Page Description Languages

Printer Page Description and Markup Languages

• AFPDS
• HBP - Brother Host Based Printing
• Brother NCM (Brother Native Compression Mode)
• Brother P-Touch
• Canon BJL
• Canon UFR (Canon Ultra Fast Rendering)
• CAPT (Canon Advanced Printing Technology)
• CaPSL - Canon Printing System Language (See also LIPS)
• Code V (QMS)
• CPCL Comtec Printer Control Language (Zebra, Comtec)
• CPL (Tally Compressed Printer Language)
• Diablo 630
• DPL - Datamax Programming Language Datamax Programming Language
• EPCL Eltron Printer Command Language (Zebra, Eltron)
• EPL1 Eltron Programming Language 1, Line Mode Printing (Zebra, Eltron)
• EPL2 Eltron Programming Language 2, Page Mode Printing (Zebra, Eltron)
• Epson 3/P/Si
• Epson FX
• Epson GL
• Epson GL2
• Epson LQ
• ESC/P - Epson Standard Code for Printers
• ESC/P2 - Epson Standard Code for Printers, Level 2
• GIPD - Granite Image Printer Driver Used by some Lexmark (X500) and Dell (MFP 1125) GDI printers
• Hiper-C (OKI Hiper-C)
• IBM I239X Used by IBM 2390/2391
• IBM 5577 Used by IBM 5577 (Japanes) (Also known as Ricoh R55)
• IPDS - Intelligent Printer Data Stream
• IPL Intermec Programming Language
• JetReady (HP JetReady)
• KPDL (Kyocera’s own implementation of PostScript)
• LAVAFLOW - Zenographics PCL (Zenographics inplementation of PCL - HP Page Description Language)
• LCDS - Xerox Line Conditioned Data Stream Xerox printers
• LIDIL (HP Lightweight Imaging Device Interface Language)
• LIPS - Canon Laser-beam Image Processing System
• Metacode - Xerox Xerox LPS printers
• MO:DCA - IBM Mixed Object Document Content Architecture
• NEC PC-PR201H NEC (Japanes)
• OAKT (Oak Technology (now Zoran))
• OKI GDI
• OPL Konica Minolta 2480MF
• PCL - HP Page Description Language
• PCL3GUI
• PCL XL - HP Page Description Language Level 6
• PDF/A
• PDF/X
• PGL (Printronix Graphics Language)
• PPA - HP Printing Performance Architecture
• PPDS - IBM Personal Printer Data Stream
• PostScript
• Prescribe
• ProPrinter - IBM ProPrinter
• QPDL - Quick Page Description Language (Samsung Printer Language II / QPDL)
• RENO
• RPCS - Ricoh Refined Printing Command Stream
• RPDL - Ricoh Page Description Language
• RTL - HP Raster Transfer Language
• SCP - HP Sleek Control Protocol
• SCS - SNA Character String
• SLX Used by the Lexmark c500n. (Software Imaging K.K.)
• SMART (Samsung SMART)
• SPDL Standard Page Description Language (ISO/IEC DIS 10180)
• SPL - Samsung Printer Language (Samsung Printer Language)
• SVG Print
• XHTML Print
• XQX Used by the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet M1005
• XPS - XML Paper Specification
• XSL-FO
• ZIMF (Zenographics ZIMF)
• ZjStream - Zenographics SuperPrint Zj Stream
• ZPL1 Zebra Programming Language
• ZPL2 Zebra Programming Language II

• QualityLogic provides software testing and quality assurance services, as well as test tools for driver and printer description languages.
  • PageSense automates printer performance testing and provides standardized results.
  • GDI Functional Test Suite for Windows XP quickly verify the basic functionality of each GDI function call.
  • Application Test Suite-Intermediate Files (ATS-IFs) verify your driver’s ability to operate with Windows® software applications. Also available for double-byte Asian languages.
  • PDF InteropAnalyzer verifies your PDF interpreter’s ability to correctly handle PDFs as they are currently used in the business environment, as well as those created using the latest releases of popular applications.
  • Printer Language Comprehensive Emulation Tests (CETs) validate your printer’s emulation compatibility with industry standards by thoroughly testing each command in the emulation.
  • Functional Test Suites (FTSs) verify major functions of your emulation, as a quick check before running a CET, to verify minor firmware upgrades, or as a cost-effective final check.
  • Application Test Suites (ATSs) test the emulation’s compatibility with applications software and make sure your printer works in the “real world”.
• PageTech specializes in HP PCL transformation, Intellifont & TrueType typeface conversion utilities and developer libraries.
  • PCLWorks a tool for developers of HP PCL4/5/5e/5c+HPGL/2+PCL XL (PCL6) applications.
  • PCLTool SDK is an industry exclusive library that converts HP PCL text and vector files into bitmap formats or vector formats with metrically matching TrueType fonts for those used to create the HP PCL print file.