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Postscript is a page description language developed by Xerox PARC, and then Adobe systems, with the goal of providing a portable format that would use the best features of every system. It is a block structured procedural language, very similar to Forth. Each postscript document is a computer program that when run, produces the printed pages of the document. Originally Adobe Systems intended for postscript documents to be fully portable between different printing devices, but some other computer companies insisted on including machine language routines in the documents produced by their systems, so the portability between different printers was lost. In response, Adobe created the PDF format, which allows formatting to be tightly controlled on web and printed pages, but requires a special PDF viewer.

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Resources in This Category

• Adobe PostScript

  http://www.adobe.com/products/postscript/
  The official site of PostScript, with resources, information, and links.

• Adobe PostScript Language Specifications

  http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/ps/index_specs.html
  Official specification of the core data format/language and of several of its extensions, specification errata and supplements. Hosted by the Adobe Solutions Network.

• Adobe PostScript SDK Archive

  http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/ps/sdk/index_archive.html
  A compilation of documents and sample code previously distributed on CD as the Print Technologies software development kit.

• Don Lancaster's PostScript Library

  http://www.tinaja.com/post01.asp
  Essays and examples on PostScript programming.

• PostScript and GhostScript Resources

  http://www.inkguides.com/postscript.asp
  Links to general information, utilities, and software.

• PostScript Books

  http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/books.htm
  Lists a couple of Adobe and third-party publications.

• PostScript Language Reference

  http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~milanek/PostScript/Reference/
  Complete list of PostScript operators, operands, and symbols. Also features a PostScript troubleshooting section, information on document structuring conventions, the OpenPress Interface (OPI) specification, and a list of books.

• PostScript Manual

  http://www.ugrad.math.ubc.ca/localdoc/Flat/PS-toc.html
  David Maxwell's introduction to programming in PostScript.

• PostScript Routines

  http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/placemat/postscript_routines.html
  Briefly describes some pieces of re-usable PostScript code.

• Software for the Macintosh Millennium

  http://www.trilithon.com/pagesproducts/postscriptcode.html
  A shareware archive of approximately thirteen thousand lines of annotated PostScript Code.

• Techonolgy Time: Postscript and its Benefits

  http://www.mytechtime.com/2009/07/postscript-benefits.html
  A brief description of Postscript levels and its benefits.

• The PostScript Area

  http://www.prepressure.com/postscript
  Overview and history of language, explanation on how PostScript renderers work, troubleshooting database, and other basic information about PostScript.

• Wikipedia: PostScript

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript
  Encylopedia article about the language and document format.

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