File Formats: 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.

This filter can load files that are stored in memory (memory files). In addition, it supports an option that disables the cropping of files, by setting the DisableCropping property, and an option that disables the use of CIE colors, by setting the DisableCieColors property. Disabling the use of CIE colors will result in faster loading of PS files.

PS support is included with the LEADTOOLS PDF Plug-in which is an add-on module for all LEADTOOLS Toolkits* and extends support for PDF, EPS, and PS formats.

*The PDF Plug-in is not available to add onto LEADTOOLS Multimedia.

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.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant	Read Support	Write Support	Description
PostScript	1, 2, 4, 8, 24 BPP	None	PostScript Document.

Required DLL: Leadtools.Pdf.dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application .

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

Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4