
Printer MIB Interpreters Language Families

(last updated 2001-06-29)

          other(1),
          langPCL(3),        -- PCL.  Starting with PCL version 5,
                             -- HP-GL/2 is included as part of the
                             -- PCL language.
                             -- PCL and HP-GL/2 are registered
                             -- trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.
          langHPGL(4),       -- Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language.
                             -- HP-GL is a registered trademark of
                             -- Hewlett-Packard Company.
          langPJL(5),        -- Peripheral Job Language. Appears in the
                             -- data stream between data intended for a
                             -- page description language.
                             -- Hewlett-Packard Co.
          langPS(6),         -- PostScript Language (tm)
                             -- Postscript - a trademark of Adobe
                             -- Systems Incorporated which may be
                             -- registered in certain jurisdictions
          langIPDS(7),       -- Intelligent Printer Data Stream
                             -- Bi-directional print data stream for
                             -- documents consisting of data objects
                             -- (text, image, graphics, bar codes),
                             -- resources (fonts, overlays) and page,
                             -- form and finishing instructions.
                             -- Facilitates system level device
                             -- control, document tracking and error
                             -- recovery throughout the print process.
                             -- Pennant Systems, IBM
          langPPDS(8),       -- IBM Personal Printer Data Stream.
                             -- Originally called IBM ASCII, the name
                             -- was changed to PPDS when the Laser
                             -- Printer was introduced in 1989.
                             -- Lexmark International, Inc.
          langEscapeP(9),
          langEpson(10),
          langDDIF(11),      -- Digital Document Interchange Format
                             -- Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard MA
          langInterpress(12),
          langISO6429(13),   -- ISO 6429.  Control functions for Coded
                             -- Character Sets (has ASCII control
                             -- characters, plus additional controls for
                             -- character imaging devices.)
                             -- ISO Standard, Geneva, Switzerland
          langLineData(14),  -- line-data:  Lines of data as separate
                             -- ASCII or EBCDIC records and containing
                             -- no control functions (no CR, LF, HT, FF,
                             -- etc.). For use with traditional line
                             -- printers.  May use CR and/or LF to
                             -- delimit lines, instead of records.  See
                             -- ISO 10175 Document Printing Application
                             -- (DPA)
                             -- ISO standard, Geneva, Switzerland
          langMODCA(15),     -- Mixed Object Document Content Architecture
                             -- Definitions that allow the composition,
                             -- interchange, and presentation of final
                             -- form documents as a collection of data
                             -- objects (text, image, graphics, bar
                             -- codes), resources (fonts, overlays) and
                             -- page, form and finishing instructions.
                             -- Pennant Systems, IBM
          langREGIS(16),     -- Remote Graphics Instruction Set,
                             -- Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard MA
          langSCS(17),       -- SNA Character String
                             -- Bi-directional print data stream for SNA
                             -- LU-1 mode of communications
                             -- IBM
          langSPDL(18),      -- ISO 10180 Standard Page Description
                             -- Language
                             -- ISO Standard
          langTEK4014(19),
          langPDS(20),
          langIGP(21),
          langCodeV(22),     -- Magnum Code-V, Image and printer control
                             -- language used to control impact/dot-
                             -- matrix printers.
                             -- QMS, Inc., Mobile AL
          langDSCDSE(23),    -- DSC-DSE:  Data Stream Compatible and
                             -- Emulation Bi-directional print data
                             -- stream for non-SNA (DSC) and SNA LU-3
                             -- 3270 controller (DSE) communications
                             -- IBM
          langWPS(24),       -- Windows Printing System, Resource based
                             -- command/data stream used by Microsoft At
                             -- Work Peripherals.
                             -- Developed by the Microsoft Corporation.
          langLN03(25),      -- Early DEC-PPL3, Digital Equipment Corp.
          langCCITT(26),
          langQUIC(27),      -- QUIC (Quality Information Code), Page
                             -- Description Language for laser printers.
                             -- Included graphics, printer control
                             -- capability and emulation of other well-
