skip to main skip to sidebar PostScript Programming Ebooks A First Guide to PostScript By Peter Weingartner
My sincere thanks goes out to everyone who has sent me e-mail concerning the guide. Whether you were asking a question, or offering me a correction, I sincerely appreciate it. My only regret is that I have not been able to be as responsive to questions and corrections as I would like.
I left Indiana University quite a long time ago (nearly ten years as of the time of this writing), and while I still have write access to my old account space I can not be sure that I always will have access. I will maintain the original copy at Indiana University while I have access, but from now on the official copy will be maintained at my personal website, where you can also find out a little more about me, if you are so inclined.
About this Document
The scope of this document is fairly limited. I cover only a subset of PostScript Level 1 (the earliest version). Since I started this guide, Adobe brought out two revisions to the language: called Level 2 and Level 3. This document was never meant to cover these versions of PostScript (although the code I present here should run just fine on a Level 2 or Level 3 capable printer). Likewise, I do not cover any advanced printing concepts like color separations or halftone screens (this is mainly due to ignorance on my part, I am an engineer... not a printer or graphic designer... although I do admire good graphic design when I see it).
I have created this document because I have noticed that many people on the Internet have been asking for some online document to get them started. I decided that this was a good opportunity. I have benefited from the free and open nature of the Internet (most of the software I use is freeware or shareware). This is my opportunity to give something back to the community and to try to perpetuate something of the original community atmosphere that existed when I first started using it. | |
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