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Old 08-14-2007, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by DCurry View Post
Not quite - the PostScript or PDF is ripped into a ripped CT/LW (Contone/linework)file, which still is not screened. I can then image that ripped file at a number of linescreens without further interpretation.
In this case it gets rendered to a tiff at the end of the game, just before imaging, but it does become an image, and probably a tiff, before the plotter gets a hold of it. I used to work on a Dolev system that worked just like this, there are pros and cons to both.

In the end, it's all raster!
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