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About Adobe PostScript 3 Adobe PostScript 3 for Professional Publishing Adobe PostScript 3 for Office Printing Adobe PostScript Backgrounder Adobe(R) PostScript(R) printing technology translates your great ideas into print ... exactly as intended. It gives you the power to create and print simple or visually rich documents with total precision. This means that if you have a printing device equipped with Adobe PostScript, there are no limits on your use of color, text, graphics, and images. No matter what computers you use. Or what printing devices you use. Or where they are located. Your documents will always look exactly the way you want them to when you use Adobe PostScript. Adobe PostScript sets the worldwide standard for the best printing - anytime, anywhere. Check out the newest Adobe PostScript printing devices on the market today. To be sure your printer contains genuine Adobe PostScript, select a product from one of the more than 55 Adobe certified manufacturers and development partners.

About Adobe PostScript 3 Adobe PostScript 3(TM) evolves printing technology to even higher standards than the previous generation, Adobe PostScript Level 2. It includes significant enhancements to the core interpreter, directly and positively affecting quality, reliability, efficiency, and productivity. With the inclusion of 136 standard fonts, PlanetReady(TM) font handling, and the industry's most advanced printer drivers, Adobe PostScript 3 technology goes beyond a page description language into a complete printing system. For more information, visit the Adobe PostScript Capabilities page.   Adobe PostScript 3 Font Set (PDF: 583 KB / 2 pages)     Adobe PostScript Color (PDF: 79 KB / 2 pages) Installing and Using AdobePS(TM) Drivers (PDF: 448 KB / 21 pages)     Adobe Printing Primer (PDF: 207 KB / 9 pages)

		Adobe PostScript 3 for Professional Publishing Adobe PostScript 3 represents a profound change for graphic arts and production printing environments. Building on the unparalleled reputation for quality and reliability earned by previous generations, Adobe PostScript 3 advances the state-of-the art to meet the increasingly sophisticated requirements of this marketplace. The new generation provides even higher levels of quality and reliability, streamlines its most complex and time-consuming processes, and lays the foundation for a new digital workflow that promises to revolutionize the printing industry once again.
		Advancing the Worldwide Imaging Standard: New graphics capabilities advance the state-of-the-art for quality, reliability and efficiency in printing, include: smooth shading, extra grays, idiom recognition, masked images, and finer color controls. Enabling an Efficient Digital Workflow: Optional features enable the transition to a fully digital, composite workflow, including: direct Portable Document Format (PDF) printing, In-RIP Trapping, and the DeviceN operator. Delivering a Complete Printing System : Adobe PostScript 3 comes standard with a wide range of value-added tools that improve the total printing experience: 136 fonts, PlanetReady printing, and AdobePS printer drivers. More information on Adobe PostScript 3 for Professional Publishing:   Adobe Trapping White Paper (PDF: 133 KB / 6 pages)       Adobe's In-RIP Trapping Technology Press Release   Adobe Technology in the Newspaper Industry (PDF: 89 KB / 7 pages)

		Adobe PostScript 3 for Office Printing Today's companies and public agencies, big and small, know that reliable, high-performance printing is a non-negotiable requirement. They must be able to print anything and everything ... and they need it right now. Adobe PostScript 3 satisfies the demanding requirements of today's office environment. Today, Adobe PostScript 3 is offered as a standard feature in many best-in-class network printers, so business users get the premium solution without paying premium prices:
		Uncompromised reliability on all document types, from simple office documents to visually rich pages such as web content, newsletters, or brochures Excellent performance when printing all types of documents Highest levels of quality and color output Unparalleled consistency from desktop, to network, to production printing Multi-platform support Complete compatibility with emerging standards such as Adobe PDF Advancing the Worldwide Imaging Standard: New graphics capabilities that advance the state-of-the-art for quality, reliability and efficiency in enterprise printing, include: smooth shading, idiom recognition, superscreens, and fast image. Delivering a Complete Printing System : Adobe PostScript 3 comes standard with a wide range of value-added tools that are critically important in enterprise environments including: 136 fonts, PlanetReady printing, and AdobePS printer drivers. More information on Adobe PostScript 3 in the office environment: Adobe PostScript 3 for Office Printing (PDF: 323 KB / 5 pages)

Adobe PostScript Backgrounder Adobe PostScript is a computer language that describes the appearance of a page, including elements such as text, graphics, and scanned images, to a printer or other output device. Since its introduction in 1985, the PostScript language has become the language of choice in high quality printing for corporations, professional publishers, and government agencies throughout the world. You'll find Adobe PostScript technology in a wide range of output devices, including black-and-white printers, color printers, imagesetters, platesetters, screen displays, and direct digital presses. You can choose from a wide selection of Adobe PostScript devices with special features that are appropriate for every printing need and every type of document. Adobe PostScript technology works seamlessly with every major operating system and color management system with the highest quality and reliability every time - on any network or platform. Some printers use similar technology, including "PostScript clone" or "PostScript-compatible" software. But only printers with genuine Adobe PostScript technology go through Adobe's rigorous certification program and can guarantee the quality and compatibility that set the industry standard. The Adobe Printing Glossary helps you become an instant expert with this handy reference.

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