Page description languages
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* [[PDF]] (derived from PostScript) | * [[PDF]] (derived from PostScript) | ||
* [[PostScript|PS]], [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] (Adobe PostScript) | * [[PostScript|PS]], [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] (Adobe PostScript) | ||
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* [[Zj-Stream]] (Zenographics) | * [[Zj-Stream]] (Zenographics) | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_description_language Wikipedia page] about page definition languages | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_description_language Wikipedia page] about page definition languages | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 8 October 2016
Overview
These formats describe how a page that is to be printed looks like. It's mostly used as final format before the data is sent to the printer. See also Document, Markup, and Electronic Publishing formats.
- DVI TeX/LaTeX
- EMF, a variant of WMF as used by Windows in print spooling
- ESC/P, Epson Standard Code for Printers
- ESC/POS, Epson printer commands for Point of Sale systems
- HP-GL
- IJPDS (Inkjet Printer Data Stream; Kodak Versamark)
- OpenXPS (Open XML Paper Specification)
- PCL (e.g. PCL5, PCL6 used in laser printers)
- PDF (derived from PostScript)
- PS, EPS (Adobe PostScript)
- PPD, describes the printer
- Zj-Stream (Zenographics)
Resources
- Wikipedia page about page definition languages
