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About this manual
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Spool
—Write to a disk. Used in this manual to refer to a PostScript or PCL print
job being saved to the Fiery X3e hard disk in preparation for processing and
printing.
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RIP
—Acronym for raster image processing, which changes PostScript or PCL
commands into descriptions of each mark on a page. In common use as a noun, a
“raster image processor” (RIP) is the computer processor that performs this function.
The Fiery X3e RIP changes text and graphics commands in PostScript or PCL into
specifications for each dot of toner deposited on a page by the copier.
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Process
—The term “process” is used interchangeably with the term “RIP” in this
manual to refer to raster image processing.
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—The task of rendering, or imaging, a page or job on a print device.
These concepts explain how the Fiery X3e and the copier work together as a powerful
printing system.
