Format
PostScript
Summary
- Name
- PostScript
- Version
- 2.1
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/postscript
- Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.adobe.postscript
- PUID: x-fmt/407
- Format type
- Page Description
- Description
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- Format encoding
- Text
- 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
- Has priority over
- Is previous version of
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
PostScript DSC 2.1
- 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
252150532D41646F62652D322E31- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V51
- Release date
- 15 July 2011
-
Updated
Postscript 2.1: Existing signature refined through PRONOM Research.
-
V50
- Release date
- 20 May 2011
-
Updated
PostScript 2.1: Priority information changed to avoid potential clash with EndNote Import File identification.
-
V49
- Release date
- 5 April 2011
-
Updated
PostScript 2.1: Priority information changed to avoid potential clash with Cascading Style Sheet identification.