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PostScript is a page description language allowing for the identical output of data on different systems (e.g. printers). PostScript files have the suffix .ps. To display them on a computer, you need a PostScript viewer such as GhostView.
A page description language developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. Used on high-end laser printers and other image setters to produce high quality text and image output.
A device-independent, page-description language developed by Adobe Systems, Inc. Page layout programs like Macromedia FreeHand use PostScript to create complex pages, text, and graphics on screen. This language is then sent to the printer to produce high-quality printed text and graphics.
A computer language created by Adobe Sysytms, allowing complex pages of text and graphics to be controlled with mathematical precision; a standard of the print industry.
a file format which is a programming language with powerful graphics primitives for describing printed pages. WWWebfx Home Page
Page-description programming language developed by Adobe Systems; designed to handle the placement of text and graphics on a page. The same PostScript file can be transmitted to printers of varying resolutions.
A page description language developed by Adobe which has become a standard in the digital prepress stage. It describes documents largely independently of the device used, so that, for example. the resolution of an image is not defined until the output device has been determined. PostScript 2 offers improved colorimetric facilities, since the reference color space is integrated in accordance with the CIE standard. PostScript 3 also improves the way in which colors and three-dimensional objects are displayed and supports the trapping of graphic objects.
PostScript is a page description language and is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. A PostScript printer is a printer with a built-in CPU capable of receiving PostScript commands and preparing grahpical output from them. §, , , and all produce PostScript. PostScript files are ASCII files.
(PS) a programming language designed for page description. PostScript was a trademark of it's inventor, Adobe. However, it is also an ISO standard. Postscript needs an interpreter to render it. This can be done via a program on the computer, such as ghostscript, or it can be interpreted by some printers.
A language designed for describing text and graphics, usually built into high-end output devices such as laser printers and typesetters. Display PostScript is the use of PostScript for the computer's own display (on a monitor).
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems used for printing documents on laser printers and other output devices
A page description language for medium- and high-resolution output devices. Different machines from different manufacturers can output the same file.
A language that is used to describe graphic objects on a printed page. A PostScript interpreter is software that executes a PostScript language program and turns the description of an object into bits in a frame buffer. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
A technology developed and trade marked by Adobe Systems, Inc. PostScript fonts require Adobe Type Manager. On the Mac, PostScript fonts consist of a printer font and a bitmap suitcase, which should always be kept together.
A standard graphics language, commonly used by graphics and desktop publishing software applications.
Software facilitating the formatting of documents for printing
n. A standard specified by Adobe Systems, Incorporated, that defines how text and graphics are presented on printers and display devices.
PostScript is a page-layout language used by many printers. The language contains the specifications of several different font formats. The main manual has a section describing how PostScript differs from TrueType. Type 1 -- This is the old standard for PostScript fonts. Such a font generally has the extension .pfb (or .pfa). A type 1 font is limitted to a one byte encoding (ie. only 256 characters may be encoded). Type 2 -- This is the format used within OpenType fonts. It is almost the same as Type 1, but has a few extensions and a more compact format. Type 3 -- This format allows full postscript within the font, but it means that no hints are allowed, so these fonts will not look as nice at small point-sizes. Also most rasterizers are incapable of dealing with them. A type 0 font is limitted to a one byte encoding (ie. only 256 characters may be encoded). Type 0 -- This format is used for collecting many sub-fonts (of Type 1 or Type 3) into one big font, and was used for CJK or Unicode fonts. Type 42 -- A TrueType font wrapped up in PostScript. Sort of the opposite from OpenType. CID -- This format is used for CJK fonts with large numbers of glyphs.
Adobe Systems' trademarked page description language.
A standard language that computers can use for communicating visual information. It describes pages to any output device with a PostScript interpreter. to top
A general-purpose programming language that contains a rich set of graphics operators. PostScript is produced by many popular word processing and graphics packages and can be displayed on a wide variety of printers, plotters, and workstation screens.
