Configure RIP

Configure Adobe RIP
The “Configure RIP (Default)” dialog shows the RIP options that you may modify. These RIP options are only used when the related checkboxes are selected. To modify the RIP configuration options: Go to [Setup] and select RIP Configuration > Configure Adobe RIP. This opens “Configure RIP” dialog (Figure 1). Select the option name you want to configure. Click [Edit]. This opens the “Enter/Edit Configuration” dialog. (Figure 2). Modify your RIP option, and click [OK]. There are following RIP options in the “Configure RIP” dialog: COMPATMODE This option changes the order of operations for the RIP. Everything starts at CMYK and then the processing goes pixel by pixel, rather than by objects. Spot colors will render differently since they are pixel data when spot color calls come in. CUTFLAT Sets the flatness of cut path segment creation. DOWNSAMPLEIMG When checked and set to [OFF], this eliminates image downsampling. Image downsampling reduces processing overhead for generating preview (better performance), at the potential loss of information. There are limitations and so the value should be left [OFF] unless needed. EMULATEOVERPRIN Normally overprinting of colors or planes of colors is emulated (before color management). Setting this option to [NO] only performs overprint of actual color planes (with color management interferring with overprint). Overprint emulation does have a performance penalty. EnableLowResRasterization When this option is enabled and set to "true” as well as [TransGlobalRasterization] is enabled and set to “true”, the possibility of standard hybrid transparency flattening is used. Atomic regions are eligible for low-resolution rasterization unless they include any of the following: Text objects Type 6 or 7 smooth shades Soft masks containing vectors Any atomic regions that are not eligible for low-resolution rasterization are rasterized at device resolution. IGNOREPDLALLBELNDSPACES IGNOREPDLOVERPRINT When this option is set to "YES", this forces overprint settings in the PDF file to be ignored. MaxMemLimit This option lists more information into the RIP Log. Provides more information to determine what the error is. MESSAGES Lists more information into the RIP Log. This option is useful when EPS files error out. RIP Log might only say "An error occurred during processing". Lists more from Normalizer. MaxMemLimit This setting allows one to define the Maximum Amount of Memory that the Adobe PDF Print Engine can use forcing more complex processing to be spilled to disk. This option is not enabled by default (indicating no limit), but when checked it is set to 3GB. MinShadeRasterizationResolution When [EnableLowResRasterization] is set to" true", rasterization of smooth shaded transparency regions can be affected when the standard hybrid flattening process is used (not by global rasterization). Whereas images specify their own resolutions, smooth shades do not. The parameter controls low-resolution rasterization for smooth shades. Its value is a floating-point number that specifies the minimum resolution, respectively, to be used for low-resolution rasterization of atomic regions that include smooth shades. This parameter is ignored when [EnableLowResRasterization] is "false". Setting [MinShadeRasterization] to “200” is a good starting point for setting this value. PrintPDFAnnotations Normally annotations added in Acrobat are rendered. Setting this option to "NO" forces any annotations to not be rendered. SPOTRENDERINTENT Changes the rendering intent used to map spot colors. When unchecked [Absolute] is used. 0 = Perceptual, 1 = Absolute, 2 = Relative, 3 = Saturation, and 4 = Postercolor. SpotReplaceLab This helps eliminate round trip errors for spot colors that are in a transparent blend. Adobe will make them CIELAB and convert to device values to apply the blend, then it goes back. This results in a round-trip value change. With this option “ON”, it does not take go from CIELAB to device values. This makes the spot color consistent everywhere. Some saturation to the color can be lost in the process. TransGlobalRasterization Provides a smart check in how it handles objects and transparency. If there are few objects with transparency, they are preserved and handled as objects. If there are numerous objects with transparency, the overlapping objects are rasterized and color managed pixel by pixel. USECMMGPU Utilizes the system's graphics processor to handling color management. USECUTSPLINES Turns off [CUTSPLINES], which forces the cut paths in a file to be made from small line segments and not from actual curves. USEPDFCROP When set to "ON" the page size is defined by the CropBox rather than the MediaBox	Figure 1 Figure 2

Configure Adobe RIP

The “Configure RIP (Default)” dialog shows the RIP options that you may modify. These RIP options are only used when the related checkboxes are selected.

