about rip...

[tonymaclennan]

Just wondering, I don't fully understand the whole purpose of RIP..

If there was a mismatch between the photos ICC type and what the printer was printing would the RIP s'ware sync this?
For example, my image is sRGB and the printer is set to printer colou manage and Adobe RGB then would the RIP overwrite this as per the selection in the software...??

I.e. would this resolve colour management complications?

Many thanks

 

[RichardK]

Depends on the capabilities of the RIP. Any image fed to it without a colour profile attached will be subject to either an arbitary conversion to CMYK (if the printer is only a 4 col) or the corresponding percentages of the various inks your printer has.

Have you not got a colour reference image/chart or even colour bars?

Did you resolve the colour calibration starting from your monitor onwards?