Digital BW, The Print

One question: What is a RIP?  Does that refer to the profiling 
software?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Amadou Diallo 
<amadiallo2001@y...>" <amadiallo2001@y...> wrote:
> Unfortunately, ICC is a standard that was developed specifically 
for color. While 
> there is "space" in the format to characterize quad and hextone 
b/w, any 
> software taking advantage of this has to be configured specifically 
to do so. To 
> date, when companies have developed this capability (ie Colorbyte) 
they have not 
> been eager to share the secret sauce. This may soon change, as more 
imaging 
> companies develop for b/w.
> 
> You will always be better served using a good driver and optimally 
a RIP to take 
> advantage of any profiling. Your RIP has to be able to output a 
target that the 
> spectrophotometer can measure properly, and the profiling software 
has to 
> receive this data in a compatible format. Then, the RIP has to 
actually be able to 
> utilize this non-standard (ie non-CMY) information. Many color 
print makers use a 
> RIP, spectrophotometer, and profile-generating software each from a 
different 
> company, so the idea of compatability does exist in the color world.
> 
> Amadou Diallo