Apple LaserWriter Select 310 Printer - Manual (Page 28)

C H A P T E R 2
LaserWriter Select 310 Software
16 Software Overview
This chapter describes the LaserWriter Select 310 software.
■ It provides an overview of software features, including the Adobe PostScript
Programming Language, the PostScript interpreter, the LaserWriter Select 310 driver,
and page types.
■ It defines the software parameters that enable you to set up and configure the
LaserWriter Select 310 printer. They include, system parameters, page device
parameters, user parameters, device parameters, communication parameters, engine
device, extensions to PostScript Level 1, and the printer error parameter.
■ It also explains how to set these parameters.
■ It describes changes made to the PostScript language that impact the LaserWriter
Select 310 printer including the use of packed arrays, use of immediately evaluated
names, changes in the operation of the font cache, new general sampling and halftone
techniques, and a different method of handling end-of-line recognition.
Software Overview 2
This section gives you an overview of the LaserWriter Select 310 software features,
including:
■ the Adobe PostScript Programming Language
■ the PostScript interpreter
■ the LaserWriter Select 310 driver
■ page types
■ product strings
Adobe PostScript Programming Language 2
The LaserWriter Select 310 printer executes descriptions written in the PostScript
language. The version of the PostScript language used has features and capabilities that
might not be present in other PostScript output devices. This developer note describes
the supplementary PostScript language features of the LaserWriter Select 310 printer. You
should use the note in conjunction with the PostScript Language Reference Manual, first
edition, published by Addison-Wesley.
PostScript Interpreter 2
You may access the special features of the LaserWriter Select 310 printer by executing
special PostScript operators that exist only in the printer’s interpreter, PostScript
interpreter version 52.5.