Ghostscript is a suite of software that allows you to interpret PostScript and PDF documents.
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| Type of | PostScript and PDF interpretation |
| Developer | Artifex software |
| Written on | C |
| operating system | Linux , Mac OS X, and others. UNIX-like , Windows |
| First edition | 2000 [1] |
| Latest version | 9.26 (November 20, 2018 [1] ) |
| condition | active |
| License | GNU GPL , Artifex Commercial License |
| Site | ghostscript.com |
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History
Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch in 1986 for the GNU Project, and released under the GNU General Public License . He later formed Aladdin Enterprises to license Ghostscript under a private license. Ghostscript is currently owned by Artifex Software and is supported by its programmers. The latest version of this software suite is again available under the GPL , but can also be licensed for use in private projects for a fee.
Features
Ghostscript can convert PostScript files to files of various graphic formats, display interpreted content and print on printers that do not support PostScript; It is often used as a “virtual printer” to create documents in PDF or PostScript format from programs that do not support conversion to these formats.
It can be used as a raster image processor ( RIP ) for computer raster printers — for example, as an input filter for LPD — or as a RIP mechanism for PDF or PostScript viewers.
Since Ghostscript is an interpreter of the language, it can also be used as a universal programming environment. Ghostscript has been ported to many operating systems, including Unix , Linux , Mac OS , OpenVMS , Microsoft Windows , MS-DOS , FreeDOS , OS / 2, and AmigaOS .
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Links
- Ghostscript official site.
- Ghostscript project on SourceForge.net .
- Deprecated Ghostscript site.