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|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/501}}, others
 
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'''PostScript''' is a [[Page description languages|page description language]] and document format, used primarily with printers. It is actually a complete programming language, which the printer interprets in order to generate graphics to print.
 
'''PostScript''' is a [[Page description languages|page description language]] and document format, used primarily with printers. It is actually a complete programming language, which the printer interprets in order to generate graphics to print.
  
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! Version
 
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! PRONOM
 
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|1.0  || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/91}}
 
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|2.0  || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/406}}
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Encapsulated PostScript]]
 
* [[Encapsulated PostScript]]
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* [[PDF]]
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* [[PostScript Printer Description]]
  
 
== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
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* [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ Ghostscript] - A free PostScript interpreter
 
* [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ Ghostscript] - A free PostScript interpreter
 
* [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ Ghostview and GSview] - Viewers based on Ghostscript
 
* [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ Ghostview and GSview] - Viewers based on Ghostscript
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* [[Scribus]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==

Revision as of 15:19, 29 January 2019

File Format
Name PostScript
Ontology
Extension(s) .ps
MIME Type(s) application/postscript
PRONOM fmt/501, others

PostScript is a page description language and document format, used primarily with printers. It is actually a complete programming language, which the printer interprets in order to generate graphics to print.

Contents

Identifiers

Version PRONOM
1.0 x-fmt/91
2.0 x-fmt/406
2.1 x-fmt/407
3.0 x-fmt/408
3.1 fmt/501

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Specifications

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