Your Imaging System
Your SelectSet Avantra is one component of a complete imaging sys-
tem. Imaging systems can include:
• Front end computers running PostScript language applications soft-
ware. These are used for word processing, creation and editing of
graphic images and page layout.
• A raster image processor (RIP). This receives the job from the front
end, reassembles it, and sends it to the imagesetter.
• Output devices. Includes proofing devices driven from the front end
computer and high-quality final production devices such as the Se-
lectSet Avantra imagesetter, driven by their own RIPs.
Imaging systems that support SelectSet Avantra imagesetters can be
made up of many different combinations of hardware and software. To
use your imagesetter most effectively, you need to understand all the
components of your unique imaging system.
Raster Image Processors
The SelectSet Avantra imagesetter is driven by a RIP (raster image pro-
cessor). The RIP performs two functions:
1. It interprets the data generated by applications running on the front
end of your imaging system.
2. It converts this data to a form that can be used by the imagesetter.
The SelectSet Avantra can be used with a wide choice of software and
hardware RIPs.
• Software RIPs run on standard computer platforms. These standard
platforms can serve other functions when not used as RIPs.
• Hardware RIPs are computers designed to function only as RIPs.
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