One of the major standards of page description language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. Other page description languages are PCL and PDF.
A language used to describe printed text and graphics written by Adobe.
A graphics software that is also used for proportional scaling of images. It is what makes most scalable type and artwork possible for Windows- and Macintosh-based graphics software.
This is a printer language owned by Adobe Systems. It's an interpreted language that is used by a wide variety of printers. This is yet another technology created by Xerox Parc.
Postcript language or PS is a common printing language also used widely by many different printer manufactures. Postscript language creates all of the print data and does not rely on the printer for print data. Show related articles
A computer language that describes all the aspects of a document-text, graphics, and scanned images-to a printer or other output device.
Page description language for printing devices that describes how to print a page with text and graphics.
An interpretive programming language with powerful graphics capabilities, developed by Adobe Systems.
An interpretive computer language developed by Adobe that describes the text, graphics, and image content of a document to a printer or other output device. PostScript is hardware, software, and network independent so your images always appear the way you want them to.
Adobe’s proprietary programming language used to describe the appearance of text, graphical shapes and images on printed pages that are written as mathematical shapes and curves rather than as pixels. A benefit of PostScript is its independent resolution, allowing the highest resolution while offering a reasonable preview on a low resolution screen.
A language introduced by Adobe for the precise description of ``pages'' that are to be sent to a printer. Postscript has become the industry standard, beating out Hewlet-Packard's language HPGL. The main advantage of Postscript is that it provides ``vector-based'' as well as ``raster-based'' descriptions of objects on the page, allowing them to be rescaled by arbitrary factors without distortion or degradation. (Many people have never seen ``raw'' Postscript code, as it is usually transparent to the user. You can view this code by opening a Postscript (.ps) file with the UNIX editor vi, but to get a hardcopy you must alter the header before using the lpr command. The code is plain ASCII text and can be e-mailed.) See gs, vi.
The copyrighted creation of Adobe Systems, it is the programming language used to describe electronic page assembly and layout for high resolution imagesetting.
A standard language used in printing and displaying graphics and text. Developed by Adobe Systems, Inc.
De facto standard page description language (PDL).
Page description language developed by Adobe that allows rasterizing output devices such as laser printers and typesetters to output images that may include both text and graphics.
This is a language used by postscript printers to convert documents so they can be printed.
A programming language developed by Adobe, specifically designed to handle text and graphics and their placement on a page.
A PostScript file is a special file that is created to be sent directly to the printer. Unlike an Application file, a PostScript file includes all the information necessary to print that file, including the graphics and fonts. This is the most readily accepted file format for printing. A PostScript file cannot be opened or easily modified.
Instead of using pixels (as in bitmaps) or mathematical expression (as in vector graphics), Postscript is a programming language that describes the shapes, lines, spaces, positions, fonts, colors, and other features of a page.
An image language that describes how an image should be displayed primarily on a printer.
A standard document publishing format. Many printers read raw Postscript, making Postscript quite versatile.
A programming language created by Adobe Systems. Postscript allows a programmer to create complex pages using a series of commands. Text and graphics can be controlled with mathematical precision.
The REPRESENTATION of your DOCUMENT that most laser printers need to see. Your computer speaks ASCII, but your laser printer speaks POSTSCRIPT. To print to a laser printer, the ASCII must be translated to, or changed into, POSTSCRIPT.
Graphics language that allows for proportional scaling of images. It's what makes most scalable type and artwork possible for most Windows- and Macintosh-based graphics software.
A computer coding language that instructs output devices how to handle various elements of the document.
The standard page description language for graphics and publishing.
A page definition language commonly used in the printing industry. Postscript files are necessary for creating PDF files. Postscript is unique because it is platform independent and doesn't rely on a specific program.
A standard language for sending text and graphics to printers.
A printing description language. This language translates a digital file from an application into a language a compatible printer or other device can use to create its output. Postscript files typically end with .ps extension.
A printer graphics interface file format.
