If you print PostScript graphics -- such as Encapsulated PostScript files created in drawing programs and page-layout applications -- to a non-PostScript office printer, you'll see either a gray box ...

PostScript, or PS is a common printing language used by many printer manufacturers. PostScript may be common; however, it is not found available for many printers. PostScript is used in high-end ...

Printers usually fall into two categories, they are either PostScript (PS) or Printer Control Language (PCL) printers. Both PostScript and Printer Control Language are page descriptive languages. This ...

This article presents a brief overview of the main printing systems in use on most Linux systems, with an introduction to the concepts and procedures at the core of UNIX printing. We will finish by ...

The latest crop of Apple Knowledge Base articles on OS X 10.x: 106516: Mac OS X 10.1: Includes PPDs for Many PostScript Printers states: "Mac OS X 10.1 installs PostScript Printer Description (PPD) ...

Last week, we talked about the Global Driver. Today, let’s look at printer languages and which one might be best for your print jobs. We get many questions about the differences between PostScript and ...

While your business may use Linux to power its web servers, databases or high-performance supercomputer, occasionally all you need to do is print a letter or memo. You find, however, that new printers ...

Postscript is all but gone, and today, newer font standards such as TrueType and OpenType rule the roost. Here's how we got from desktop PostScript in the early '80s to today. When the Mac first ...

We noted previously an HP support document that claimed USB printer sharing did not work with HP 1200/1220 printers. However, we have heard from several users who said that they are able to use USB ...

If you work only with basic word processing documents, then the Print dialog in Mac OS X is really simple: just tell it which pages, how many copies, and to which printer, and then you can relax and ...

The Epson WorkForce Pro WF-C8190 ($799.99) is a wide-format printer that can support up to super-tabloid (13-by-19-inch) media. It's an update to the WorkForce Pro WF-8090, but boasts an all-new ...

Last week we talked about the Global Driver, today let’s look at printer languages and which one might be best for your print jobs. We get many questions about the differences between PostScript and ...