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Chris_Beech@adobeforums.com wrote:
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> I've been reading with interest the post on ripping .ps files vs .pdf files, but am still short of a definitive answer. There are hints that a Level 3 postscript rip can "rip" a pdf file natively (without an intermediary convert to postscript in the background pdf2ps step). Is this true? Or do all rips have to perform the conversion.
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> I look at documentation from many rip manufacturers (Creo Spire, Agfa Apogee, et al.) who claim to rip pdfs. Is this all marketing spin? or do pdf workflow rips actual rip pdf files?
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I don't know exactly how the capability is implemented, but our
ECRM/Harlequin "Eclipse" RIP can certainly process PDFs -- although I
haven't tried any that contained transparency. It even recognizes any
spot-colour plates that may be there (when the PDF is properly
created to include them, of course). While I have no idea of what
goes on 'under the hood', I can affirm that none of the messages that
appear in the "RIP Monitor" (logging) window say anything about an
intermediate PS file or the like being created during the process.

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Odysseus