Format

PostScript

Summary

Name

PostScript

Version

3.0

Identifiers

• MIME: application/postscript
• Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.adobe.postscript
• PUID: x-fmt/408

Format type

Page Description

Disclosure

Full

Description

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Release date

25 Sep 1992

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

• 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
• Encapsulated PostScript File Format 2.1

Has priority over

• EndNote Import File

Is previous version of

• PostScript 3.1

Is subsequent version of

• PostScript 2.1

Internal signatures

Changelog

• V51

  Release date

  15 July 2011

  • Updated

    Postscript 3.0: Existing signature refined through PRONOM Research.

• V50

  Release date

  20 May 2011

  • Updated

    PostScript 3.0: Existing signature refined through PRONOM Research and priority information changed to avoid potential clash with EndNote Import File identification.

• V49

  Release date

  5 April 2011

  • Updated

    PostScript 3.0: Priority information changed to avoid potential clash with Cascading Style Sheet identification.