Printer language designed for complex documents with intense graphics and colors, commonly used by professionals in the desktop publishing and graphic art fields. 6.18 Power failures, 12.18-19 processor, 4.8, 4.11
A programming language created by Adobe Systems that defines all of the shapes in a file as outlines, and describes these outlines using mathematical formulae called Bezier curves. Any PostScript compatible output device uses those definitions to reproduce the image on your computer screen.
A computer language for describing a printed page commonly used to drive office printers. Many fonts, graphics programs, screen drivers, and printer drivers use PostScript.
A now out-moded page definition language, used to electronically store a text page and all its elements.
A computer language widely used in word-processing, desktop publishing and other applications where PostScript's facility to support a wide choice of founts, WYSIWYG screen displays and complex typographical instructions is particularly valuable.
The leading page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe and used by many laser printers and imagesetters.
PostScript, developed by Adobe Systems, Inc., is a programming language describing how to print a page that blends text and graphics. A PostScript file is a file containing a PostScript printer control program. Usually, a PostScript file can be printed by sending it to a PostScript printer.
A page description language for medium-to high-resolution printing devices. Consists of a specific set of software commands and protocols and film recorders when translated through a raster image processor. The key feature of PostScript is device independence, allowing different output devices from different manufacturers, which may not be compatible through any other means, to print the same file the same way.
A language created by Adobe that will precisely read graphics and fonts.
The high-quality image description language developed by Adobe Systems Inc. which uses vectors to describe graphical elements.
A Page Description Language (PDL) developed by Adobe Systems that renders text and graphic images on computer monitors and output devices such as image-setters, laser printers, and other devices using PostScript RIP's from various front-ends. PostScript(tm) has been the language used by most printing technology since the middle 1980's. PostScript information can also be stored in EPS files.
PostScript is a page description language (PDL) that describes a page's text ...
A page description language used by many modern laser printers.
A special computer language, called a "page description language," that is used to describe what a printed page should look like. Invented by Adobe, PostScript is the standard way that high-end page layout programs and graphics programs communicate with a printer. The language is interpreted by a device called a RIP, and is then sent to the printer to be printed. PostScript is a "device independent" language, meaning that a certain page will be described the same way no matter what printer it is being sent to; it is up to the particular model of printer to figure out how to print it. Printers which use the PostScript system for communicating with computers are usually more flexible and powerful than their non-PostScript counterparts; non-PostScript printers are not generally useful to the graphic arts community.
Adobe's Printer Page Description language. To print smooth Postscript images (EPS) you must have a Postscript printer or a special cartridge/board or a software interpreter (like Freedom of the Press)
An Adobe programming language that enables text and graphic images to be output from different devices with consistent and predictable results.
Page description language developed by Adobe to define the appearance of an image or page. Provides improved color accuracy and precision compared to QuickDraw printing technology. Requires a Postscript processor to translate the data into imaging commands the printer can recognize. (See also: Laser Printer, RIP)
Is a language for printing, meaning it treats fonts, images and graphics as geometrical objects and stores it into one document.
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems, Inc. to control precisely how and where shapes and type will appear on a page. Software and hardware may be described as being PostScript compatible.
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems. Used for high-quality printing on laser printers and other high-resolution printing devices.
A page made over between editions for imperative corrections or for additions to an important story.
A de facto standard page-description language from the Adobe Corporation, which is now the most widely used way of sending text and graphics to printers such as laser printers - many of which now have postscript interpreters built-in for speed and flexibility.
A page-description language from Adobe Systems that offers flexible font capability and high-quality graphics.
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems that has become the de facto standard in desktop publishing, design, and graphic arts applications.
A Page Description Language (PDL) developed by Adobe, which describes the contents and layout of a page. PostScript also serves as a programming language whereby the PostScript code is executed by a PostScript RIP in the output device in order to produce a printout or film containing the page.
