What Are Rip And Avantra User Tools - AGFA SelectSet Avantra Series Operating Manual

A–2 SelectSet Avantra Series Control Panel and Operating Guide
What Are RIP and Avantra User
Tools?
For versions of PSE software prior to version 11.0, RIP and Avantra
user tools are software files that contain instructions written in
PostScript language. They provide a method for controlling your
Avantra imagesetter from your front-end computer. To pass these
instructions to the imagesetter, download them from your front-end
computer to your RIP using any file downloading application that can
download PostScript files.
RIP and imagesetter user tools enable you to change parameters and
perform functions from your front-end computer. Most of these tasks
and functions also can be performed at the imagesetter control panel.
For example, the tools CENTDS and CENTEN perform the same
function as the Autocentering button in the Configuration Screen.
Thus, the same parameter can be changed from two different places.
Use RIP and imagesetter user tools carefully. Remember that many
control panel functions can also be performed by using the user tools.
Set up guidelines in your shop to ensure that, as operators change
imagesetter parameters, everyone using the system is notified.
CAUTION: If one operator changes a parameter at the imageset-
ter and another operator changes the same parameter by down-
loading a tool, the output from your imagesetter may not be
what you anticipate.