Format
Postscript
Summary
- Name
- Postscript
- Version
- 1.0
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/postscript
- Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.adobe.postscript
- PUID: x-fmt/91
- Format type
- Page Description
- Description
- Postscript is a computer language for creating vector graphics.
- File extensions
-
ps - Source
- 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
Internal signatures
PostScript DSC 1.0
- Note
- PostScript DSC header version comment + EOF comment
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
252150532D41646F62652D312E30- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from EOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
2525454F46(0D|0A|0D0A|0A0A)- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V50
- Release date
- 20 May 2011
PostScript 1.0: Priority information changed to avoid potential clash with EndNote Import File identification.
-
Updated in V49
- Release date
- 5 April 2011
PostScript 1.0: Priority information changed to avoid potential clash with Cascading Style Sheet identification.