Advanced
PostScript
(4 Days, hands-on)
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A Class in Advanced PostScript Language Features
Advanced PostScript is a four-day, hands-on class that discusses in depth all of the major features of PostScript languagelevels 2 and 3. This class shows the programmer how to take best advantage of forms, in-RIP separations and trapping, masked images, CID-Keyed fonts, and all of the other important features of the PostScript language.
The student
comes away knowing in detail how everything in LanguageLevels 2 & 3 works
and why one would want to use each of the features. If you are looking
to deepen your PostScript knowledge and learn the boundaries of what Modern
PostScript can do, this is the class to take.
Objective
Teach the student
how to use the most important features of languagelevels 2 and 3.
Prerequisites
PostScript
Foundations, PostScript for Support Engineers, Acquired Knowledge's PostScript
Level 1, or equivalent experience. Students who possess “equivalent
experience” must be able to answer all questions on the Qualifying
Questions for Advanced PostScript page.
Audience
Printer engineers,
software engineers, advanced software and hardware support personnel.
Course Outline
Day 1
| - Introduction |
| - Forms |
| - Filters |
| - Filters & restricting errors |
| - Filters and forms |
| - Pattern fills |
| - Resources |
Day 2
| - Color Spaces |
| - Color rendering dictionaries |
| - In-RIP separations |
| - In-RIP trapping |
| - Masked images |
Day 3
| - Binary encoding |
| - Idiom recognition |
| - Function dictionaries |
| - Smooth shading |
Day 4
| - Halftoning |
| - Fonts: Multiple writing directions |
| - CID-keyed fonts |
| - Composite fonts |
| - Copypage behavior |
| - PostScript & PDF |
Pricing & Availability
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