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The Portable Document Format (PDF) has initially been released by Adobe Systems in 1993 <ref>''[http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html PDF Reference and Adobe Extensions to the PDF Specification]'', Adobe Systems Inc.</ref> and later became an ISO standard <ref>''ISO 32000-1:2008, Document Management – Portable Document Format, Part 1: PDF 1.7'', International Organization for Standardization, 2008</ref>. It was designed as a successor of PostScript and has established itself as a widely accepted document exchange format. Some newer printers support direct PDF printing in addition to PostScript. While PDF is partially based on PostScript, it is neither a complete programming language, nor does it support file system operations. Therefore PDF seems less applicable for printer exploitation and is not further studied in this wiki.
 
The Portable Document Format (PDF) has initially been released by Adobe Systems in 1993 <ref>''[http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html PDF Reference and Adobe Extensions to the PDF Specification]'', Adobe Systems Inc.</ref> and later became an ISO standard <ref>''ISO 32000-1:2008, Document Management – Portable Document Format, Part 1: PDF 1.7'', International Organization for Standardization, 2008</ref>. It was designed as a successor of PostScript and has established itself as a widely accepted document exchange format. Some newer printers support direct PDF printing in addition to PostScript. While PDF is partially based on PostScript, it is neither a complete programming language, nor does it support file system operations. Therefore PDF seems less applicable for printer exploitation and is not further studied in this wiki.
  
→ ''Related aricles:'' [[Fundamentals#Printer Control Languages|Page Description Languages]], [[PostScript]], [[PJL]]
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→ ''Related articles:'' [[Fundamentals#Printer Control Languages|Page Description Languages]], [[PostScript]], [[PJL]]
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:50, 31 January 2017

The Portable Document Format (PDF) has initially been released by Adobe Systems in 1993 [1] and later became an ISO standard [2]. It was designed as a successor of PostScript and has established itself as a widely accepted document exchange format. Some newer printers support direct PDF printing in addition to PostScript. While PDF is partially based on PostScript, it is neither a complete programming language, nor does it support file system operations. Therefore PDF seems less applicable for printer exploitation and is not further studied in this wiki.

Related articles: Page Description Languages, PostScript, PJL



  1. PDF Reference and Adobe Extensions to the PDF Specification, Adobe Systems Inc.
  2. ISO 32000-1:2008, Document Management – Portable Document Format, Part 1: PDF 1.7, International Organization for Standardization, 2008