Printing Languages

Printing languages, or page description languages, are languages that described documents that are sent to printers in order to be print.

List of Printing Languages

Printing languages featured on this post:

• PostScript (PS)
• Printer Command Language (PCL)
• PPDS
• RPCS
• XPS

PostScript (PS)

PostScript (PS) was created by Adobe in 1982-1984.

Printer Command Language (PCL)

Printer Command Language (PCL) was created by Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 1984.

PPDS

PPDS (Personal Printer Data Stream) was created by IBM.

RPCS

RPCS (Refined Printing Command Stream) was created by Ricoh.

XPS

Open XML Paper Specification (XPS) was created by Microsoft in 2006.