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<h2 id="notable-examples">Notable examples</h2> <p>Various page description languages exist: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Advanced_Function_Presentation/m3A1l9dP">AFP</a>, Advanced Function Presentation (<a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>)</li> <li>Apple Raster, formerly known as URF, used by the <a href="/facts/AirPrint/QE0bGukc">AirPrint</a> protocol.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Canon_Inc./qoWp5I04">Canon</a> GARO, Graphic Arts language with Raster Operations (for large format printers), based on <a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a> PCL3GUI / RTL and CPCA job description language.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>Common Ground page definition language</li> <li>CPCL, Comtec Printer Control Language (now Zebra)</li> <li><a href="/facts/DjVu/gDukkcd1">DjVu</a>, a mixed raster content (MRC) format supporting OCR-based scanned documents (<a href="/facts/AT%2526T_Labs/4Jp9IS0x">AT&T Labs</a>)</li> <li>DPL, Datamax Printer Language (now <a href="/facts/Honeywell/qjkujlwJ">Honeywell</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>DTPL, Datamax Ticket Printer Language</li> <li><a href="/facts/DVI_file_format/afmP6zeJ">DVI</a>, Device Independent, output from <a href="/facts/TeX/8t3cCBqk">TeX</a></li> <li>E411, Emulation 411, for Ticketing and Flight Strip (ATC) systems (IER)</li> <li>EPL, Eltron Programming Language (now Zebra)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Envoy_(WordPerfect)/uR77kUy2">Envoy</a> page description language (<a href="/facts/WordPerfect/x0R6HU9f">WordPerfect</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/ESC%2fP/6VPgTfRG">ESC/P</a>, <a href="/facts/Epson/VUmPD9UW">Epson</a> Standard Code for Printers, simple language mainly used in <a href="/facts/Dot_matrix_printer/901EFhmk">dot matrix printers</a></li> <li>ESC/P2, an expanded version of ESC/P</li> <li>ESC/Page, Epson Standard Code for Page Printer, a page description language (distinct from ESC/P) used in a number of Epson laser printers, especially Japanese models</li> <li><a href="/facts/ESC%2fPOS/6VPgTfRG">ESC/POS</a>, <a href="/facts/Epson/VUmPD9UW">Epson</a> Standard Code for <a href="/facts/Point_of_sale/DwUHVn2v">POS</a> printers</li> <li>FGL, Friendly Ghost Language (Boca Systems) printers</li> <li>Fingerprint, a programming language, Direct Protocol is subset of Fingerprint (<a href="/facts/Intermec/V28eHlKB">Intermec</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/HP-GL/vLCHzJBY">HP-GL</a> and HP-GL/2, geometric language introduced by <a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a> for pen plotters, still in use today for technical drawings</li> <li><a href="/facts/Interpress/gPUFTg17">Interpress</a> (<a href="/facts/Xerox/qyxVVqaa">Xerox</a>)</li> <li>IJPDS, Ink Jet Printer Data Stream (<a href="/facts/Kodak/zMnK74Cp">Kodak</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/IBM_Intelligent_Printer_Data_Stream/lJyUwzEy">IPDS</a>, Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IBM)</li> <li>IGP/PGL, <a href="/facts/Printronix/UvJJeXdX">Printronix</a> Graphics Language</li> <li>IPL, Intermec Printer Language, a programming language for <a href="/facts/Intermec/V28eHlKB">Intermec</a> printers (now a subsidiary of <a href="/facts/Honeywell/qjkujlwJ">Honeywell</a>)</li> <li>KPDL, <a href="/facts/Kyocera/HsD4RJAY">Kyocera</a> Page Description Language</li> <li>LCDS/Metacode, a print stream format used in older high-speed printers (<a href="/facts/Xerox/qyxVVqaa">Xerox</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/MODCA/pz8SwC3H">MODCA</a>, Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (IBM)</li> <li>MTPL, Mannesmann Tally Printer Language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Printer_Command_Language/M7C1zrrg">PCL</a>, Printer Command Language (<a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a>, Portable Document Format (<a href="/facts/Adobe_Systems/Bj1d5XvJ">Adobe Systems</a>), now ISO 32000<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/PostScript/4EeEtnLv">PostScript</a> (<a href="/facts/Adobe_Systems/Bj1d5XvJ">Adobe Systems</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/IBM_Personal_Printer_Data_Stream/c7Ypkfj9">PPDS</a>, Personal Printer Data Stream</li> <li><a href="/facts/Refined_Printing_Command_Stream/qY1uyGep">RPCS</a>, Refined Printing Command Stream (<a href="/facts/Ricoh/hw2H68nK">Ricoh</a>)</li> <li>RTL (Raster Transfer Language, also known as PCL3GUI). Raster graphic command subset of Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2, similar to PCL.