<P> In digital printing a page description language ( PDL ) is a computer language that describes the appearance of a printed page in a higher level than an actual output bitmap . An overlapping term is printer control language , which includes Hewlett - Packard 's Printer Command Language ( PCL ) . PostScript is one of the most noted page description languages . The markup language adaptation of the PDL is the page description markup language . </P>
<P> In digital printing a page description language ( PDL ) is a computer language that describes the appearance of a printed page in a higher level than an actual output bitmap . An overlapping term is printer control language , which includes Hewlett - Packard 's Printer Command Language ( PCL ) . PostScript is one of the most noted page description languages . The markup language adaptation of the PDL is the page description markup language . </P>
a language used for describing the appearance of a printed page is called
a language used for describing the appearance of a printed page is called
page description language ( PDL )
page description language ( PDL )