To modify the RIP configuration options:

Go to [Setup] and select RIP Configuration > Configure Adobe RIP. This opens “Configure RIP” dialog (Figure 1).
Select the option name you want to configure.
Click [Edit]. This opens the “Enter/Edit Configuration” dialog. (Figure 2).
Modify your RIP option, and click [OK].

There are following RIP options in the “Configure RIP” dialog:

COMPATMODE

This option changes the order of operations for the RIP. Everything starts at CMYK and then the processing goes pixel by pixel, rather than by objects. Spot colors will render differently since they are pixel data when spot color calls come in.

CUTFLAT

Sets the flatness of cut path segment creation.

DOWNSAMPLEIMG

When checked and set to [OFF], this eliminates image downsampling. Image downsampling reduces processing overhead for generating preview (better performance), at the potential loss of information. There are limitations and so the value should be left [OFF] unless needed.

EMULATEOVERPRIN

Normally overprinting of colors or planes of colors is emulated (before color management). Setting this option to [NO] only performs overprint of actual color planes (with color management interferring with overprint). Overprint emulation does have a performance penalty.

EnableLowResRasterization

When this option is enabled and set to "true” as well as [TransGlobalRasterization] is enabled and set to “true”, the possibility of standard hybrid transparency flattening is used. Atomic regions are eligible for low-resolution rasterization unless they include any of the following:

Text objects
Type 6 or 7 smooth shades
Soft masks containing vectors

Any atomic regions that are not eligible for low-resolution rasterization are rasterized at device resolution.

IGNOREPDLALLBELNDSPACES

IGNOREPDLOVERPRINT

When this option is set to "YES", this forces overprint settings in the PDF file to be ignored.

MaxMemLimit

This option lists more information into the RIP Log. Provides more information to determine what the error is.

MESSAGES

Lists more information into the RIP Log. This option is useful when EPS files error out. RIP Log might only say "An error occurred during processing". Lists more from Normalizer.

MaxMemLimit

This setting allows one to define the Maximum Amount of Memory that the Adobe PDF Print Engine can use forcing more complex processing to be spilled to disk. This option is not enabled by default (indicating no limit), but when checked it is set to 3GB.

MinShadeRasterizationResolution

When [EnableLowResRasterization] is set to" true", rasterization of smooth shaded transparency regions can be affected when the standard hybrid flattening process is used (not by global rasterization).

Whereas images specify their own resolutions, smooth shades do not. The parameter controls low-resolution rasterization for smooth shades. Its value is a floating-point number that specifies the minimum resolution, respectively, to be used for low-resolution rasterization of atomic regions that include smooth shades. This parameter is ignored when [EnableLowResRasterization] is "false".

Setting [MinShadeRasterization] to “200” is a good starting point for setting this value.

PrintPDFAnnotations

Normally annotations added in Acrobat are rendered. Setting this option to "NO" forces any annotations to not be rendered.

SPOTRENDERINTENT

Changes the rendering intent used to map spot colors. When unchecked [Absolute] is used. 0 = Perceptual, 1 = Absolute, 2 = Relative, 3 = Saturation, and 4 = Postercolor.

SpotReplaceLab

This helps eliminate round trip errors for spot colors that are in a transparent blend. Adobe will make them CIELAB and convert to device values to apply the blend, then it goes back. This results in a round-trip value change. With this option “ON”, it does not take go from CIELAB to device values. This makes the spot color consistent everywhere. Some saturation to the color can be lost in the process.

TransGlobalRasterization

Provides a smart check in how it handles objects and transparency. If there are few objects with transparency, they are preserved and handled as objects. If there are numerous objects with transparency, the overlapping objects are rasterized and color managed pixel by pixel.

USECMMGPU

Utilizes the system's graphics processor to handling color management.

USECUTSPLINES

Turns off [CUTSPLINES], which forces the cut paths in a file to be made from small line segments and not from actual curves.

USEPDFCROP

When set to "ON" the page size is defined by the CropBox rather than the MediaBox

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