Postscript is a programming language that describes the appearance of a printed page. It was developed by Adobe in 1985 and has become an industry standard for printing and imaging. All major printer manufacturers make printers that contain or can be loaded with Postscript software, which also runs on all major operating system platforms. A Postscript file can be identified by its ".ps" suffix.
A page description language (PDL) published by Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript describes the appearance of text and graphics on printed pages. The best known page description language, PostScript uses English like commands to control page layout and to load and scale outline fonts. Because PostScript uses scalable outline fonts, it can create a font of any size, giving the user flexibility in creating documents. PostScript is used in many printers, either as the only print na=ode or as one alternative among several.
A language that is a text based description of a page, developed by Adobe Systems. It is the native language of almost all high resolution output devices used for prepress work employing objects and text, such as an imagesetter.
A page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe Systems. See PDL.
A page definition language introduced by Adobe Systems to standardise the means through which documents are created and delivered to the printer or other output device. While PostScript may be the language that the printer is capable of understanding, it is a PostScript oriented program like Adobe Illustrator or QuarkXpress that does the job of translating user-specified layout instructions to the PostScript language. This is fortunate, because anyone who's ever tried to edit a page in raw PostScript would agree that it makes Finnegan's Wake look like a Beetle Bailey cartoon.
A digital page description language used by laser printers and some inkjet printers and colour copiers. When you print to a postscript printer, the printer turns the page layout into a series of commands which the printer translates into toner on paper. Only postscript printers can print EPS graphics and Postscript fonts. Most consumer printing devices do not support Postscript as it is really only necessary for use with printing industry applications.
The computer language most recognized by printing devices.
A computer language created by Adobe Systems that allows a programmer to create complex pages using a series of commands.
A standard language for telling printers how to print text and graphics. Most Macs use PostScript to print, while PCs normally default to PCL.
Adobe System's page description language. Programmes like Macromedia FreeHand and Adobe Illustrator use PostScript to create complex pages, text, and graphics onscreen. This language is then sent to the printer to produce high quality printed text and graphics.
A page description language created by Adobe and based on the Forth programming language. A Postscript file has no concept of tables or paragraphs. Each word or collection of words has a set of xy coordinates describing its location on the page. A table is simply a collection of words on a page which happens to have lines in close proximity. A Postscript file is essentially non-editable.
This is the industry standard "language" (system) that tells a computer and a printing device how to print your art. KABA computers and printers are all PostScript-compatible. They work safely with "PS" and "EPS" art files.
Adobe System's page description language. Many programs use PostScript to create complex pages, text, and graphics on screen. This language is then sent to the printer to produce high-quality printed text and graphics.
A page description language developed by Adobe System.
A Page Description Language developed by Adobe Systems in the mid-1980's which has become an industry standard. An Adobe trademark. see EPS.
A computer description language that allows a programmer to create complex pages using a series of commands. BOPI uses the very latest Postscript level 3 technology.
Adobe's original page description language. PostScript files contain images of full pages (mixed text and graphics). The black-and-white image pages are scaleable, but not searchable. PostScript files are more compressed than bitmaps, so they take up much less storage space. PostScript files are excellent for printing purposes -- high resolutions are retained.
Commercial language that describes a common format for electronic documents that can be understood by printing devices and converted to paper documents or images on a screen.
Adobe's page description language that allows printing devices to interpret complex graphics.
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems and used for printing documents or displaying a document online using appropriate viewing software
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems, Inc. to describe an image for printing. It handles both text and graphics. A PostScript file is a purely text-based description of a page.
Is a language for printing, meaning it describes fonts, images and graphics as mathematical expressions that do not require fonts or other dependent files.
A page description language that describes in detail how images and text on a printed page should look. PostScript code is translated by a raster image processor--or RIPped--before it can be used by a digital printer or press.
The de facto standard page description language for the graphic arts, created by Adobe Systems. PostScript instructions created by application software and the printer driver are sent to a PostScript output device to describe the page the user wishes to have output.
