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. See also [[Document]], [[Markup]], and [[Electronic Publishing formats]]. | 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]]. | ||
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* [[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 | * [[Enhanced Metafile|EMF]], a variant of WMF as used by Windows in print spooling | ||
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* [[PostScript|PS]], [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] (Adobe PostScript) | * [[PostScript|PS]], [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] (Adobe PostScript) | ||
* [[PostScript Printer Description|PPD]], describes the printer | * [[PostScript Printer Description|PPD]], describes the printer | ||
| + | * [[SCODL]] | ||
* [[Zj-Stream]] (Zenographics) | * [[Zj-Stream]] (Zenographics) | ||
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:02, 12 September 2020
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.
[edit] List of 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)
- PDFXML (Adobe project for to create an XML-friendly representation of PDF)
- PS, EPS (Adobe PostScript)
- PPD, describes the printer
- SCODL
- Zj-Stream (Zenographics)
[edit] Related items
[edit] Resources
- Wikipedia page about page description languages
