Page description languages
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* [[ESC/P]], Epson Standard Code for Printers | * [[ESC/P]], Epson Standard Code for Printers | ||
* [[HP-GL]] | * [[HP-GL]] | ||
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* [[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) | ||
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==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 16:31, 6 August 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
- OpenXPS (Open XML Paper Specification)
- PCL (e.g. PCL5, PCL6 used in laser printers)
- PDF (derived from PostScript)
- PS, EPS (Adobe PostScript)
Resources
- Wikipedia page about page definition languages
