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| + | * [https://freecomputerbooks.com/PostScript-Language-Tutorial-and-Cookbook.html PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook] | ||
| + | * [https://www.adobe.com/jp/print/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf PostScript Language Reference] | ||
| + | * [https://spectrum.ieee.org/adobe-postscript Inventing PostScript, The Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing] - also contains a history of the work elsewhere that led up to PostScript | ||
| + | * [https://spectrum.ieee.org/adobe-postscript-code How PostScript Kickstarted Desktop Publishing] | ||
* [https://computerhistory.org/blog/postscript-a-digital-printing-press/ PostScript: A Digital Printing Press] | * [https://computerhistory.org/blog/postscript-a-digital-printing-press/ PostScript: A Digital Printing Press] | ||
[[Category: File Formats]] | [[Category: File Formats]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:55, 5 October 2023
PostScript was a file format for specifying documents to be printed on a laser printer. It was invented by Adobe in 1983; it was the predecessor to the now-ubiquitous Portable Document Format (PDF).
External links
- PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook
- PostScript Language Reference
- Inventing PostScript, The Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing - also contains a history of the work elsewhere that led up to PostScript
- How PostScript Kickstarted Desktop Publishing
- PostScript: A Digital Printing Press
