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From: orthlieb@adobe.COM (Carl Orthlieb)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Color PostScript Image Operator
Keywords: PostScript, image
Message-ID: <5965@adobe.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 90 18:19:58 GMT
References: <1556@s5.Morgan.COM>
Reply-To: orthlieb@adobe.UUCP (Carl Orthlieb)
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
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In article <1556@s5.Morgan.COM> chuck@Morgan.COM (Chuck Ocheret) writes:
>In anticipation of obtaining a color PostScript printer in the near
>future, I wish to know what the color image operator is and how it is
>used.  At the time the "Red Book" was published there was only a
>grayscale image operator.  Has Adobe specified one, or have the various
>vendors grown their own.

There is indeed a specification available describing the color extensions
to the PostScript language. It is available from our server
(ps-file-server@adobe.COM) in the Documents directory, it is called
Color_Ext.ps.

The new red book that is currently in the works will also describe these
operators in detail.

Carl 8-)