<s>
"	O
Harlequin	O
(	O
software	O
)	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
raster	O
image	O
processor	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
ScriptWorks	O
running	O
as	O
a	O
command-line	O
application	O
to	O
render	O
PostScript	B-Language
language	I-Language
files	O
under	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
dedicated	O
to	O
building	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
a	O
postscript	B-Language
interpreter	O
that	O
could	O
preview	O
the	O
conversion	O
of	O
LaTeX	B-Application
to	O
PostScript	B-Language
so	O
that	O
the	O
PhD	O
students	O
would	O
use	O
less	O
paper	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
LaserWriter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
Harlequin	O
was	O
commissioned	O
by	O
Xenotron	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
raster	O
image	O
processor	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
to	O
drive	O
their	O
Ultre-based	O
image	O
setters	O
,	O
exposing	O
onto	O
film	O
and	O
resin-coated	O
paper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
proved	O
successful	O
,	O
and	O
Harlequin	O
signed	O
up	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
Original	O
equipment	O
manufacturer	O
(	O
OEM	O
)	O
partners	O
to	O
sell	O
it	O
,	O
including	O
Pongrass	O
,	O
ECRM	O
,	O
Autologic	O
,	O
Xitron	O
,	O
Koronix	O
,	O
Purup	O
,	O
Graphic	O
Enterprises	O
and	O
Compose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
variation	O
of	O
ScriptWorks	O
was	O
developed	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
sold	O
through	O
OEM	O
partners	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
version	O
running	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Unix-based	O
command-line	O
version	O
of	O
ScriptWorks	O
was	O
phased	O
out	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
ScriptWorks	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2004	O
onwards	O
Global	O
Graphics	O
expanded	O
the	O
reach	O
of	O
the	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
by	O
producing	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
variants	O
for	O
different	O
market	O
sectors	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
is	O
sold	O
only	O
through	O
OEM	O
partners	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
whom	O
builds	O
it	O
into	O
their	O
own	O
prepress	O
system	O
,	O
Digital	O
Front	O
End	O
(	O
DFE	O
)	O
or	O
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
therefore	O
sold	O
under	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
names	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
always	O
easy	O
to	O
identify	O
whether	O
a	O
system	O
uses	O
a	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
or	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
can	O
interpret	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Harlequin	O
Embedded	O
SDK	O
also	O
supports	O
Printer	B-Language
Command	I-Language
Language	I-Language
5e	I-Language
,	I-Language
PCL	I-Language
5c	I-Language
and	I-Language
PCL	I-Language
XL	I-Language
,	O
including	O
HPGL	B-Language
and	O
Printer	B-Language
Job	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
PJL	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
file	O
formats	O
are	O
interpreted	O
natively	O
,	O
without	O
conversion	O
to	O
an	O
intermediate	O
format	O
(	O
PDF	B-Application
is	O
not	O
converted	O
to	O
PostScript	B-Language
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Native	O
processing	O
of	O
live	O
transparency	O
in	O
PDFs	B-Application
was	O
recognized	O
by	O
several	O
awards	O
:	O
Publishing	O
Essential	O
's	O
Impact	O
Award	O
for	O
"	O
RIP	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
1998	O
and	O
the	O
Silver	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
Pre-press	O
News	O
and	O
Publishing	O
Awards	O
of	O
1997	O
for	O
"	O
RIP/Server	O
product	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
also	O
explicitly	O
supports	O
PDF/X	O
-1a:2001	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
-1a:2003	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
-3:2002	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
-3:2003	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
-4	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
-4p	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
-5g	O
and	O
PDF/X	O
-5pg	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
reject	O
files	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
comply	O
with	O
those	O
standards	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
include	O
conformance	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
control	O
strip	O
of	O
a	O
proof	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harlequin	O
's	O
OEM	O
partners	O
have	O
built	O
DFEs	O
with	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
additional	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Personalized	O
Print	O
Markup	O
Language	O
(	O
PPML	B-Language
)	O
around	O
the	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
extra	O
components	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
,	O
leading	O
to	O
descriptions	O
of	O
the	O
Harlequin	O
Server	O
RIP	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
prepress	O
workflow	O
in	O
a	O
box	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Font	O
emulation	O
–	O
if	O
a	O
PostScript	B-Language
or	O
PDF	B-Application
file	I-Application
is	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
RIP	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
fonts	O
required	O
embedded	O
within	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
those	O
fonts	O
are	O
also	O
not	O
pre-installed	O
in	O
the	O
RIP	O
then	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
emulated	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
reasonable	O
