Print driver in MacOS X
Print driver in MacOS X
- Subject: Print driver in MacOS X
- From: Xavier Niebla <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:15:45 -0500
Hello everybody,
Some one can clarify this for me:
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 which is a
PDF engine at system level (am I right?). If this is correct, any
printer in MacOS X is PostScript by nature, and if ColorSync is built
in Quartz is possible to color manage any print at system lever. 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?
I hope this works, this is my first post and english is not my native
language.
Thanks for reading.
Xavier Niebla O'Gorman
Color Division Director
CT & Diseqo S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
email@hidden
www.ctyd.com.mx
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