RIP Server

[Michael Sweet]

Phil Krochmal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am curious to know how to setup a MAC OSX 10.4.4 computer to work
> as a Raster Image Processor (or RIP) server like one would find at
> Kinkos and with other pay programs, but strictly with CUPS 1.2. The
> idea is to preprocess the data for some HP 800ps Plotters that we
> have. This will cut the processor time down a ton. The issue is that
> I need it to be able to RIP files from both Windows and MAC units. I
> would assume it requires setting up a filter, but the problem is I
> don't have clue one on how to do it. So all help that anyone can
> provide would be most helpful to my cause. Thanks in advance.

There isn't much to it: MacOS X already provides most of the bits
you'll need, except for the printer driver.  I dunno if HP has done
a CUPS driver for the HP DesignJet 800ps, but our ESP Print Pro
software (the commercial cousin of CUPS) does:

     http://www.easysw.com/printpro/

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