A sophisticated page description language, widely used in desktop publishing that is used for printing high-quality text and graphics on laser printers and other high-resolution printing devices. When an application program equipped with a PostScript printer drive is used, the program generates the PostScript code that goes to the printer. For most users, PostScript is invisible and automatic.
A page description/programming language developed by Adobe Systems Inc. It describes a page in a way that is device independent, so that the quality of the output depends on the resolution of the device on which it is printed.
A type of high quality language developed by Adobe Systems to describe pages independent of their resolution. The current standard in the industry, it is widely supported by both hardware and software vendors.
A registered trade mark of Adobe Inc., It is a page description language which describes the content and layout of a page.
the most popular page description language, supported by both Apple and IBM. The most important innovation of Postscript was " device independence", a feature that allows many different output devices from different manufacturers to print the same file.
PostScript is a page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe Systems. In essence, it is a programming language for describing how a page is to be printed or displayed. (Examples of other PDLs include Envoy, PDF, and PCL.) PostScript consists of functions for describing and positioning lines, shapes, fills, and other graphical elements, and for placing and formatting text. Originally conceived as a means for communicating with printing devices, it has been adapted for screen displays (Display PostScript, as used by NeXT(tm) computers), and for embedding graphics in documents (Embedded PostScript, or EPS).
A flexible graphical file description system developed by Adobe Systems.
See graphics.
language used by many image setters to create printed versions of electronically composed pages; all marks are treated as graphics
A page description programming language designed to convey a description of virtually any desired page to a printer.
A page description language developed by Adobe that is commonly used in laser printers.
A sophisticated page description language (PDL) that's used for high-quality printing on laser printers and other high-resolution printing devices.
A programming language that describes graphical elements (drawings) as vectors. By using Postscript you are literally describing pictures with words. Postscript drawings retain their quality when scaled and manipulated because the mathematical description stays intact. When printing to most Postscript printers, a specific Postscript-speaking processor in the printer will make sure that the job prints fast and correctly. Some cheaper Postscript printers doesn't have this processor, and have to use the computer's CPU for processing the print (SoftRIP). This obviously slows the computer down, but retains the qualities of Postscript printing. Adobe Acrobat can be used as a Postscript-interpreter, enabling Postscript jobs to be printed on non-Postscript printers.
Postscript is a programming language that describes the appearance of a printed page. It was developed by Adobe in 1985 and has become an industry standard for printing and imaging. Postscript describes the text and graphic elements on a page to a black-and-white or color printer or other output device. Note that the average home laser printer and most ink-jet printers are not Postscript printers.
PS) Document format designed for printable documents. PS is the standard print format on UNIX(-alikes).
PostScript is a page description language developed mainly by John Warnock for transferring data to a printed page. Instead of the antiquated method of transmitting simple information to a 'dumb' printer, telling it where to place dots one-by-one on a page, PostScript provides a way for the computer to describe for the printer the appearance of the entire page, including graphics.
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems that describes each element as a vector pair, rather than telling the printer where to place each dot of ink or toner. It is more suited to graphics printing and has wider application than PCL as it can produce better output quality at higher print resolutions.
PostScript is a graphics language used predominately in printing applications.
A vector-based page description language that is resolution and device independent. Consists of a specific set of software commands and protocols that form images on output printers and film recorders when translated through a raster image processor.
Adobe's proprietary page description language , designed to relay instructions about fonts and objects to a printer. The de facto standard for Macintosh, UNIX, and desktop publishing. PostScript files can be displayed using programs such as Ghostview, and can be converted to adobe's format using Adobe's Distiller. Adobe Systems.
This is a page description language developed by Adobe. Generally used by laser printers, PostScript is becoming increasingly common.
A page description programming language created by Adobe Systems Inc. that is a device-independent industry standard for outputting documents and graphics.
A printer/display protocol developed by Adobe Corp. PostScript is an actual printing and programming language to display text and graphics. Unlike line/ASCII printers, which print character input verbatim, PostScript printers accept and interpret an entire PostScript page before printing it.
