(v13) RIP process integration

This page applies to Harlequin v13.1r0 and later; and to Harlequin Core but not Harlequin MultiRIP.

The Harlequin Core is supplied as a core library and a source code SDK. It is expected that you modify the supplied source code SDK in order to integrate it into your own products. Important aspects of integrating the Harlequin RIP into your product are:

• Adding raster output handlers to capture rendered data from the RIP
• Configuring the RIP's memory handling to cooperate with your other workflow processes

The RIP core library uses static data. Only one RIP instance may be started in each operating system process.

The source code SDK includes an example wrapper processes (clrip ) that demonstrates starting up the RIP, running it with command-line files as input, and shutting down the RIP.