Section 25.2.7.4.1. PostScript

PostScript (Adobe Systems Inc., 1985) is a page description language for controlling high-quality printers. More information can be found at the Adobe Inc. web site, http://www.adobe.com/print/ .

The PostScript output mode relies on the painter's algorithm for hidden-surface removal. The most distant graphics segments are output first, continuing with the segments closer to the viewpoint, which may obliterate previously rendered segments. The implementation of this procedure is straightforward, and gives good results provided that the graphics objects are subdivided into sufficiently small segments. The PostScript mode allows more than one plot (image) to be rendered on a single page.