Page description language
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A page description language (PDL) is a language that describes the appearance of a printed page in a higher level than an actual output bitmap. Some page description languages are not complete enough to be considered a programming language, however, PostScript, one of the most noted page description languages, is a fully fledged programming language.
- AFP (Advanced Function Presentation)
- Diablo
- DVI (DeVice Independent)
- EPL (Eltron Programming Language)
- ESC/P2
- IPDS (Intelligent Printer Data Stream)
- Metacode
- PCL (Printer Command Language)
- PDF (Portable Document Format)
- PostScript
- PPDS (Personal Printer Data Stream).
- SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics).
- XSL-FO (XSL Formating Objects)
- XML Paper Specification
- GDI (Graphic device interface. Raster format, described here)
- SPL (Samsung Printer Language. Specs. available here)