</li> <li>Star Line Mode, variant of ESC/POS used by <a href="/facts/Star_Micronics/0mzuRI5M">Star Micronics</a> printers</li> <li>SPL, Samsung Printer Language<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Scalable_Vector_Graphics/ARq5C3YV">SVG</a>, an XML-based graphics description language primarily developed for the <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">World Wide Web</a></li> <li>Canon SG Raster (Swift Graphics Raster for large format printers), based on Hewlett-Packard PCL3GUI / RTL and IVEC (XML formatted job description language)</li> <li>TSPL/TSPL2, Taiwan Semiconductor Printing/Programming Language (<a href="/facts/TSMC/B4BdojRk">TSMC</a>)</li> <li>TTP, print language by Swecoin for kiosk printers (now Zebra)</li> <li>UFR (Ultra Fast Rendering), a proprietary language (Canon)</li> <li>XES, <a href="/facts/Xerox_Escape_Sequence/ymfBB93L">Xerox Escape Sequence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/XML_Paper_Specification/u2W4ES5g">XPS</a>, XML Paper Specification introduced in Windows Vista (<a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>)</li> <li>ZJS, ZjStream Page Description Language (Zenographics)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Zebra_(programming_language)/rwq5S2v9">ZPL</a>, <a href="/facts/Zebra_Technologies/bGWP55v8">Zebra</a> Programming Language</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_vector_graphics_markup_languages/tLGQogv3">List of vector graphics markup languages</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Markup_language/WwhlNVIu">Markup language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Printer_Job_Language/qLVC7eNU">Printer Job Language</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070104033902/http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages">Undocumented Printing</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200218185432/http://www2.nefec.org/UPM/ilang.htm">Ultimate Printer Manual</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060603084839/http://www.iana.org/assignments/printer-language-numbers">Printer MIB Interpreters Language Families</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131228152246/http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/hostondemand/library/infocentergafinal/hod/en/doc/hostprint/hostprintref.html">Host Printing Reference</a> — contains example for PPDS</li> <li><a href="http://knowledgebase.lexmark.com/pubfiles/files/PATTLNK_2182005_1515-PPDS%20Escape%20Codes.pdf">PPDS Escape codes</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020830075425/http://ddk.zeno.com/Reference/ZjStream/Default.htm">ZjStream Reference</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Driverless Printing Standards And their PDLS". OpenPrinting. 29 April 2022. <a href="https://openprinting.github.io/driverless/01-standards-and-their-pdls/" target="_blank">https://openprinting.github.io/driverless/01-standards-and-their-pdls/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"White Paper - Canon imagePROGRAF PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES (PDLS)" (PDF). Canon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131228134307/http://www.cmrepro.com/documents/CanonUnderstandingPDLs.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131228134307/http://www.cmrepro.com/documents/CanonUnderstandingPDLs.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Honeywell, Inc. (2021). DPL command Reference (PDF). Retrieved August 7, 2022. <a href="https://prod-edam.honeywell.com/content/dam/honeywell-edam/sps/ppr/ja/public/products/printers/common/documents/sps-ppr-dpl-88-2360-01-b.pdf" target="_blank">https://prod-edam.honeywell.com/content/dam/honeywell-edam/sps/ppr/ja/public/products/printers/common/documents/sps-ppr-dpl-88-2360-01-b.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"PDF format becomes ISO standard". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-02-02. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234754/http://www.iso.org/iso/news.htm?refid=Ref1141" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234754/http://www.iso.org/iso/news.htm?refid=Ref1141</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Croc, Aurélien. "SPL Specifications". SpliX Drivers for your printer. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved Feb 26, 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180407050923/http://splix.sourceforge.net/specs.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180407050923/http://splix.sourceforge.net/specs.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>