PostScript and paper print requirements
What is PostScript? It is a programming language created by Adobe Systems. PostScript is a language for printing devices to define areas of wet ink/toner on a physical paper, affecting the quality of the printed output. The currently used version, PostScript 3, was updated in 1997. It has been around for a long time.
PostScript’s early adoption for printing was in the Apple LaserWriter desktop printer, and very quickly, the language was adopted by larger printing devices and finally huge printing presses. Designers provided the final output printed to a .
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file.
As new creative effects were added to authoring applications, PostScript-based workflows were replaced by Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE). The changes addressed printing problems, especially those related to the transparency used in elements of the page layout. Today, most digital and commercial printing is done directly from a PDF using advanced Raster Imaging Processors...