page description language (PDL)
Definition
Job-specific programming language (such as postscript) used in converting the output of an application program into codes or signals a printer or plotter can understand. It instructs the printing device exactly how to handle text, graphics, and pictures in reproducing the page layout created by a computer user. The 'page' could be of any size, color, or resolution the printing device can handle. See also page layout program.
page description language (PDL) is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security subject.
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