Is a file format and device language developed by Adobe used by postscript compatible devices. Many printers with the proper drivers can support this format/language.
a page description language that codes files for printing on PostScript printers.
The printer control language, owned by Adobe, that is the industry standard for most types of printing and publishing (usually found in higher end printers)
The digital prepress industry standard page description computer language developed by Adobe Systems, Inc. to describe an image to an imagesetter using purely text-based digital data.
The page description language created and licensed by Adobe Systems Inc. that is used to display and print fonts and images.
A standard format for the printing or reproduction of text and graphical documents.
A page description language invented by Adobe Systems, Inc., that consists of software commands which, when translated through the raster image processor (RIP) forms the desired image on an output device, such as a laser printer or image setter.
PostScript is a programming language optimized for printing graphics and text. In the jargon of the day, it is a page description language. It was introduced by Adobe in 1985. The main purpose of PostScript provides a convenient language in which to describe images in a device independent manner. This device independence means that the image is described without reference to any specific device features (e.g. printer resolution) so that the same description could be used on any PostScript printer without modification.
A tradename of Adobe Systems, Inc. for its page description language. This language translates a digital image file from a word processing application, for example, into a language a compatible printer or other device can use to create its output. See also: imagesetter; page description language; raster; raster image processor; vectors.
Adobe Systems' proprietary page description language. Achieved prominence through its adoptation by Apple, and currently the most widely used.
A type of programming language that is used to create files that most print engines can process. When a file is ripped for printing, it is converted from its native file type into a generic postscript type that the print engine then interprets.
PDL developed by the Adobe company for text and graphic data printing.
a page description language developed by Adobe Systems, often used when printing out circuit boards, or preflight jobs.
Graphics language that creates vector-based images that, by computer code, allows for proportional scaling. It makes most scalable type and artwork possible for Windows- and Macintosh-based graphics software.
A page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe Systems Inc. to handle the placement of text and graphics on a page.
A page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe, which defines the contents and layout of a page in electronic form. PostScript is also programming language which is interpreted by a PostScript RIP in output devices such as filmsetters or platesetters (CTP) in order to reproduce the original page.
A page description language. PostScript was introduced by Adobe Systems Inc. in 1985 to provide a high level, device independent, page description language to control a wide range of different output devices. Since then PostScript has become the standard language that drives most laser printers and imagesetters.
A page description language for medium- to high-resolution printing devices. Since Postscript images are made up of mathematical calculations, they can be resized and still maintain their quality unlike bitmap images.
a page description language used by graphics software to output image files. A printer must have a PostScript interpreter chip to translate the postscript code into the dots the printer places on the page.
A page description language, created by Adobe®, for medium to high resolution printing devices. PostScript® describes points and lines in space to accurately render type and pictures yielding rich content and appearance.
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems Inc., that describes fonts, graphics and page layout. It is designed to be more precise with graphics than most other systems.
A page description language used by printers and some window systems.
A page description language developed by Adobe. Generally used by laser printers, PostScript is becoming increasingly common in high-end inkjets too.
Adobe page description language. Becoming a defacto output file format standard. GICL is another example of page description language.
A language for printers, defined by the Adobe corporation. It is quite popular, although it is being overtaken as a standard by Adobe's sucessor language PDF.
A page description language used to define text and graphics on a page. (On-screen and printed pages)
Adobe's industry standard page description language.
A page description language developed by Adobe that describes the fonts, layout and graphical elements of a page. PostScript can be converted to PDF, stored in an electronic PostScript(tm) file or printed on any printer that supports Adobe PostScript.
resolution-independent standard from Adobe Systems for describing and printing text and graphics, first features in Apple LaserWriters. Many graphics applications and printers are Postscript-compatible. See Encapsulated Postscript, Display Postscript.
