Page description languages
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==Overview== | ==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. | + | 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 (Device Independent File Format)|DVI]] TeX/LaTeX | * [[DVI (Device Independent File Format)|DVI]] TeX/LaTeX | ||
− | * [[ | + | * [[Enhanced Metafile|EMF]], a variant of WMF as used by Windows in print spooling |
* [[ESC/P]], Epson Standard Code for Printers | * [[ESC/P]], Epson Standard Code for Printers | ||
+ | * [[ESC/POS]], Epson printer commands for Point of Sale systems | ||
* [[HP-GL]] | * [[HP-GL]] | ||
+ | * [[IJPDS]] (Inkjet Printer Data Stream; Kodak Versamark) | ||
+ | * [[OpenXPS]] (Open XML Paper Specification) | ||
* [[PCL]] (e.g. PCL5, PCL6 used in laser printers) | * [[PCL]] (e.g. PCL5, PCL6 used in laser printers) | ||
* [[PDF]] (derived from PostScript) | * [[PDF]] (derived from PostScript) | ||
* [[PostScript|PS]], [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] (Adobe PostScript) | * [[PostScript|PS]], [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] (Adobe PostScript) | ||
− | * [[ | + | * [[PostScript Printer Description|PPD]], describes the printer |
+ | * [[Zj-Stream]] (Zenographics) | ||
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+ | == Related items == | ||
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+ | * [[PostScript Printer Description]] | ||
==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 18:38, 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)
Related items
Resources
- Wikipedia page about page definition languages