What does RIP (Raster Image Processor) software do?

I own a large format HP printer, evryone keep telling me that I should catch RIP software for it, but they can't explain why.

What does RIP (Raster Image Processor) software do?

A printer engine can understand and use raster information merely. Bit mapped facts - a dot by dot representation of a page is called bit map data or Raster Image. However adjectives the high bring to a close especially graphics printers uses a Process called POSTSCRIPT, which instead of bit map data contains information contained by Vector format i.e. information in coordinates.



Therefore to print graphics notes or image we would require a Vector to Raster converter. This conversion software or hardware or combination is call RIP or Raster Image Processor.



In MS Windows a postscript image or directory can be printed without a RIP also but surrounded by that case it would whip the screen display imitation for printing and not the actual image.



In your system short a RIP what ever quality statue you are getting 100DPI or 600 DPI - its getting printed from the Monitor display image of 75 DPI singular.



Hope I could explain it clearly.
Hi,



Here is your answer:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/raster_imag...



good luck!