Page description language
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A page description language is a file format (and almost a programming language) for describing the contents of a printed page in a higher level than the actual output bitmap.

• DVI (stands for DeVice Independent)
• PCL (Printer Control Language)
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
• PostScript

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