Epson Stylus COLOR User Manual - Birmy Mac - Page 43

PowerRIP Manual LaserWrite+ A printer driver used by an application to create a PostScript file describing the visible contents of a document. Message Log View A scrolling text view in the PowerRIP control panel containing all logged messages. Network EtherTalk or AppleTalk cabling and required software to link Macintosh computers to each other. In the case of PowerRIP, to link the clients to the server. OPI Open Pre-Press Interface. A standard whereby a high- resolution image is substituted for a low-resolution place- ment image (or no image) on a page. The substitution is controlled by special TIFF tags. Since the high-resolution image may reside on the server, the long transfer time of the high-resolution image can be avoided. Post-print Queue A scrolling list in the PowerRIP Completed Jobs Window containing all jobs already printed for all open PowerRIP printers. PostScript An interpretive programming language, developed by Adobe, used co describe the text, graphic, and image content of a document. PowerRIP Client A Macintosh computer on which the user runs most applications. The user may prim from applications to an imaging device attached to a PowerRIP server. PowerRIP Completed A window of the PowerRIP application containing the Jobs Window Post-Prim Queue. PowerRIP Control Panel Window PowerRIP Printer The main window of the PowerRIP application containing the Pre-Print Queue, the message log view, and the printer list. A virtual imaging device representing a physical imaging device with a user-selectable set of characteristics. Each PowerRIP printer has a separate Jobs folder. The names of all open PowerRIP printers appear as LaserWriter devices in the Chooser dialog opened on a PowerRIP client. PowerRIP Printer File A file representing a PowerRIP printer residing in the Jobs folder for that printer. 38 Birmy Graphics Corporation