Chapter 5: Principle of Operation
This section explains how the Windows BLL Generator and WinRascol work together to produce film output.
Introduction
WinRascol consists of two software components:
∙WinRascol32: The queue and print manager. It queues print jobs and sends them to the film recorder. WinRascol32 is the same program on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT.
∙WinRascol Printer Driver, or Windows BLL Generator: The printer driver is used when you invoke the Print command from within a Windows application. Due to architectural differences between Windows 95/98 and Windows NT, there need to be separate printer drivers for each type of operating system.
There are several different ways to use WinRascol:
∙The user on a PC with a film recorder attached can print by:
∙Printing directly from an application with the WinRascol Printer Driver, or
∙Adding image files directly to the queue with WinRascol32.
∙The user on a PC without a film recorder can:
∙Print from an application with the Windows BLL Generator to make BLL files, or
∙Save images in one of the formats that WinRascol supports directly.
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