Re: Print driver in MacOS X
Re: Print driver in MacOS X
- Subject: Re: Print driver in MacOS X
- From: Steve Upton <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:20:36 -0700
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At 11:15 AM -0500 7/28/03, Xavier Niebla wrote:
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Some one can clarify this for me:
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When printing to non PostScript printer like Inkjets in Windows, the interpretation is done by GDI and in MacOS 9 is done thru QuickDraw; but what happens in MacOS X? I guess this is done by Quartz
correct
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which is a PDF engine at system level (am I right?).
It has PDF capabilities at the system level yes
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If this is correct, any printer in MacOS X is PostScript by nature,
no Postscript is only created when printing to a Postscript device. That would be taking a step backward indeed!
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and if ColorSync is built in Quartz is possible to color manage any print at system lever.
that is true
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So, what is the purpose of using a 3th party RIP? I think that a RIP is unnecessary in MacOS X if the system has a built in RIP based on PDF which is the successor of PostScript. Can I trust the interpretation of the PostScript done by Quartz while printing from applications like InDesign or Freehand?
The system does not go that far - nor do we want it too.
A RIP is used when people want Postscript control over a device and/or greater control over each device channel. You can have a RIP without Postscript or with. In the color world we tend to look at the greater control over each color channel that a RIP allows. There are also workflow, nesting, multi-user and other capabilities a RIP offers.
Regards,
Steve
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