The programming language used to specify the way a document will be printed or displayed.
Page Description Language. The language and commands that tell your printer how to create an image in print. Most printers use either HP's PCL or Adobe's PostScript.
Page Description Language. A programming language, such as PostScript, that is used to describe output to t printer or a display devioce, which then uses the instructions from the page-description language to construct text and graphics to create the required page image.
A page description language (PDL) is a language that is used by the software of a laser printer to specify how the contents of a printed page should be laid out.
Page Description Language. A software program used primarily by a multifunctional device or printer to produce a printed page. The PC sends the page description program to the device that used its processing power to run the program and generate the text and/or graphics to be printed on the page. Adobe PostScript(tm) is the most widely used page description language.
Page description language. Printer language that tells a printer how to lay out the contents of a printed page. Two common page description languages are PCL and PostScript. 6.18
page description language. A computer language for describing how text and graphics should be placed on a page for display or printing. Examples: Adobe PostScript and Hewlett-Packard Printer Command Language (PCL).
Page Description Language. a special form of programming language which enables both text and graphics (object or bit-image) to be described in a series of mathematical statements. Their main benefit is that they allow the applications software to be independent of the physical printing device as opposed to the normal case where specific routines have to be written for each device. Typical PDLs include Interpress, imPress, PostScript and DDL.
age escription anguage. A method of encoding page elements (text, graphics, images) for printing. see EPS.
Acronym for Page Description Language. A method for communicating page, font and graphic information from the workstation to the printing device.
Page Description Language. An executable description that expresses the appearance of a typeset page or series of pages. DDL, Interpress, and PostScript are examples.
Page Description Language - A programming language (such as PostScript) that uses special commands to describe how an image will be printed on a page. Output to any printer which contains an interpreter for the same page description language can drive that printer, regardless of its make or model. This means all processing is transferred from the computer to the printer, which has its own central processing unit and random-access memory for converting the mathematical representation of images.
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Page Description Language. A generic term, encompassing PostScript and Hewlett-Packard's PDL.
Page Description Language. The format used to describe the position of elements within a page, as well as the page's relative position within a document. The output device then translates the format into a reproduction of the original image.
Page Description Language. Programming language, such as Postscript or PCL, allowing to indicate the printer how to edit the page.
Page Description Language. The code generated by a typesetting or page-layout system that tells the output device, such as a laser printer or imagesetter, where to place elements on a page. Adobe System Inc.'s PostScript is an example of a PDL.
Page Description Language: a language for describing the layout and contents of a printed page used with laser printers. The best-known PDLs are Adobe PostScript and Hewlett-Packard PCL (Printer Control Language). Both PostScript and modern versions of PCL are object-oriented, describing a page in terms of geometrical objects such as lines, arcs, and circles.
Acronym for age escription anguage, PDL is used to describe the layout and contents of a printed page. The most common PDLs are Adobe PostScript and Hewlett-Packard PCL (Printer Control Language).
A computer language created by a vendor to communicate with output devices. The most popular page description language in use today is Adobe's PostScript.
Acronym for program design language. [IEEE Stds Glossary
program design language. A specification language with special constructs and, sometimes, verification protocols, used to develop, analyze, and document a program design. See also pseudocode. [IEEE Std 610.12-1990