A page description language (PDL) is a language that describes the contents of a printed page in a higher level than an actual output bitmap. Some page description languages are not complete enough to be considered a programming language, however, PostScript, one of the most noted page description languages, is a fully fledged programming language.

• AFP (Advanced Function Presentation)
• Diablo
• DVI (stands for DeVice Independent)
• EPL (Eltron Programming Language)
• ESC/P2
• IPDS (Intelligent Printer Data Stream)
• Metacode
• PCL (Printer Command Language)
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
• PostScript
• PPDS (Personal Printer Data Stream).
• SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics).
• XSL-FO (XSL Formating Objects)
• XML Paper Specification

See also

• Markup language

External links

• Undocumented Printing
• Ultimate Printer Manual
• Printer MIB Interpreters Language Families
• Host Printing Reference Contains example for PPDS.
• PPDS Escape codes

Page description languages

Seitenbeschreibungssprache | 페이지 기술 언어 | Linguaggio di descrizione di pagina | ページ記述言語