PostScript Document Format (PS)

PostScript (PostScript). PostScript is a simple interpretive page description language, also known as PDL, that is used to describe the appearance of text, graphical shapes and sampled images on printed or displayed pages. The page description and graphical capabilities of this language include arbitrary shapes, painting operators, fully integrated text and graphics, and sampled images derived from natural sources. Most advanced laser printers use PostScript in order to render electronic information on a printed page.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

FILE_POSTSCRIPT

Required DLLs: LFPDFU.DLL This DLL also requires PDFDLL32.DLL.

For a PostScript image, you can read the following bits per pixel, using various DPI options: 1, 2, 4, 8, 24.

For a PS file, you can read the following bits per pixel, using various DPI options: 1, 2, 4, 8, 24.

You can write only an 8-bit PostScript raster image, using the LEAD EPS filter.