About the Ps file format
- Name
- PostScript File
- Extension
- .ps
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- Description
- A PS file is an image saved in the PostScript page description language. It may contain vector graphics, raster graphics, and text. PS files can be printed directly by a PostScript printer (i.e., containing a Raster Image Processor) without being opened in an application.
- MIME Type
- application/postscript
- Sample
- sample.ps
- Wikipedia
- .ps on Wikipedia
PostScript File (PS) is a file format developed in 1982 by Adobe systems. It is mainly used for printing by publishers across the world.
It can be defined as a Page description language used in Electronic publishing and the business of Desktop publishing. The format supports the appearance of both texts and images on the same page. The printing instructions of the documents are issued separately. The PS can be said to be a graphic content in a programming language.
The popularity of the PS file increased after its commercial use during the Graphical user interface (GUI) introduction. It allowed designers to layout pages for output on laser printers. The PS design remained unsuitable for interactive display systems as the system was intended to collect commands.
Other programs create the programs in the PS file. This can be explained by the fact that the PS is a Turing complete language of programming which belongs to the Concatenative programming language. Computer programs can be written in PS, just like any other language used in programming.
Editing applications like CorelDraw can edit PS objects and place them on different locations in the PS files. Ghostscript, Pstoedit, and Zathura (document viewer) are among the programs used in rendering Postscript Documents.