Here is where Ghostscript kicks in. Ghostscript is the traditional (and quite powerful) PostScript interpreter used on UNIX platforms. It is a RIP in software, capable of doing a lot of file format conversions for a very broad spectrum of hardware devices as well as software file formats. Ghostscript technology and drivers are what enable PostScript printing to non-PostScript hardware. This is shown in Ghostscript as a RIP for Non-PostScript Printers.

Figure21.3.Ghostscript as a RIP for Non-PostScript Printers.