PS
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PS (PostScript) is a page description language and vector graphics format commonly used for high-quality printing and document rendering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PS canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
page description language
ⓘ
programming language ⓘ vector graphics format ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PS ⓘ |
| designedFor | device-independent page description ⓘ |
| developer |
Adobe Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Adobe Systems
|
| executionModel | stack-based ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.eps
ⓘ
.ps ⓘ |
| firstReleased | 1984 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
graphics state
ⓘ
imaging model ⓘ interpreter ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
PostScript
ⓘ
surface form:
PostScript 3
PostScript ⓘ
surface form:
PostScript Level 1
PostScript ⓘ
surface form:
PostScript Level 2
|
| influenced |
PostScript
ⓘ
surface form:
Display PostScript
Ghostscript ⓘ PCL ⓘ Portable Document Format ⓘ
surface form:
PDF
|
| influencedBy |
Forth
ⓘ
page description concepts from Xerox PARC ⓘ |
| introduced | 1980s ⓘ |
| paradigm | concatenative programming ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
document rendering
ⓘ
high-quality printing ⓘ |
| relatedFormat |
PostScript
ⓘ
surface form:
Encapsulated PostScript
|
| standardizedBy |
Adobe Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Adobe Systems
|
| supports |
Bezier curves
ⓘ
bitmap graphics ⓘ clipping paths ⓘ color management ⓘ device-independent coordinates ⓘ font embedding ⓘ halftone screening ⓘ raster image embedding ⓘ text layout ⓘ transformation matrices ⓘ vector graphics ⓘ |
| supportsColorSpaces |
DeviceCMYK
ⓘ
DeviceGray ⓘ DeviceRGB ⓘ |
| typicalMIMEType | application/postscript ⓘ |
| usedFor |
desktop publishing
ⓘ
typesetting ⓘ vector illustration output ⓘ |
| usedIn |
imagesetters
ⓘ
laser printers ⓘ prepress workflows ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.