The Web directory for the PostScript programming language

Reference material

• PostScript programming manual, by David Maxwell
• PostScript Reference manual (Level 2), at Luminous Corp.
• Printer Definition File spec v3.0 [pdf !], from Adobe. PostScript Printer Definition (PPD) files describe printer's special capabilities settings not directly related to the printing itself (such as paper tray selection, double-side printing, and so on). Each PPD file describes one particular printer.
• Ghostscript Reference, by Bruce Fast
• A First Guide To PostScript (European mirror, and other resources)

Stuff

• Two pages by pages: a script to manipulate DVI-generated PostScript for reduce printing.

Encapsulated PostScript

• Meaning of the bounding box (this is taken from the dvips documentation, alternative sites)
• A note on how to embed encapsulated PostScript into another PostScript file

Related topics: Computer programming languages.