Page description languages
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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. | ||
| − | * [[DVI]] TeX/LaTeX | + | * [[DVI (Device Independent File Format)|DVI]] TeX/LaTeX |
* [[EMF]], a variant of [[WMF]] as used by Windows in print spooling | * [[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 | ||
Revision as of 00:57, 11 March 2013
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.
- DVI TeX/LaTeX
- EMF, a variant of WMF as used by Windows in print spooling
- ESC/P, Epson Standard Code for Printers
- HP-GL
- PCL (e.g. PCL5, PCL6 used in laser printers)
- PDF (derived from PostScript)
- PS, EPS (Adobe PostScript)
- XPS (XML Paper Specification)
Resources
- Wikipedia page about page definition languages
