Don't Get RIPed Off

ECRM: In my opinion, ROOM capability is a term often misapplied. The basic need is to guarantee consistent results between on-screen proofs, digital color proofs and final film or plate. Rasterization implies device dependency. Resampling is a form of rasterizing. Many systems claiming ROOM capability are actually normalizing or distilling, not RIPing. Given the speed of today's RIP platforms, having to reRIP will not incur a large time penalty and should produce matching output, as long as the same interpreter is used.