice raster engine and a Z-80 supervisory processor.
	www.bhw.com /cbmengineering/exper.htm (2685 words)

	Canon ColorPASS-Z400e - IKON Office Solutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This entry-level RIP solution incorporates an array of functions and technologies to transform these standalone copiers into networked copier/printersas well as streamline workflow and add precise, high-impact color to any document, report or presentation.
		A RIP is a hardware or combination hardware/software product that converts images described in the form of vector graphics statements or Post Script page descriptions into rasterized graphic images or bitmaps.
		For example, laser printers use RIPs to convert images that arrive in vector form (such as text in a specified font) into a rasterized form that can then be edited and printed.
	www.ikon.com /products/workflow/DPS/Canon_ColorPASS_Z400e.asp (796 words)

	Raster Image Processor
		In its simplest form, a raster image processor interprets the data from your image file into a form that your printer can understand.
		Most raster image processor packages support PostScript 3, so they make these translations for Raster data (photo), vector data (design elements from Graphics Application) and text.
		However, these rudimentary onboard RIPs are dramatically inferior to a quality raster image processor like SoftRIP.
	www.wasatch.com /Raster_Image_Processor.html (101 words)

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