                             -- known printer .
                             -- QMS, Inc.
          langCPAP(28),      -- Common Printer Access Protocol
                             -- Digital Equipment Corp.
          langDecPPL(29),    -- Digital ANSI-Compliant Printing Protocol
                             -- (DEC-PPL)
                             -- Digital Equipment Corp.
          langSimpleText(30),-- simple-text:  character coded data,
                             -- including NUL, CR , LF, HT, and FF
                             -- control characters.  See ISO 10175
                             -- Document Printing Application (DPA)
                             -- ISO standard, Geneva, Switzerland
          langNPAP(31),      -- Network Printer Alliance Protocol (NPAP)
                             -- predecessor to IEEE 1284.1 (TIPSI)
          langDOC(32),       -- Document Option Commands, Appears in the
                             -- data stream between data intended for a
                             -- page description .
                             -- QMS, Inc.
          langimPress(33),   -- imPRESS, Page description language
                             -- originally developed for the ImageServer
                             -- line of systems. A binary language
                             -- providing representations for text,
                             -- simple graphics (rules, lines, conic
                             -- sections), and some large forms (simple
                             -- bit-map and CCITT group 3/4 encoded).The
                             -- language was intended to be sent over an
                             -- 8-bit channel and supported early
                             -- document preparation languages (e.g. TeX
                             -- and TROFF).
                             -- QMS, Inc.
          langPinwriter(34), -- 24 wire dot matrix printer  for
                             -- USA, Europe, and Asia except Japan.
                             -- More widely used in Germany, and some
                             -- Asian countries than in US.
                             -- NEC
          langNPDL(35),      -- Page printer  for Japanese
                             -- market.
                             -- NEC
          langNEC201PL(36),  -- Serial printer language used in the
                             -- Japanese market.
                             -- NEC
          langAutomatic(37), -- Automatic PDL sensing.  Automatic
                             -- sensing of the interpreter language
                             -- family by the printer examining the
                             -- document content.  Which actual
                             -- interpreter language families are sensed
                             -- depends on the printer implementation.
          langPages(38),     -- Page printer Advanced Graphic Escape Set
                             -- IBM Japan
          langLIPS(39),      -- LBP Image Processing System
          langTIFF(40),      -- Tagged Image File Format (Aldus)
          langDiagnostic(41),-- A hex dump of the input to the
                             -- interpreter
          langPSPrinter(42), -- The PostScript Language used for
                             -- control (with any PDLs)
                             -- Adobe Systems Incorporated
          langCaPSL(43),     -- Canon Print Systems Language
          langEXCL(44),      -- Extended Command Language
                             -- Talaris Systems Inc.
          langLCDS(45),      -- Line Conditioned Data Stream
                             -- Xerox Corporation
          langXES(46)        -- Xerox Escape Sequences
                             -- Xerox Corporation
          langPCLXL(47) -- Printer Control Language. Extended language
                        -- features for printing, and printer control.
                        -- Technical reference manual # TBD.
                        -- Hewlett-Packard Co.
          langART(48)   -- Advanced Rendering Tools (ART). Page
                        -- Description language originally developed for
                        -- the Laser Press printers. Technical reference
                        -- manual: "ART IV Reference Manual", No F33M.
                        -- Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

          langTIPSI(49) -- Transport Independent Printer System Interface
                        -- Tech Reference - see IEEE Std. 1284.1


References

[0-46] RFC 1759.

[47] Tammy Ferguson                      Binnur Al-Kazily
     fergust@boi.hp.com                  binnur@boi.hp.com
     (208) 396-7052                      (208) 396-6372
     Hewlett-Packard Company             Hewlett-Packard Company
     11311 Chinden Blvd., MS 131         11311 Chinden Blvd., MS524
     Boise, ID 83714-1021                Boise, ID 83714-1021

[48] Norio Iwamoto                               Tom Hastings
     iwamoto@comg.ksp.fujixerox.co:jp   hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com
     (044) 812-5174                              (310) 333-6413
     Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.                        Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
     3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi,     701 S. Aviation Blvd.
     Kanagawa-ken, 213 Japan                     MS ESAE242
                                                 El Segundo, CA 90245
                                                 USA

[49] Don Wright, don@lexmark.com, 606-232-4808.

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