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Glossary Several terms having special meaning within the context of this manual are listed below: Application Bitmap CPSI CPU EPS Imaging Device Interpreter Network PostScript Raster Image Applications are considered the programs that run on a computer. We refer to applications in this manual as PageMaker, Photoshop, etc. Bitmaps are images preprocessed at a fixed resolution for a certain monitor or printer. Configurable PostScript Interpreter. This Adobe Level 2 PostScript interpreter runs on a PC rather than on a hardware peripheral device. PowerRIP uses this interpreter to render a raster image. The processor inside the computer. Pentium is faster than 486. Ecapsulated PostScript. This is a file type that may contain complex graphics. It is designed as a universal format to include complex graphics in other applications. A device capable of printing an image on a physical medium, e.g., a printer, imagesetter, ink jet printer, etc. A set of software functions to convert PostScript language operators and operands into a raster image. PowerRIP uses the CPSI interpreter. Ethernet cabling and required software to link computers to each other. An interpretive programming language, developed by Adobe, used to describe the text, graphics, and image content of a document. A sequential bitmap composing an image. For each image pixel, there is a corresponding device pixel. Birmy Graphics Corporation 43

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Glossary
Several terms having special meaning within
the context of this manual are listed below:
Application
Bitmap
CPSI
CPU
EPS
Imaging
Device
Interpreter
Network
PostScript
Raster
Image
Applications are considered the programs that
run on a computer. We refer to applications in
this manual as PageMaker, Photoshop, etc.
Bitmaps are images preprocessed at a fixed
resolution for a certain monitor or printer.
Configurable PostScript Interpreter. This Adobe
Level 2 PostScript interpreter runs on a PC
rather than on a hardware peripheral device.
PowerRIP
uses this interpreter to render a
raster image.
The processor inside the computer.
Pentium
is
faster than
486.
Ecapsulated
PostScript. This is a file type that
may contain complex graphics. It is designed as
a universal format to include complex graphics
in other applications.
A device capable of printing an image on a
physical medium, e.g., a printer,
imagesetter,
ink jet printer, etc.
A set of software functions to convert PostScript
language operators and operands into a raster
image.
PowerRIP
uses the
CPSI
interpreter.
Ethernet cabling and required software to link
computers to each other.
An interpretive programming language, devel-
oped by Adobe, used to describe the text,
graphics, and image content of a document.
A sequential bitmap composing an image. For
each image pixel, there is a corresponding
device pixel.
Birmy
Graphics Corporation
43