PostScript language reference
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PostScript Language Reference Manual
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- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 777
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
communications. This powerful and flexible language efficiently describes the appearance of text, sampled images, and graphics on a printed page or display. PostScript language interpreters have been incorporated into some of today's most innovative printers, typesetters, film records, and computer display environments.The PostScript Language Reference Manual from Adobe Systems Incorporated is the official reference to the PostScript language. This entirely new and up-to-date Second Edition offers the most comprehensive coverage of the entire PostScript language, including the recent advancements of PostScript Level 2.The PostScript Language Reference Manual, contains the complete semantics of every PostScript language operator, the Display PostScript System, PostScript Level 1 (the original PostScript language), and PostScript Level 2, the first major revision to the language since its release in 1985. PostScript Level 2 incorporates recent extensions to the language and many new features including:* CMYK color * Composite fonts * Forms * Patterns * Color separations * Resource management * New memory management * Improved screening algorithms * Data compression/decompression * Support for printer-specific features * Device-independent, CIE-based color * Optimized text and graphics operators As PostScript continues to be the industry standard page description language for imaging high-quality text and graphics, the PostScript Language Reference Manual, remains the definitive resource for all PostScript language programmers.
✦ Table of Contents
cover......Page 1
Postscript Language Reference Manual......Page 2
ÿþ C o n t e n t s......Page 5
ÿþ C h a p t e r 1......Page 11
ÿþ 1 . 1 A b o u t T h i s M a n u a l......Page 12
ÿþ 1 . 2 E v o l u t i o n o f t h e P o s t S c r i p t L a n g u a g e......Page 14
ÿþ 1 . 3 P o s t S c r i p t L e v e l 2 O v e r v i e w......Page 16
ÿþ 1 . 4 C o p y r i g h t s a n d T r a d e m a r k s......Page 18
ÿþ 2 . 1 R a s t e r O u t p u t D e v i c e s......Page 20
ÿþ 2 . 2 S c a n C o n v e n t i o n......Page 21
ÿþ 2 . 3 P a g e - D e s c r i p t i o n L a n g u a g e s......Page 22
ÿþ 2 . 4 U s i n g t h e P o s t S c r i p t L a n g u a g e......Page 25
ÿþ C h a p t e r 3 L a n g u a g e......Page 32
ÿþ 3 . 1 I n t e r p r e t e r......Page 33
ÿþ 3 . 2 S y n t a x......Page 34
ÿþ 3 . 2 D a t a T y p e s a n d O b j e c t s......Page 42
ÿþ 3 . 4 S t a c k s......Page 52
ÿþ 3 . 5 E x e c u t i o n......Page 54
ÿþ 3 . 6 O v e r v i e w o f B a s i c O p e r a t o r s......Page 59
ÿþ 3 . 7 M e m o r y M a n a g e m e n t......Page 64
ÿþ 3 . 8 F i l e I n p u t a n d O u t p u t......Page 80
ÿþ 3 . 9 N a m e d R e s o u r c e s......Page 94
ÿþ 3 . 1 0 E r r o r s......Page 108
ÿþ 3 . 1 1 E a r l y N a m e B i n d i n g......Page 110
ÿþ 3 . 1 2 B i n a r y E n c o d i n g D e t a i l s......Page 114
ÿþ 3 . 1 3 F i l t e r e d F i l e s D e t a i l s......Page 131
ÿþ C h a p t e r 4 G r a p h i c s......Page 152
ÿþ 4 . 1 I m a g i n g M o d e l......Page 153
ÿþ 4 . 2 G r a p h i c s S t a t e......Page 155
ÿþ 4 . 3 C o o r d i n a t e S y s t e m s a n d T r a n s f o r m a t i o n s......Page 159
ÿþ 4 . 4 P a t h C o n s t r u c t i o n......Page 166
ÿþ 4 . 5 P a i n t i n g......Page 169
ÿþ 4 . 6 U s e r P a t h s......Page 173
ÿþ 4 . 7 F o r m s......Page 181
ÿþ 4 . 8 C o l o r S p a c e s......Page 185
ÿþ 4 . 9 P a t t e r n s......Page 209
ÿþ 4 . 1 0 I m a g e s......Page 219
ÿþ 4 . 1 1 D e v i c e S e t u p......Page 235
ÿþ 5 . 1 O r g a n i z a t i o n a n d U s e o f F o n t s......Page 266
ÿþ 5 . 2 F o n t D i c t i o n a r i e s......Page 273
ÿþ 5 . 3 C h a r a c t e r E n c o d i n g......Page 278
ÿþ 5 . 4 F o n t M e t r i c I n f o r m a t i o n......Page 280
ÿþ 5 . 5 F o n t C a c h e......Page 283
ÿþ 5 . 6 M o d i f i c a t i o n s t o E x i s t i n g F o n t s......Page 284
ÿþ 5 . 7 T y p e 3 F o n t s......Page 287
ÿþ 5 . 8 U n i q u e I D G e n e r a t i o n......Page 292
ÿþ 5 . 9 C o m p o s i t e F o n t s......Page 294
ÿþ C h a p t e r 6 R e n d e r i n g......Page 302
ÿþ 6 . 1 C I E - B a s e d C o l o r t o D e v i c e C o l o r......Page 303
ÿþ 6 . 2 C o n v e r s i o n s A m o n g D e v i c e C o l o r S p a c e s......Page 312
ÿþ 6 . 3 T r a n s f e r F u n c t i o n s......Page 316
ÿþ 6 . 4 H a l f t o n e s......Page 318
ÿþ 6 . 5 S c a n C o n v e r s i o n D e t a i l s......Page 329
ÿþ C h a p t e r 7 D e s p l a y P o s t S c r i p t......Page 334
ÿþ 7 . 1 M u l t i p l e E x e c u t i o n C o n t e x t s......Page 335
ÿþ 7 . 2 E n c o d e d U s e r N a m e s......Page 341
ÿþ 7 . 3 G r a p h i c s a n d W i n d o w S y s t e m s......Page 343
ÿþ 7 . 4 B i t m a p F o n t s......Page 348
ÿþ C h a p t e r 8 O p e r a t o r s......Page 352
ÿþ 8 . 1 O p e r a t o r S u m m a r y......Page 355
ÿþ 8 . 2 O p e r a t o r D e t a i l s......Page 369
ÿþ A p p e n d i x A C h a n g e s t o L a n g u a g e a n d I m p l e m e n t a t i o n......Page 564
ÿþ A p p e n d i x B I m p l e m e n t a t i o n L i m i t s......Page 574
ÿþ A p p e n d i x C I n t e r p r e t e r P a r a m e t e r s......Page 580
ÿþ A p p e n d i x D C o m p a t i b i l i t y S t r a t e g i e s......Page 590
ÿþ A p p e n d i x E S t a n d a r d C h a r a c t e r S e t s a n d E n c o d i n g V e c t o r s......Page 600
ÿþ A p p e n d i x F S y s t e m N a m e E n c o d i n g s......Page 616
ÿþ A p p e n d i x G D o c u m e n t S t r u c t u r i n g C o n v e n t i o n s - V e r s i o n 3 . 0......Page 620
ÿþ A p p e n d i x H E n c a p s u l a t e d P o s t s c r i p t F i l e F o r m a t - V e r s i o n 3 . 0......Page 718
ÿþ A p p e n d i x I G u l d e l i n e s f o r S p e c i f i c O p e r a t o r s......Page 746
ÿþ A p p e n d i x J B i b i l o g r a p h y......Page 754
ÿþ I n d e x......Page 756
back......Page 777
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