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]].
  
==Overview==
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== List of 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.
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* [[DVI (Device Independent File Format)|DVI]] TeX/LaTeX
 
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* [[Enhanced Metafile|EMF]], a variant of WMF as used by Windows in print spooling
* [[DVI]] TeX/LaTeX
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* [[EMF]], a variant of [[WMF]] as used by Windows in print spooling
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* [[ESC/P]], Epson Standard Code for Printers
 
* [[ESC/P]], Epson Standard Code for Printers
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* [[ESC/POS]], Epson printer commands for Point of Sale systems
 
* [[HP-GL]]
 
* [[HP-GL]]
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* [[IJPDS]] (Inkjet Printer Data Stream; Kodak Versamark)
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* [[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)
* [[PS]], [[EPS]] (Adobe PostScript)
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* [[PDFXML]] (Adobe project for to create an XML-friendly representation of PDF)
* [[XPS]] ([[XML]] Paper Specification)
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* [[PostScript|PS]], [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] (Adobe PostScript)
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* [[PostScript Printer Description|PPD]], describes the printer
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* [[SCODL]]
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* [[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
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* [[Wikipedia:Page description language|Wikipedia page]] about 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.

[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

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