HP RIP Software - HP RIP Software User Guide

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RIP — Raster Image Processor, which interprets PostScript language
code, corrects the color, and creates the bitmap (raster) image required
for printing. Also used as a verb, as in “to RIP a document file.”
RIP Saver — a file format that can be sent directly to the printer,
enabling reprinting of the file without re-RIPing it.
route — the process path taken by a print job, from port to input queue,
RIP, output queue, filter, printer, and RIP Saver queue.
server — a computer that receives print jobs from client workstations
over a network, and processes them.
spectrophotometer — an instrument used to determine the intensity of
various wavelengths in a spectrum of light, used to create color profiles.
Step-and-Repeat — prints multiple copies of a document across the
width of the media, then prints subsequent rows of images offset by a
user-defined distance.
TCP/IP — Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, a network
communications standard used by the Internet and local area networks.
tree pane — the left-hand section of the RIP interface, which displays
the various elements of the RIP and allows you to select documents in
queues.
UCR — Under Color Removal, a technique for creating black color with
Black ink, rather than a combination of Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.
Reduces overall ink usage.
URL — Uniform Resource Locator, an address for documents and
other resources located on a network (such as the Internet).
VideoNet
— a network communication protocol for printers.
web server — software that displays documents over a network in a
web browser. An example of a web server is Microsoft Internet Informa-
tion Server.
Windows Networking — a network communications standard used by
Microsoft Windows operating systems.
WinLink — a port type that is compatible with Microsoft Windows Net-
working protocols.