Før de endelige rasterbilleder bliver putte på papir skåret ud i ark, skal de beregnes på en eller anden måde ud fra deres abstrakte & PostScript; - repræsentation. Dette er en meget beregnings- intensiv proces. Den kaldes Raster Imaging Process, eller hyppigere RIP).
Before the final raster images are put on paper cut-sheets, they have to be calculated somehow out of their abstract & PostScript; representation. This is a very computing-intensive process. It is called the Raster Imaging Process, more commonly RIP).