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. 

SEE ALSO

transcript(1), enscript(1). 

AUTHOR

Adobe Systems Incorporated

NOTES

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

Adobe Systems  —  14 July 1987