simulacrum	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
font	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JDF	O
support	O
–	O
the	O
JDF	O
Enabler	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
a	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
to	O
enable	O
it	O
to	O
accept	O
jobs	O
in	O
CIP4	O
's	O
Job	O
Definition	O
Format	O
(	O
JDF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
with	O
the	O
JDF	O
Enabler	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
to	O
be	O
formally	O
certified	O
by	O
CIP4	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
Prepress	O
Interchange	O
(	O
OPI	O
)	O
–	O
'	O
thin	O
 '	O
PostScript	B-Language
and	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
containing	O
low	O
resolution	O
"	O
For	O
position	O
only	O
"	O
(	O
FPO	O
)	O
images	O
may	O
be	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
RIP	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
replace	O
the	O
image	O
data	O
with	O
high-resolution	O
files	O
held	O
locally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
equivalent	O
Desktop	O
Color	O
Separations	O
(	O
DCS	O
)	O
format	O
is	O
also	O
supported	O
,	O
as	O
are	O
reference	O
XObjects	O
in	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
Retained	O
Raster	O
–	O
a	O
technology	O
designed	O
to	O
maximize	O
performance	O
of	O
Variable	O
data	O
printing	O
(	O
VDP	O
)	O
jobs	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
delivered	O
as	O
basic	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
instead	O
of	O
a	O
specialist	O
VDP	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simple	O
imposition	O
–	O
fully	O
automated	O
in-RIP	O
imposition	O
of	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
for	O
2	O
-	O
and	O
4-up	O
saddle	O
stitch	O
,	O
4-up	O
perfect	O
binding	O
,	O
step	O
&	O
repeat	O
,	O
cut	O
&	O
stack	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrapPro	O
–	O
in-RIP	O
trapping	O
solution	O
,	O
supporting	O
trap	O
zone	O
and	O
trapping	O
parameters	O
delivered	O
in	O
PostScript	B-Language
language	I-Language
or	O
PJTF	O
commands	O
within	O
a	O
PDF	B-Application
file	I-Application
,	O
and	O
also	O
configuration	O
within	O
the	O
RIP	O
's	O
GUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
V5.0	O
(	O
1998	O
)	O
–	O
Addition	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
PostScript	B-Language
LanguageLevel	O
3	O
and	O
PDF	B-Application
1.2	O
files	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
PostScript	B-Language
1	O
and	O
PostScript	B-Language
Level	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
V5.3	O
(	O
2000	O
)	O
–	O
Support	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
1.3	O
added	O
,	O
can	O
enforce	O
the	O
PDF/X	O
-1	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
1.4	O
added	O
,	O
including	O
native	O
interpretation	O
and	O
rendering	O
of	O
live	O
transparency	O
in	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
PDF/A	O
-1a	O
and	O
PDF/X	O
-3	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
support	O
extended	O
to	O
version	O
1.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
support	O
extended	O
to	O
version	O
1.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
V8.0	O
(	O
2008	O
)	O
–	O
Support	O
for	O
XPS	O
and	O
HD	B-Device
Photo	I-Device
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
support	O
extended	O
to	O
version	O
1.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
output	O
plugin	O
added	O
to	O
create	O
raster	O
PDFs	B-Application
for	O
soft-proofing	O
&	O
approval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Addition	O
of	O
multi-threaded	O
renderer	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
multi-core	O
computers	O
and	O
hyper-threading	O
(	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Harlequin	B-Language
RIP	I-Language
offered	O
symmetric	O
multi-processing	O
(	O
SMP	O
)	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
computers	O
with	O
multiple	O
CPUs	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDF	B-Application
Retained	O
Raster	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Significant	O
enhancements	O
to	O
performance	O
when	O
rendering	O
live	O
PDF	B-Application
transparency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
Retained	O
Raster	O
extended	O
to	O
more	O
classes	O
of	O
output	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
V9.0	O
(	O
2011	O
)	O
–	O
Supports	O
more	O
PDF/X	O
variants	O
and	O
PANTONE	O
Plus	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
V12.0	O
(	O
2018	O
)	O
–	O
Compliant	O
with	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
2.0	O
standard	O
,	O
In-RIP	O
bar-code	O
generation	O
,	O
dynamic	O
overlays	O
for	O
variable	O
data	O
,	O
improved	O
inkjet	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HHR	O
is	O
supported	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
that	O
end	O
it	O
supports	O
several	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Printer	O
Control	O
Language	O
(	O
PCL	B-Language
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Printer	B-Language
Job	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
PJL	B-Language
)	O
and	O
Hewlett-Packard	B-Language
Graphics	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
HPGL	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
supported	O
under	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
real-time	O
and	O
near-real-time	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
Embedded	O
Windows	O
XP	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
VxWorks	B-Operating_System
and	O
ThreadX	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
hardware	O
architectures	O
,	O
including	O
Intel	O
,	O
Freescale	O
and	O
ARM	B-Architecture
,	O
with	O
or	O
without	O
a	O
system-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
(	O
SOC	O
)	O
around	O
the	O
CPU	B-Device
.	O
</s>
