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Rasterization

The translation of vector information into bitmap information.

 

Bitmaps may also require a new rasterization to comply with the

 

screening parameters (dot shape, dot size) of the imagesetter that will

 

expose them on film. See also RIP and RIPing.

Register

Fitting of two or more printing images or plates in exact alignment

 

with each other.

Register marks

Crosses or other targets applied to original copy prior to printing.

 

Used for positioning films in register or for register of two or more

 

colors in process printing.

Relative Colorimetric

A rendering intent method in which colors that fall within the output

 

color space remain the same. Only colors that fall outside are changed

 

to the closest possible color within the output color space.

 

When using this method, some closely related colors in the input

 

color space can be mapped to a single color in the output color space.

 

This reduces the number of colors in the image.

Rendering Intent

All printers, monitors and scanners have a gamut or range of colors

 

that they can output (or view in the case of a scanner). If a color needs

 

to be output and is outside the gamut of the output device, it must be

 

mapped or approximated to some other color, which exists within the

 

gamut. Rendering Intent enables you to compress out-of-gamut

 

colors into the color capability of the press you are using. You can set

 

any rendering intent value for RGB elements by selecting the required

 

from the Rendering intent options list. The default value for RGB is

 

Perceptual (photographic). The default value for CMYK is Relative

 

Colorimetric.

 

There are several methods that can be used when translating colors

 

from one color space to another. These methods are called Rendering

 

Intents because they are optimized for various uses. When working

 

with ICC profiles, it is important that you select the Rendering Intent

 

that best preserves the important aspects of the image. Each rendering

 

method specifies a CRD for color conversions. You can modify the

 

rendering method to control the appearance of images, such as prints

 

from office applications or RGB photographs from Photoshop.

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Xerox CX250, CX240 Translation of vector information into bitmap information, Expose them on film. See also RIP and RIPing