Format
PostScript
Summary
- Name
- PostScript
- Version
- 2.0
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/postscript
- Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.adobe.postscript
- PUID: x-fmt/406
- Format type
- Image (Vector)
- Description
- PostScript (.ps) file format is a type of vector graphic file, it is saved by PostScript general-purpose page description language. Developed in the 1980s by Adobe Systems, its main focus was to turn digital graphics and text ready to print, it allowed for users to more easily turn their text and graphics into printed copies.
- Format encoding
- Text
- Note
- https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/file-types/image/vector/ps-file.html#:~:text=frequently%20asked%20questions-,What%20is%20a%20PS%20file%3F,open%20it%20in%20an%20application. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript https://docs.fileformat.com/page-description-language/ps/ https://fileinfo.com/extension/ps
- File extensions
-
ps - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Adobe Systems Incorporated
- Supported by
- Adobe Systems Incorporated
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
-
- Adobe Illustrator 1.0 / 1.1
- Encapsulated PostScript File Format 1.2
- Encapsulated PostScript File Format 3
- Encapsulated PostScript File Format 2.0
- Adobe Illustrator 88
- Adobe Illustrator 3.0 / 3.2
- Adobe Illustrator 4.0
- Adobe Illustrator 5.0 / 5.5
- Adobe Illustrator 6.0
- Adobe Illustrator 7.0
- Adobe Illustrator 8.0
- Has priority over
- Is previous version of
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
PostScript DSC 2.0
- Description
- PostScript DSC header version comment + EOF comment
- Provenance
- Signature refined through ongoing DROID research
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
252150532D41646F62652D322E30- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V105
- Release date
- 29 June 2022
-
Updated
PostScript 2.0: Added priority over fmt/1616, description, notes and changed format type. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
-
V51
- Release date
- 15 July 2011
-
Updated
Postscript 2.0: Existing signature refined through PRONOM Research.
-
V50
- Release date
- 20 May 2011
-
Updated
PostScript 2.0: Priority information changed to avoid potential clash with EndNote Import File identification.
-
V49
- Release date
- 5 April 2011
-
Updated
PostScript 2.0: Priority information changed to avoid potential clash with Cascading Style Sheet indentification.