Before You Begin; How The Rip Station Works; About The Documentation - EFI RIP STATION 5000 User Manual

Before You
Begin
xi How the RIP Station works
The RIP Station enables you to use the printer as a high speed, networked printer. You
can print documents from your computer as you would to any other printer on the
network—you select it from the Printers dialog box (for Windows-based computers)
or the Chooser (for Mac
application.
You can print to the RIP Station from networked Windows and Mac OS computers.
In addition, you can use the parallel port to print directly from Windows computers.

How the RIP Station works

The RIP Station is a special-purpose controller that enables you to print to the printer
by connecting it to networked computers. The RIP Station receives files from
computers on the network, processes (RIPs) those files, and then sends them to the
printer's print engine.
Windows and Mac OS computers communicate with the RIP Station by means of a
PostScript printer driver and PPDs (PostScript printer description files). The printer
driver and PPDs enable you to use all the special features of the RIP Station from the
Print dialog box.

About the documentation

This manual is part of the set of documentation that also includes the following
manuals for users and system administrators:
• The Setup Guide describes how to unpack the RIP Station, to install user software
and printer files from the User Software CD, and to set up printing. It also describes
how to install printer files from the RIP Station via the Internet.
• The Printer Guide explains how to set up and maintain your EPSON Stylus
Pro 5000. The guide includes instructions for installing ink cartridges, loading
various media, and solving problems like paper jams.
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