Page description language

A page description language is a language that describes the contents of a printed page in a higher level than an actual output bitmap. Some page description languages are not complete enough to be considered a programming language, however, PostScript, one of the most noted page description languages is a fully fledged programming language.

• DVI (stands for DeVice Independent)
• PCL (Printer Control Language)
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
• PostScript
• XSL-FO (XSL Formating Objects)