PostScript® Language Reference, Third Edition
(PDF: 7.5 MB / 912 pages)
Published by Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-37922-8
Errata for Postscript Language Reference, third edition and for PostScript Language reference Supplement for Version 3010 and 3011
revised 12/8/00 (TXT, 7 KB)
PostScript Language Reference Supplement
for Version 3010 and 3011
8/30/99 (PDF: 1.6 MB / 158 pages)
PostScript Language Reference, Second Edition
December 1990 (PDF: 3.5 MB / 774 pages)
*Superseded* by the Third Edition above, but provided here for reference (includes "Display PostScript" chapters)
PostScript Language Document Structuring Conventions(DSC) Specification Version 3.0
#5001 9/25/92 (PDF: 521 KB / 109 pages)
PostScript Language Document Comment Extensions for Page Layout
#5644 5/20/99 (PDF: 73 KB / 8 pages)
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) File Format Specification Version 3.0
#5002 5/1/92 (PDF: 182 KB / 34 pages)
PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File Format Specification Version 4.3
#5003 2/9/96 (PDF: 1236 KB / 240 pages)
Update to PPD Specification Version 4.3
#5645 4/29/97 (PDF: 53 KB / 8 pages)
Adobe Serial and Parallel Communications Protocols Specification
#5009 11/20/92 (PDF: 109 KB / 24 pages)
Adobe SCSI Input Protocol Specification Version 1.0
#5010 3/18/93 (PDF: 227 KB / 38 pages)
PostScript Language File Transmission (PSFT) Specification Version 1.0
#5011 4/2/93 (PDF: 106 KB / 23 pages)
Color Separation Conventions for PostScript Language Programs
#5044 5/24/96 (PDF: 87 KB / 44 pages)
DeviceN Color Space and Color Model
#5604 10/9/97 (PDF: 111 KB / 23 pages)
DeviceN Samples for Macintosh
(HQX, 4.94 KB )
DeviceN Samples for Windows
(ZIP, 4.83 KB )
Level 2 Compatibility: The setscreen and currentscreen Operators
#5119 3/31/92 adsDAS (PDF: 41 KB / 10 pages)
Smooth Shading
#5600 10/10/97 (PDF: 416 KB / 78 pages)
Smooth Shading Samples for Macintosh
(HQX, 58.1 KB)
Smooth Shading Samples for Windows
(ZIP, 55.3 KB )
Masked Images
#5601 10/10/97 (PDF: 151 KB / 35 pages)
Masked Image Samples for Macintosh
(HQX: 592 KB)
Masked Image Samples for Windows
(ZIP: 554 KB)
Halftones and Screens
#5602 10/9/97 (PDF: 151 KB / 35 pages)
Halftone Samples for Macintosh (HQX: 7 KB)
Halftone Samples for Windows (ZIP: 7 KB)
Printer Systems-Based Separations
#5606 10/9/97 (PDF: 140 KB / 29 pages)
Supporting the DCT Filters in PostScript Level 2
#5116 12/7/99 (PDF: 214 KB / 52 pages)
Filters and Reusable Streams
#5603 10/9/97 (PDF: 185 KB / 40 pages)
Supporting the DCT Filters in PostScript Level 2
#5116 11/24/92 (PDF: 214 KB / 52 pages)
PostScript Overprint Mode (version 3015.102)
#5145 10/31/01 (PDF: 50 KB / 6 pages)
Clipsave and Cliprestore
#5607 10/10/97 (PDF: 45 KB / 11 pages)
The Copypage Operator
#5608 10/9/97 (PDF: 37 KB / 9 pages)
PostScript 3 Core Font Set Overview
#5609 10/9/97 (PDF: 31 KB / 8 pages)
Using EPS Files in PostScript Language Forms
#5144 10/4/96 (PDF: 70 KB /27 pages)
The Compact Font Format Specification
#5176 3/16/00 (PDF: 440 KB / 60 pages)
The Type 2 Charstring Format
#5177 3/16/00 (PDF: 200 KB / 38 pages)
Display PostScript System: Client Library Reference Manual
4/15/93 (PDF: 267 KB / 90 pages)
Display PostScript System: Client Library Supplement for X
4/15/93 (PDF: 190 KB / 70 pages)
Display PostScript System: Global Index to the Display PostScript Reference Manuals
4/15/93 (PDF: 93 KB / 10 pages)
Display PostScript System: Introduction: Perspective for Software Developers
4/15/93 (PDF: 85 KB / 14 pages)
Display PostScript System: pswrap Reference Manual
4/15/93 (PDF: 141 KB / 36 pages)
Display PostScript System:
Display PostScript Toolkit for X
4/15/93 (PDF: 892 KB / 88 pages)
Display PostScript System: Display PostScript NX Software Concepts and Facilities Release 1.0
6/1/93 (PDF: 227 KB / 72 pages)
