Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:38 PM 2/6/06 -0500, Aaron Sandler wrote: >Don't worry, Marc, nobody really knows what a "raster" is...and most people >who use a RIP can't remember what it stands for. > >A RIP is a piece of computer software that allows one to make beautiful >black & white prints on an inkjet printer. (It controls the precise >amounts of the various inks that the printer squirts onto the paper to make >things look pretty.) It is unnecessary at the beginning stages...it's >something to save for after the basics have been figured out. > >I believe the name derives from RIP OFF, because they used to cost >something around the price of a mint M2 and that just doesn't seem >right. Nowadays, if the urge strikes, once can download one for free and >try it out for a while before deciding whether it's worth the $50 it >costs. No longer such a RIP OFF, but the name persists for historical >reasons. ;) Thanks, Aaron. It is starting to make sense. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505