Oce 1000C, Job Management Manual

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xv About this manual
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Spool
—Write to a disk. Used in this manual to refer to a PostScript print job saved
to the Océ 1000C hard disk drive in preparation for processing and printing.
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RIP
—Acronym for raster image processing, which changes PostScript 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 Océ 1000C RIP changes text and graphics commands in PostScript into
specifications for each dot of toner deposited on a page by the printer.
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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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Print
—The task of rendering, or imaging, a page or job on a print device.
These concepts explain how the Océ 1000C and the printer work together as a
powerful printing system.