Harlequin releases ScriptWorks MicroRIP for low res color output.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1995--Harlequin announced today at Seybold the release of ScriptWorks MicroRIP, a PostScript Level 2 language compatible interpreter targeted at the fast-growing low resolution digital color and large format printing markets. Available only on an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and basis, ScriptWorks MicroRIP enables printer manufacturers to package a high performance software interpreter with a wide variety of low resolution color or monochrome output devices, including laser printers, dye sublimation printers, digital color copiers and printers, and large format color electrostatic plotters and ink jet printers. "With the ScriptWorks MicroRIP, an OEM can bring a high quality printing solution to market in a very short time frame," said Jo Marks Jo Marks, Jonathan Oliver Marks, founded the software company Harlequin. He had worked at the University of Southampton in the Mathematics Department. External references
ScriptWorks MicroRIP is used to manage the PostScript workflow and controls output to the various devices through output plugins. OEMs receive a Developer's Kit which enables them to write device drivers for a wide range of printers such as the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 650C, Encad NovaJet, Xerox Versatec electrostatic plotters, Xerox MajestiK Color Series, Canon Color Laser Copiers, and other popular color and monochrome output devices. For the highest quality output at optimal speed, ScriptWorks MicroRIP includes Harlequin Dispersed Screening (HDS (Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA, www.hds.com) A leading provider of high-end storage hardware, software and services. Part of the Information Systems & Telecommunications Division of Hitachi Ltd. ), Harlequin's patent-pending non-structured, or "FM," screening method. HDS is extremely flexible. The selection of various dot structures or "settings" tailor the screening to suit a system's requirements and output capabilities. One of these settings, HDS Super Fine, is specifically designed to produce high quality output on lower resolution devices with no performance penalty. Since the screening is part of the ripping process, HDS' integrated approach results in speed and performance gains over other FM and error diffusion Error diffusion is a type of halftoning in which the quantization residual is distributed to neighboring pixels which have not yet been processed. Its main use is to convert a multi-level image into a binary image, though it has other applications. screening methods. For color support, since the ScriptWorks MicroRIP is a full Level 2 RIP, any appropriate color rendering dictionary (CRD CRD See Central Registration Depository (CRD). ) can be downloaded to provide device independent color rendering. ScriptWorks MicroRIP also includes an easy-to-use graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , screen preview of jobs, and a number of setups for multiple printer configurations. All of these features enable an OEM to get to market more quickly than with any other software PostScript language interpreter on the market today. ScriptWorks MicroRIP is available now for standard industry platforms, including Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh , Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. , IBM PC A PC made by IBM. IBM created the PC industry in 1981 when it introduced its first model with 16KB of RAM. However, it was way off in its estimates, projecting that 250,000 units would be sold in the first five years. In fact, about three million IBM PCs were sold in that period. and compatibles (supporting Windows and Windows NT), Digital Equipment's Alpha NT workstations and a variety of UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). workstations. All popular network environments are supported. With over 40 OEMs worldwide, Harlequin is the recognized leader in supplying pre-press and electronic publishing technology solutions based on open, non-proprietary systems. The company is also a major developer of symbolic processing and application software. Harlequin offices are located in Cambridge, Mass.; Menlo Park, Calif.; Windham, N.H.; Seattle, Wash.; Cambridge, Longstanton, and Manchester, England, and Sydney, Brisbane, and Canberra, Australia. ScriptWorks is a registered trademark and MicroRIP, Harlequin Dispersed Screening, and HDS are trademarks of The Harlequin Group Ltd. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Inc. All other brand or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are used herein in an editorial fashion. -0- For additional information about Harlequin and its products, please visit our Home Page on the World Wide Web: http://www.harlequin.com CONTACT: Harlequin Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Dodie Bump, 617/374-2506 Internet: dbump@harlequin.com |
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