Digital BW, The Print

For newbies to digital printing like Dona and myself is there a source
for definitions of some acronyms you are using?  Such as the RIP term.
 Not exactly sure of its definition.


> Ink - there are several approaches to fine art BW printing, 
> 
> - Using RIP software to print using color inks
> - Using RIP software to print using grayscale inks
> - Using grayscale inks without a RIP
> - Black Only (BO) printing 
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