POSTSCRIPT

Section: Environments, Tables, and Troff Macros (7)
Updated: 14 July 1987
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NAME

POSTSCRIPT - print file format

DESCRIPTION

The POSTSCRIPT print file format is a programming language with powerful graphics primitives for describing printed pages. A growing number of devices which print POSTSCRIPT page descriptions are available. POSTSCRIPT printers are available from a wide variety of printer manufacturers. The TRANSCRIPT package of UNIX software allows UNIX systems access to POSTSCRIPT printers.

The complete POSTSCRIPT language is described in the book

: POSTSCRIPT Language Reference Manual
by Adobe Systems Incorporated
published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 0-201-18127-4, 764 pages, illustrated
Library of Congress: QA76.73.P67P67 1990 005.13'3-dc20

The Reference Manual provides a comprehensive presentation of of the language, its graphics, and its font facilities, including the precise semantics of every POSTSCRIPT operator.

AUTHOR

Adobe Systems Incorporated

NOTES

POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
TRANSCRIPT is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.