A well-known Page Description Language developed by Adobe Systems. It is the most popular printer language for Macintosh and Unix users and is the standard for high-end desktop publishing software because it is supported by image setters, the very high-resolution printers used by printers to produce camera-ready copy. Like modern version of HP PCL, PostScript is an object-oriented language, meaning it treats images, such as fonts, as geometrical objects rather than bitmaps.
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems. It represents the current 'standard' in the market
PostScript is a page description language developed mainly by John Warnock for converting and moving data to the laser-printed page. Instead of the antiquated method of transmitting simple information to a 'dumb' printer, telling it where to place dots one-by-one on a page, PostScript provides a way for the laser printer to mathematically interpret and enhance a full page of shapes and curves.
PostScript is a page description language designed for Raster output devices. It is even more powerful than that: unlike to HTML, or roff, but as TeX and LaTeX, it is truly a programming language which main purpose is to draw (on sheets). Most programs are a list of instructions that describes lines, shades of gray, or text to draw on a page. This is the language that most printers understand. Note that the fact that PostScript is a programming language is responsible of both its success and its failure. It is a big win for the PostScript programmer who can easily implement a lot of nice visual effects. It is a big loss because the page descriptions can have an arbitrary complexity, hence rendering can be really slow (remember the first Laser you had, or even GhostScript. PDF has been invented by Adobe to remedy these problems). PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
A page description language primarily used for printing documents on laser printers; it is the standard for desktop publishing because it takes advantage of high resolution output devices. Example: A graphic design saved in PostScript format looks much better when printed on a 600 dpi printer than on a 300 dpi printer.
A programming language to create graphical output for printing, used as a page description language.
A page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe Systems. PostScript is primarily a language for printing documents on laser printers, but it can be adapted to produce images on other types of devices.
The standard operating language through which desktop page makeup (DTP) systems run.
a page description language defined by Adobe. Originally implemented in laser printers so pages were described in terms of line drawing commands rather than as a bitmap.
A page layout language from the firm Adobe allowing almost every imaginable manipulation of every element of all forms and figures. Used primarily for texts and graphics on laser printers and photocomposition.
Device independent page description language pioneered by Adobe. PostScript is essentially a computer language that describes the objects and elements that make up a page, and hence is effectively non-resolution dependent. Thus Postscript is widely supported by both hardware and software vendors as it represents the current 'standard' in the market.
A page description language that converts text and graphics into a form compatible with output devices such as printers, imagesetters, etc. Includes typefaces as well as graphics and placement of text.
A computer language by Adobe applied to files to prepare them for printing on digital printers and copiers
A page definition language (PDL) developed by Adobe Systems. When a page of text and/or graphics is saved as a PostScript file, the page is stored as a set of instructions specifying the measurements, typefaces, and graphic shapes that make up the page.
A page description language developed by Adobe Systems to generate complex pages using a series of written commands, allowing for text and graphics to be rendered with mathematical precision and device independence. Properly created PostScript files should render the same when output to different PostScript-compatible devices.
is a software printer description language used in typography graphics and page layout programs that allows vector graphics to be rasterized (RIPíed) for output on a printer imagesetter or film recorder.
A page description language from Adobe Systems Inc. Its primary application is to describe the appearance of text, graphical shapes and sampled images on printed or displayed pages. A program in PostScript can communicate a document description from a composition system to a printing system in a device-independent way. Many printers now interpret PostScript directly.
A page description language defined by Adobe Systems, PostScript files usually carry the extension ".ps" in the UNIX world and are a common format for exchAnging nicely formatted print files.
A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.
A postscript (from post scriptum, a Latin expression meaning "after writing" and abbreviated P.S.) is a sentence, paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter or (sometimes) the main body of an essay or book. In a book or essay, a more carefully-composed addition (e.g., for a second edition) is called an afterword. An afterword, not usually called a postscript, is written in response to critical remarks on the first edition.
an opportunity to restate the offer, to create a sense of urgency with a deadline, to offer a special premium or to remind the reader of an important detail
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textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
a note appended to a letter after the signature