RIPs--Directing the Imagesetter

Scitex America, one of Adobe's early partners, made its mark by bringing such high-end tools like trapping and imposition to the desktop. Marc Johnson, product marketing manager, Output Imaging Systems, explains the latest RIP technologies from Scitex.

"When we launched Brisque in 1996, we changed the way that the industry looks at a RIP by talking about RIPing as a manufacturing process. Our focus was on speed, automation, control and tools," Johnson states.