RIPs--Directing the Imagesetter

ECRM also offers an Adobe PostScript 3 RIP called RIPtide for the Intel NT platform. RIPtide offers ECRM customers a Web-based user interface; full PS3 compatibility; in-RIP trapping and separation; patented ECRM screening; PDF compatibility; and 4,096 gray levels for smoother vignettes and blends.

Likewise, David Smith, assistant product development manager, electronic imaging software, at Fujifilm's Graphic Systems Div., states that the Fujifilm HQ RIP V2 (based on the Harlequin ScriptWorks version 4.5 RIP and the Fujifilm CelebraNT RIP) is a genuine Adobe PostScript 3 RIP offering a full range of functionality.