Re: Use Debian system as a RIP

2005-09-29 Thread Aaron Maxwell
Oops, in the second paragraph of my reply, "ps2pdf" should be "pdf2ps". -Aaron On Thursday 29 September 2005 12:46 pm, Aaron Maxwell wrote: > If it really is that simple (I have no experience with RIPs), then a > Debian system might work. The conversion would be done with the > pdf2ps tool (man p

Re: Use Debian system as a RIP

2005-09-29 Thread Aaron Maxwell
Hi Peter, On Thursday 29 September 2005 07:34 am, Peter King wrote: > Is there a way of using a Debian system as a RIP. > I have a client that has just been quoted by Xerox £11500 for a Fiery > EX12 Raster Image Processor > the system is only a PIII-500 with 256MB RAM and a 9GB HDD so I am > think

Re: Use Debian system as a RIP

2005-09-29 Thread Joerg Rossdeutscher
Hi, Am Donnerstag, den 29.09.2005, 16:29 +0100 schrieb David Goodenough: > No, a RIP takes Postscript and turns it into a Raster image. It does much > what GhostScript does, but directly to a bitmap which gets fed to the > laser on the printer. It is also highly unlikely that you have the necess

Re: Use Debian system as a RIP

2005-09-29 Thread David Goodenough
On Thursday 29 September 2005 15:34, Peter King wrote: > Is there a way of using a Debian system as a RIP. > > I have a client that has just been quoted by Xerox £11500 for a Fiery EX12 > Raster Image Processor > > the system is only a PIII-500 with 256MB RAM and a 9GB HDD so I am thinking > of put

Use Debian system as a RIP

2005-09-29 Thread Peter King
Is there a way of using a Debian system as a RIP. I have a client that has just been quoted by Xerox £11500 for a Fiery EX12 Raster Image Processor the system is only a PIII-500 with 256MB RAM and a 9GB HDD so I am thinking of putting together a nice hefty system and use Debian instead. Appare