• Question re postscript and pdf

    From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Thu Sep 10 19:57:33 2026
    Hi,

    As I see you talking about postscript, I want to pop a question that
    might be a bit offtopic, as it is about modern computing.

    context: Linux

    Printers talked postscript. Now I hear they talk PDF. I know that it is trivial to convert from ps to pdf. Do programs that want to print
    generate the PDF directly, or do they generate the ps and then convert
    it to pdf?

    It also occurs to me to ask what is the advantage for printers of
    talking pdf instead of ps.

    Thanks :-)

    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;


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